Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bette Davis

I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.

Bill Vaughan

Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.

Bertrand Russell

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Bertrand Russell

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about.

Bertrand Russell

I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them.

Bertrand Russell

What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power.

Blaise Pascal

Vanity is but the surface.

Blaise Pascal

We are so presumptuous that we should like to be known all over the world, even by people who will only come when we are no more. Such is our vanity that the good opinion of half a dozen of the people around us gives us pleasure and satisfaction.

Blaise Pascal

There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation.

Brian Sullivan

Playing in the big arena the (Tampa Bay) Lightning play in, that was pretty good. Getting your name called out and everyone cheering, that was pretty cool, too.

Duane Propes

We never really realized how big we were and we kind of knew it wouldn't last. We went from playing bars to playing arenas and when you do that, you don't think about it ending. We made a lot of money and we spent a lot of money, and now we're looking forward, not backward.

Tampa Tribune

The arena was only half full for a preseason opener, ... I was surprised because you think of Detroit as a hockey town.

Michael W. Smith

The arena was an indication to all that Charlotte is serious about its urban core.

Lord Byron

The arena swims around him - he is gone,/ Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.

Lisa Baker

The arena project was one of the most exciting I was involved in. I am proud of my involvement and the results for the community.

Dan Chapman

The arena charges us when something like this happens, and we in turn will bill the Bombers.

Andre Patterson

That was one of my goals, to fill up the arena and bring it back to the Ernie and Bernie days. That's why I came to Tennessee.

Rafer Alston

That's the way it is in some arenas. Some are as loud as can be. They're rocking and rolling. You have your Arco Arena, then you have your Atlanta. That's the way some arenas are. As players, we have to go out and play the game and do the things we need to do. That should be the last thing on our minds, if we have 18,000 or 8,000.

Howard Rubenstein

Steinbrenner spoke to Johnny Damon today for about 15 minutes and he indicated it was a good conversation.

Alan Siegel

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

Michael Parks

Photojournalism provokes conversation and thought, which all good journalism should do. The exhibition provides an excellent teaching opportunity, fostering discussion about how we cover events of our time and the needs of society, while talking about the profession and craft of journalism.

Commissioner Robinson

I'm hoping we don't have to have another conversation like this for four or five years.

Ashton Kutcher

You know, photo conversations are replacing verbal conversations. I don't know if that's a bad thing. A photo is worth a thousand words.

Pat McGovern

I went to the legislative hearings, and I was struck by how the conversation was primarily about the costs to employers, and there was no discussion of women's health. I knew that for some women it's a very joyful time, and for others it's very complicated.

Dave Heeke

Jay and I had a lengthy conversation and then I sat back and decided that Jay is the right guy for the program. I thought the players played extremely hard and I think they have a nucleus to be a very good team next year.

Gary Ross

I thought it would be interesting to hear a conversation between filmmakers instead of just a filmmaker gassing on about his own movie. Steven is so literate about this stuff and a great film journalist in his own right and a good friend, so it worked out. He also loved the movie and volunteered to do it.

Michael Moschen

Juggling is a conversation with the stick, the body, the brain.