Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alexis de Tocqueville

Despotism can do without faith but freedom cannot.

William Floyd

Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate.

Alexander Hamilton

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

Richard Jefferies

No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in our own day.

Arabella Weir

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

R. Robinson

The only time (the West) ... has been successful in tracking down despot money is when it's been too late, ... The Laundry Men.

Jay Lefkowitz

The United States has a tradition of being a refuge to vulnerable people seeking haven from despotic regimes, and we will do our part to help this vulnerable population.

Mike Crapo

Throwing off despotism and tyranny is our history and part of our national identity - something in which we can take incredible pride.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

No despotism is so formidable as that of a religion or a scientific system.

George Pierce Baker

Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.

Elaine Berg

We are eagerly looking forward to the moment we make a match.

John Dixon

Michael's had a very strong off-season. He's trained hard and he's really looking forward to playing this weekend. We've been eagerly awaiting his debut.

Mark Brady

We have a large group of firefighters eagerly awaiting the precipitation we've been promised.

P. J. O'Rourke

Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.

Shahid Kapoor

During my school and college days, the three Khans - Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh - were superstars for me and will always be. Their movies were eagerly awaited every Friday.

Mark Akenside

Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.

Marcus Aurelius

Think not so much of what thou hast not, as of what thou hast; but of the things which thou hast select the best, and reflect how eagerly they would have been sought if thou hadst them not

Brendan Gill

Our offense really needed that. We've been waiting for that all season. We knew how to do it, we just had to execute and at least for one inning (Thursday), we did that. Hopefully we can keep it going.

Pete Richardson

Our offensive unit knows he can do the things that we want him to do. Now, it's just a matter of getting the playing time, because he can execute our offense.

Lou Panzanaro

People know what's coming. We just have to execute it.

Todd Iwema

Our problem right now is we don't know if we can win. We get guys in position and we don't do anything with the bats. We've got to learn how to execute to win. It's as plain as that.

Mark Melton

Our girls have been through a lot together. You give them a game plan and they execute it. They have a lot of experience.

R. Robinson

Our game plan was to keep them from scoring in the paint. We didn't want to give them many looks in the paint and we didn't execute that.

Anthony Solomon

Our young men laid it on the line but Rhode Island made the plays and we did not. It was a one-possession game. We didn't execute the way we would have liked to.

Luke Hudson

I was able to execute pitches when I had to.

Josh Beckett

Just another game. I've got to go out there and help my team win the game. But it's nice to come home. I've got to just keep my head on straight and execute pitches, and that's my whole thing. Nothing else.

Alan Foreman

Parliament would be doing a Pontius Pilate to wash their hands of the issue this week.

Kyle Deines

Stay back, stay tall, throw your hands at it and try to take it to right field.

Michael Brown

Some of these kids think this is a game. They somehow got their hands on a weapon. They think they are playing Pac-Man or something and shooting at people.

Sergio Ramos

Our season is on the line. It's in our hands and we'll only win if we leave it all on the field. We all know that a loss would be a disaster.

Swami Ramdas

Place yourself as an instrument in the hands of God, who does his own work in his own way.

Jonathan Bass

Pilate's Bowl. He said they had washed their hands of responsibility for racial justice in Birmingham.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.

Becca Fitzpatrick

First,” he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.” He dipped his head so his mouth was at my ear. His breath was warm, tickling my skin. “Good. Now pick up the knife.” “Does the chef always stand this close?” I asked, not sure if I liked or feared the flutter his closeness caused inside me. “When he’s revealing culinary secrets, yes.

Ron Fournier

Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin.

Jacob Reitan

Our message is: Learn from history and end religious-based repression.

Will Rogers

Statesmen think they make history; but history makes itself and drags the statesmen along.

Jack Turner

Spice: The History of a Temptation ... maddeningly disorganized but intriguingly varied and rarely dull.

Xinhua Agency

Some Japanese politicians stick to their wrong view of history and try to justify their country's past military misdeeds. Those Japanese politicians should stop their fallacies, give up their wrong views, and return to the right track of mending fences.

Viktor Yanukovych

Our victory will open a new page in the history of Ukraine. We are ready to work together with any political party.

Bernard Beckett

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed.

Bernard Berenson

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Brad Lidge

I think they're professionals and they're going up there and looking for something and trying to hit it. I don't think they're thinking too much about the history of us, but if they are and it can work to my advantage, that's great.

Heinrich Pierer

Our first quarter results are better than we expected, however we stand by the overall outlook we provided in December,

Debra Roberts

We live life moving forwards, however we learn the most by looking backwards.

Rob Hoffman

It doesn't matter who I wrestle. You still have to go out and get the job done. You only have to win by one point. Sure, you'd like to pin, but it's rewarding however you get the win.

Paul Mason

I'm shocked, there's nothing to justify the prices we're paying before Katrina, however there's a little more to justify the prices we're paying now,

Bill Belichick

I don't know, ... Day to day. We'll take it day by day. That's the way it's been for the last however many months. That's, I think, the only way you can do it.

Sufjan Stevens

I come from a folk tradition where you just dance however you feel comfortable.

Errol Alcott

He is responding well to treatment however he will be out of tomorrow's Twenty20 match.

Arthur Doyle

I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem

Kelly Macdonald

L.A. is brilliant, but however long my trip is I'm always ready to leave. But New York I'm never quite happy to see the back of.

Paul Taylor

Price matters in this market. This is an increasingly price-sensitive consumer.

Bryce Fisher

Our offense is good. It's only a matter of time.

Al Groh

Our mentality is that no matter who we're playing, you'd better ready to prove yourself every week. Teams that don't have that mentality usually end up with an unpleasant result.

Nathaniel Bronner

Success is often not a matter of talent, but a matter of tenacity.

Hunter Collins

(State) is where most upsets happen. It doesn't matter who you're wrestling. It's not like other tournaments. At state, you've got to be ready to go at the first whistle of every match.

The Eagles

Our stance on the matter has not changed.

Joe Sacco

Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do.

Chipper Jones

Roger isn't ever going to let up, no matter who he's playing.

Tiger Woods

Rocco is very loose. No matter whether he's shooting 80 or 60, he's still the same.

Lillian Carter

Regarding Men: When they stop lookin', They ain't worth havin'.

Jesse L. Martin

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

Jennifer Taylor

People have had that old mentality that (child care) is just like a baby-sitting service.

Saeb Erekat

start thinking in the mentality of a partner.

Raoul Walsh

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

Steve Erickson

Overall I think I'm playing a lot better. I've worked a lot more this year and I'm more confident. I'm mentally stronger.

Kevin Simpson

Over 20 women have called wanting to be a mentor to a young lady.

Nicole Vaidisova

Physically I was well, mentally I was well. I just never got into my rhythm.

Shane Montgomery

Most of the pressure we saw Saturday we had seen before. We just had some mental breakdowns. You see that sometimes in your first game.

Grady Little

Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.

Lois Frankel

Right now, the city, we're calm, we're under control, we're ready to go,

Samuel Pahlsson

Rested? I don't know, but I'm ready to go.

Paul Davis

I think this team is ready to get on a roll right now. I think this is the team you're going to start seeing.

Robinson Cano

I want to win a World Series, so I'm going down to spring training and get ready for the season.

Ben Broussard

I went up there ready to hit. I didn't want to take any pitches.

Christina Sims

The are just hopping ready to get there.

Ed Pinckney

That was a long time ago. I'm ready for another one.

M. Thompson

I was ready to take some shots. I'm not going to be shying away from shots.

Jason Young

That stretch made it so we didn't feel so rushed in the third quarter.

Lionel Messi

I rushed to get back before it was time.

Mack Brown

We didn't want to be stubborn, ... We rushed for 145. We'll take that.

S. Walker

they were rushed to get their performances in.

Steve Wilson

A thank-you to all of you who rushed to Kersey and valiantly searched for Sam,

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts.

Ryan Martin

I was just trying to keep my serves inbound. I wasn't really going for aces.

Jed Connelly

I think it's well served to be cautious.

John Greene

He wanted to serve his country, ... If that's what he had to do, that's what he had to do.

Andy Roddick

Had I rolled through that one 6-3, served it out, who knows?

David Ferrer

His serve is lethal, ... When it's on, it's really tough to contest.

Gore Vidal

For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.

Lea Barrett

There is a need to place some students on the Mullins campus... and my recommendation is for Dr. Dow-Harris to serve as principal.

Steve Carter

If they can serve it from Sallisaw, and show they can serve it well, that's OK. But I would like to see a station there at some point, once it makes sense.

Tom Ridge

He is not one to parse. He has said he will serve out his term and that has not changed,

C. S. Lewis

When we are lost in the woods, the sight of a signpost is a great matter.

Bill Vaughan

The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a moment in the sunlight, then dive back in a graceful arc. There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.

Neville Crichton

I won't be surprised if we are not out of each other's sight the whole way.

Blaise Pascal

We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare.

Blaise Pascal

Notwithstanding the sight of all our miseries, which press upon us and take us by the throat, we have an instinct which we cannot repress, and which lifts us up.

Charles Spurgeon

Saints are described as fearing the name of God; they are reverent worshippers; they stand in awe of the Lord's authority; they are afraid of offending Him; they feel their own nothingness in the sight of the Infinite One.

Audie Murphy

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

Benjamin Banneker

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

Carl Sandburg

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.