Famous Quotes & Sayings

Indian Proverb

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf

Christian Nevel Bovee

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Helen Keller

''Knowledge is power.'' Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heartthrobs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.

Don McKinnon

I think the plea is falling on deaf ears.

Ed Morgan

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

Hani Durzy

We made some suggestions that fell on deaf ears - that tells you about the motivations of people who support the bill.

Jewish Proverb

No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.

O. Henry

None so deaf as those that will not hear.

Janie Bess

No one told him he had limitations. We just told him he was deaf and blind.

Atharva Veda

Our resolve to indulge in good deeds shall definitely yield rich benefits.

James Rubin

Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.

Chris Sanders

I didn't want something like, 'Hey Stitch, let's go out and do good deeds today,'

Willie Pearson

King was persistent in her words and deeds of encouragement. She never wavered from her stance of non-violence as the only viable option for change.

Rig Veda

If the thought is pure then the deeds are definite to be pure and quite obviously the results are unquestionably excellent.

Blaise Pascal

Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.

Yajur Veda

One should indulge only in such deeds that provides good- health and strength so that he can work for longer periods without getting tired.

Buddha

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

Michael Morales

My deeds now are simple, for I'm a simple man. But (they're) honest .Ê.Ê. come from a sincere heart .Ê.Ê. I'm definitely not the same foolish misguided person I once was.

Gordon Brown

Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States have never been stronger, deeper and more cordial,

Paul Tagliabue

Reggie White was a gentle warrior who will be remembered as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history. Equally as impressive as his achievements on the field was the positive impact he made off the field and the way he served as a positive influence on so many young people. We are deeply saddened by his loss and extend our deepest sympathy to Reggie's wife Sara and his entire family.

Megan Wheaton

Participants take part in a combination of caucuses, presentations and activities, all aimed at deepening their knowledge of American democracy and the free-enterprise system.

George Diller

Surveying for the deepest insights into the mysterious evolution of Mars!

Tom LaSorda

Steve played for me for five years and I thought the world of him. I am truly sorry to hear about his passing and my deepest sympathies go out to his family.

Joni Vaughan

Some of us need to step away, take a deep breath, and get back on track.

John Conyers

Some have said it's unconstitutional on its face, ... Let me be more polite: We're troubled; we're deeply troubled.

Alicia Figgs

Some men just don't understand that a woman's heart is like a deep ocean of secrets.

Chad Slyter

Our pitching is deep enough where I think Carling and Sadie can have success too, so that works out for us.

Frank Miller

Or at least the ends justify being really mean!

Bill Cowher

Some of our tight ends have worked in that area.

Bethany Hamilton

The end...is just the beginning

Justin Gray

I want to win so bad. Sometimes it ends up with me trying to force shots and trying to make something happen for us as a team. I feel like if I won't do it, nobody else will.

Val Trujillo

Jason did all right, but he tries to overpower people and ends up falling behind. Then he puts one right over the plate, and they knock the hell out of it.

Aaron Small

That was huge; that play right there gives them their fourth run if they score it, and it ends an inning, ... Any time you make a play like that, in a game like this, it swings the momentum to the team that makes that play.

Manly Hall

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.

Bruce Cleveland

I think it would be safe to say that if that ends up being a more cost-effective way of deploying our on-demand applications, we'll pursue it.

Jason Brueschke

If Oracle wants to spend more money on lawyers, they should go ahead, but investors should be planning for a world where Oracle and PeopleSoft are separate, ... Unfortunately, the script of this movie ends with Oracle being disappointed.

Lindsay Sanderson

Regan is going to be a great addition. He's a man and can go to the net. He also has a rocket from the outside. He'll be a big threat to the other teams.

M. J. Rose

Recognize that the great majority of us aren't trained actors and entertainers. Usually, it's not our faces, our bodies, our personas or our stage presence that sells our books. It's our stories, our visions and our voices.

Brian Smith

Reid just had a great tournament. Pinning the No. 1 see and the No. 3 seed - just great.

Anatole France

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

Douglas Laycock

Religion and morality are playing a greater role than they did 20 years ago.

Nadia Petrova

Our parents made great sacrifices and that is the main reason why many of the Russians are at the top today.

Tiki Barber

Our quarterback is playing so great right now. You can see how he's improving exponentially each week.

Source Unknown

Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.

Paul Vachon

(Parker) is a great player. She's what everyone said she was.

Sam Shepard

When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.

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.

Charles J. Shields

On the strength of Vonnegut's reputation, 'Breakfast of Champions' spent a year on the best-seller lists, proving that he could indeed publish anything and make money.

Tacey Derenzy

It is indeed unusual. We don't know why.

Sherry Cooper

June's swoon is indeed proving to be temporary.

Russell Smith

I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort.

Michael Defensor

But as to how many they are, we don?t really know and they are indeed a security concern.

Michael Allweiss

I think the industry is indeed vulnerable because what they are doing is not right.

Shakeel Syed

His story is indeed a story that needs to come out, and needs to be shared with the world.

Janet Yellen

I wouldn't say we're completely out of the woods just yet. Indeed there are some issues that have the potential to be troublesome going forward.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

Chamfort

Passions make men live, knowledge merely makes them last

Michael Klim

People have been writing us off, people who don't have the knowledge or expertise.

Luigi Pirandello

Our whole knowledge of the world hangs on this very slender thread: the re-gu-la-ri-ty of our experiences

Maurice Cheeks

Players have a lot of knowledge. It would be silly of me to say if they suggest something that I wouldn't look at it.

Bernard Beckett

A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself.

Bertrand Russell

Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then suchand such another proposition is true of that thing.... Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

Bertrand Russell

Whatever we know without inference is mental.

Bertrand Russell

History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation and condition of all the rest. That all knowledge, as such, is in some degree good, would appear to be at least probable; and the knowledge of every historical fact possesses this element of goodness, even if it posses no other.

Bertrand Russell

All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception at the top.

Bob Snyder

I'm thinking that $6000 to $10,000 is a lofty goal, but an obtainable goal.

Gabe Whittaker

We marked up better in the midfield today.

Jennifer Black

Much of the stores were actually marked down by a hefty 50%.

Nicholas Winton

Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at that time thought they were going to be at war with England.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.

Julian Callow

They are marked by different traditions and they have a stronger Anglo-Saxon background.

Richard Thompson

They've got it marked where the rock piles are, where you're not supposed to get in with a boat. Otherwise, it's a real nice place to come.

Ryan Lawrence

That's his role. He makes sure we keep our shape and people stay marked up.

Dan Popowics

They have marked time by working off the (buyout price) premium and some of the uncertainty.

Van Allen

The meet this past weekend really marked a point where we set new standards for our team at Hopkins.

Melanie Sloan

Particularly in the House, the progress is very slow and may end up with very little reform.

Bertrand Russell

Change is one thing, progress is another.

Bertrand Russell

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy.

Bertrand Russell

The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress.

John Bolton

I think we are still making progress. I think it is slow but it is steady,

Wayne Inouye

I think things are on track and we're very enthusiastic about the progress we've made to date. We have just started a long journey. I don't think that everything is perfect.

Ty Warren

I think we're more satisfied with the progression, and the progress we've made through the season from where we started to where we are right now. It's a whole other season that's going to start right now.

Sandy Bridgeman

I think we?re making the progress that we want to. It?s not perfect. But there are glimpses of the team we can be.

Scott Sutton

I think we're making some progress but tonight we ran out of steam in the third period,

Terry Pendleton

I think their thoughts and my thoughts are on the same page.

Ken Sawyer

My first thoughts were we need a new arena.

Karen Rafalowitz

There are a lot of thoughts right now on what we can do. There's just not as much manpower.

Milan Mandaric

My thoughts are now and always will be with George,

Don Cooper

My thoughts are here, and I want to be here, ... I want to win this now, here. That's my only focus.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.

Cesare Pavese

Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.

Charles Godfrey Leland

Thought is the measure of life.

Grant Wistrom

We all have a lot of thoughts about it. We'll keep it to ourselves. We'll wait until we play Phoenix.

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.