Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.

F. Sionil Jose

The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by scandal.

Gene Hall

There's a lot that happens (at the state Capitol) and we have a stake in most of it. We covet our seat at the table.

Charles Colton

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation

Lady Gregory

There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.

Thomas Harris

What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.

Winston Churchill

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Tom Bissell

I view myself as a fiction writer who just happens to write nonfiction. I think I look at the world through a fiction-writer's eyes.

Bret Easton Ellis

...if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you.

Byron Katie

Everything happens for me, not to me.

Bryan Ferry

I can never predict what's going to happen.

Ed Koch

It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.

Elizabeth Mitchell

I was a complete, total nerd... I loved the idea that the underdog wins more often than not. And I don't know if that happens in life. But I want it to.

Eckhart Tolle

True change happens within not without

Ashley Smith

You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen.

Brian Urlacher

I see things as they happen pretty quick, and I just go hit it.

Joseph Pusateri

We were always taking a back seat to him.

Elizabeth I

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

Teddy Atlas

Seattle doesn't look like an underdog to me.

Megan Challender

My seat will be empty. I'm non-violently protesting.

Bill Scranton

We need to give the taxpayers a seat at the table in this state.

Jon Favreau

We're trying to find a seat on the bus.

Bob Hill

To me, Seattle has always been a cornerstone of the NBA. It would be shame if the team had to leave.

Lyle Lovett

A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.

Nicolas Berggruen

Think of everything in Seattle - Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks. Then you go down to Silicon Valley - Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter. What does New York produce?

Edmond Rostand

I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!

Kim Gandy

We know what's at stake and we won't go back.

Ken Miller

Why is this a big deal? What is at stake is, literally, everything.

William Hedgcock Webster

The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable.

David Hanson

There is just too much at stake for us not to have it.

Sander Levin

Michigan has a lot at stake in the defense industry, and the defense industry has a lot at stake in Michigan.

Satya Nadella

If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.

Cal Cochran

It's just another game. The stakes don't change.

Michael Lombardi

This is not about justice, this is not about the law. This is about politics. There is a lot at stake here for us.

Carol Moseley Braun

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

Alvin Copeland

We've won state championships when we haven't won region. It's not over.

Jessica Smith

We have so many fatalities in our state from impaired drivers. This is another tool to get them off our roadways.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Susan B. Anthony

Better lose me than lose a state.

Ted Nugent

Every hateful statement ever made about me is a dirty lie.

Eric Maskin

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

Madeleine Albright

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

Madeleine Albright

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.