Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...

Bebe Neuwirth

On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.

Becca Fitzpatrick

In the end, the only thing between us was silence.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I called Vee. "How are you doing?" I asked. "Good. How are you?" "Good." Silence. "Okay," Vee said in a rush, "I am still totally freaked out. You?" "Totally.

C. S. Lewis

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

Cecelia Ahern

Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about.

Antoine Rivarol

Silence never yet betrayed any one!

Antoine Rivarol

The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.

Hebrew Proverb

If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.

Bill Self

There's not many things less important than the score at halftime.

Bill Crawford

Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.

C. S. Lewis

The only thing Christianity can not be...is moderately important.

Cecelia Ahern

Being the best was as equal to being in the middle, which was equal to being the worst. All were merely a state of being. It was how a person felt in that state and why they were in that state that was the important thing.

Carrie Underwood

Lord, I feel so small sometimes in this great big old world. Yeah, I know there are more important things. But don't forget to remember me.

Bette Davis

What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.

Anton Corbijn

Body language is so important, as is composition. You can not say something, and then the body reacts, and it says a lot of things dialogue can also say.

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.