Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alain Botton

I find a welcome interest in the problems of everyday life. I find a humanity and a devotion to using thought to alleviate suffering.

Jessye Norman

I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great, eternal language: music.

John Nestor

We looked at private equity when we were considering hedge funds but there was no similar record of problems - evidence of fraud - that merited the devotion of inspection and other resources.

Charles Spurgeon

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.

Sathya Baba

Modesty and devotion to God are real jewels for woman kind. The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised.

Gustav Krupp

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

Saint Teresa of Avila

Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then.

Elmer Jackson

We don't pray aloud. There are no religious classes, but we do have devotion each morning and we do have a New Testament and Old Testament survey. That is as far as we go.

W. S. Gilbert

Matrimonial devotion doesn't seem to suit her notion.

Jane Harrison

Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me glorious - friendship and learning.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

We met, 'twas in a crowd, and I thought he would shun me.

Piers Anthony

Much of what is published is actually science fantasy, seeming possible but actually impossible, such as faster than light space travel.

Joseph Addison

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have here below.

Robert Burton

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

William Godwin

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

William Godwin

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

Leonard Alfred George Strong

Real people are places to me as much as persons: I want to see them, as I want to see the places I am fond of, in all weathers and at all times of the year.

Vera Brittain

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

James Watkins

People have to understand the ocean needs more attention, not only when there's a crisis, but in everyday life,

W. C. Fields

Start off everyday with a simple smile and get it over with.

Bill Shuster

The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday.

Carl Sagan

The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree, have figured it out.

Leonard Sand

It gives some reflection of the impact on which jury service impacts on people's everyday lives,

Jane Fonda

I thank God and I thank Ted Turner (her estranged husband) everyday that I don't have to make movies.

Andrew Bogut

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. I just got to keep striving to work hard everyday and I think good things will happen. As long as we get the win it doesn't matter what I did.

Kathleen Schaben

It allows you to express words and thoughts that aren't necessarily permitted in everyday conversation.

Aaron Miles

I'm still here, still getting starts, still getting at-bats, so I feel like I'm one of the options. I'm not sure if they've made their mind up over who's going to be the everyday starter or where I fit in the mix, but I feel like I'm at least somewhere in that equation.

Benjamin Rush

A belief in God's universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of [humanity]. . .

Anthony Storr

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

Antoine Rivarol

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Rich Castro

It is a mass of runners, bobbing like a wave of humanity.

Bertrand Russell

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Aaron Brown

I have been incredibly impressed by the humanity of the coverage.

Atharva Veda

Humanity is in spiritual ignorance; people see things that do not exist.

Charlie Skelton

He was very, very talented. In the beginning, he is a little obnoxious, but he learns humanity near the end.

Blaise Pascal

Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

Adriano Galliani

Real Madrid are interested in him but I don't know if there have been any contacts.

Doug Bereuter

Releasing Mr. Pollard would put vital U.S. interests at risk and send the message that we are not serious about punishing espionage.

Phil Brown

Paulo would be one we are interested in but not at the moment.

Alan Greenspan

Our operating procedures, as you suggest, do tend to smooth out short-run fluctuations in short-term interest rates,

Chris Byrne

Star Wars' is a 20-year-old brand. When the next 'Star Wars' movie comes out, there's going to be much more interest in the product.

Danny Diaz

Sportsmen represent a very important constituency to this campaign. They reflect, in many cases, the interests and views of a majority of Americans and rural America.

R. Robinson

Our weakness is inexperience. We have no seniors and we've never been here before. I'll be interested to see how we come out and play.

Beck

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Bill Shaw

We've told all judges we're not interested in their money, we don't want it. We want the poles removed.

Tom Smith

The anticipation would have been that problems would have been down.

Patrick Moore

There are a lot of strains on the infrastructure, our roads, our schools, and I think that sometimes the problems haven't been anticipated.

Jeff Berman

I feel sorry for George. He's a troubled person. He seemed to have some psychological problems.

Johnny Smith

For years, we have had problems with the water down here. But nothing has ever been done about it.

Peter Ashkenaz

From everything we've seen, those problems are in the past.

Kristin Accipiter

I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out.

Judy Orihuela

He's been very cooperative. We've had no problems with him whatsoever so far.

Timothy Fisher

The range of a vehicle on one tank should be about the same as what we have today, 300 to 400 miles. And the fueling process should be about the same as what we're used to, it shouldn't take much more time than it takes today. And there are some serious problems with that.

Jim Mora

I wouldn't say we let down our fans, but we wanted to go 9-7 and get rid of that 40-year problems we've had. We didn't get that done.

Nathan Thompson

I think using this lumber makes it very unique.

Jon Johansen

Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it.

Ban Ki-moon

We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'

Lucy Liu

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

George Wald

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

Tom Jenkinson

This current round of gigs, I'm just doing it using pure electronics.

Aerin Lauder

I think every woman should be using a foundation, whether it's liquid or compact.

Allison Tolman

It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.

James Rayner

We're still using Windows 98 here. We just need some equipment.

Charlie Ward

He said, 'You're welcome to come on full-time now,'

John Zorn

Man, Dick Dale shreds. He's welcomed to anybody's bar mitzvah.

William Jenkins

Welcome to UNO; this is their new home, ... They're going to be OK.

Gerard Way

Welcome to the new church! Can I get an 'Amen'?

Alice Cooper

Welcome to my nightmare. I think you're going to like it. There'll be some more when you come down.

David Wong

Welcome to freakdom, Dave. It’ll be time to start a Web site soon, where you’ll type out everything in one huge paragraph.

Samuel P. Huntington

First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.

Dallas Willard

The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.

Ann Coulter

I'm a problem-solver, and you're welcome.