Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

Johnny Pesky

He was a very unpretentious guy, and there was nothing conceited about him at all. He had a great body, and was good-looking with curly hair. He was a great guy to be around.

Ayn Rand

Why no. I’m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything. I’m an utter egotist.

Kurt Eichenwald

It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country.

Ben Jonson

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

Ben Jonson

[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.

Henry Ward Beecher

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all

Alexander Hamilton

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

A. J. McLean

I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.

Mike Fitzpatrick

Our maritime system consists of more than 300 sea and river ports with more than 3,700 cargo and passenger terminals nationwide.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.

Alexandre Père

Friendship consists in forgetting; what one gives, and remembering what one receives

Norwegian Proverb

Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer

Sathya Baba

Humanness consists in harmony of thought, word and deed.

Jimmie Yakel

The program consists of seniors from homes, and also seniors (who) live with a loved one, or a caregiver.

Plato

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.

George Bernard Shaw

Morality consists in suspecting other people of not being legally married

Kyle MacLachlan

My breakfast consists of two cappuccinos and maybe a toasted English muffin, and that's pretty much it for me unless I decide to go a little more upscale, and then I'll have scrambled eggs.

Dan Hill

I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.

Terrance Simien

Whatever inspires us, we throw it into the pot and make our own flavor.

Rose Mashigo

Making love to my thoughts always inspires me to keep my thoughts aroused, for more inspiration.

Lisa Hannigan

Stephen Colbert has such a loyal following; I don't know if it's the same with Jay Leno; he really inspires love in people, and there can be a lucky ricochet of that for some people.

Nikki Sixx

What inspires me? I am so inspired every day. I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love.

Simon Van Booy

This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.

Alexander Rossi

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

Jennifer Westfeldt

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.

David Phelps

Something in life inspires me, ... I have a song on my new record, 'Visions of God,' about my kids and not missing the important moments.

Granth Sahib

Our Lord and Master is all-pervading everywhere. What should I say, and what should I hear? O my Lord and Master, You are Great, All-powerful and All-knowing.

H. Hart

We need the Lord in our lives. I get my strength from His word and His people.

C. S. Lewis

The only thing one can usually change in one's situation is oneself. And yet one can't change that either-only ask Our Lord to do so.

Guru Singh

I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on the Lord night and day.

O. Singh

I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who recites the sermon of the Lord s Teachings.

David Reutimann

He got in the wall. Thank the Lord I missed it.

Charles R. Swindoll

No marriage is "too dead" for the Lord to restore.

Rig Veda

May we become the lord of virtuous power and strength.

O. Singh

Meeting their Beloved, they meditate on the True Lord with love and affection.

James Blackmon

That was an especially tough thing for me to do as a lover of music.

Carl Sandburg

Tell me if the lovers are losers... tell me if any get more than the lovers.

Carl von Clausewitz

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

William Walsh

Of all the plagues a lover bears,Sure rivals are the worst!

Aristotle

Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.

Aristotle

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

Alexandre Dumas

Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.

Adam Phillips

Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders.

Abraham Cowley

Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?

Holly Hatton

Our performance was not good. We weren't in it from the beginning.

Randy Jepson

Our performance as a whole was not that bad. We weren't outstanding, but we weren't poor either.

Lu Shanzhen

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance of our gymnasts.

William Peine

Robots don't perform the surgeries, but they are tools that give the surgeon more dexterity.

Jeffrey Benjamin

Platitudes and generalities can only be sustained when performance exceeds intellect.

Carrie Preston

Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person.

Carrie Fisher

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

Jerry Slocum

It is a tough one to sit on when you have that type of performance.

Kenny Jackett

That was as well as we've played this year - particularly the first 45 minutes. The performance was excellent.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.

C. S. Lewis

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

C. S. Lewis

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

Bertrand Russell

True happiness for human beings is possible only to those who develop their godlike potentialities to the utmost.

David Spears

That's a true dilemma. But we don't know any way to get around it. The work has got to be done.

Eric Wise

I was always true to her. I am not a predator.

Aimee Teegarden

I don't know if I've ever been in a clique. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit.

Charles Kingsley

Love is sentimental measles.

Blake Mycoskie

The more you give, the more you live.

C. S. Lewis

We only learn to behave ourselves in the presence of God.

Bill Vaughan

There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.

Charles R. Swindoll

If I had my life to live over, I'd have spent more hours in worship.

Art Buchwald

I worship the quicksand he walks in.

Bertrand Russell

Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.

C. S. Lewis

The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.

William Temple

True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God.

Dick Cheney

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

We worship God through our questions.