Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Henry

Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.

Bede Griffiths

It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.

B. B. King

Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn't play like any of them, though ...

Billy Corgan

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

Bill Shorten

I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.

Bill Cowher

It’s the only call…To have Christian Ponder as your third quarterback, a guy who started for you a year, to me it made it an easy call because you have a veteran guy who has played in this atmosphere before.

Bill Cosby

I'm a Christian. But Muslims are misunderstood. Intentionally misunderstood. We should all be more like them.

C. S. Lewis

If I, being what I am, can consider that I am in some sense a Christian, why should the different vices of those people in the next pew prove that their religion is mere hypocrisy and convention?

C. S. Lewis

Anyone who endeavors to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened. You are embarking on something that is going to take the whole of you, brains and all.

Nicola Sturgeon

Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections.

James Lee

Our legal staff and election staff will review the letter.

Laisenia Qarase

Our latest estimate and time frames for new elections is three years,

Barney Frank

People have been scared straight, and between now and Election Day will be one of the purest periods in American life.

Al Gore

We now need to resolve this election in a way that is fair and forthright.

Charley Pride

I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.

Yulia Tymoshenko

I think these two teams will go their own way. ... Viktor Yushchenko and I will go to the elections on parallel paths,

Robin Marshall

I think there will be a relief rally when the election situation finally sorts itself out.

Rick Davis

I think straw polls would be left for the year of the election and for people who need to emerge. John McCain emerged a long time ago.

Marianne Williamson

Jesus was a human being who, while on Earth, completely self-actualized and fulfilled in all ways the potential glory that lies within us all.

Shaun Alexander

It is more fulfilling to be 13-3. To know that we are in the playoffs and we don't have to play next week.

John Brown

It fulfills some of our strategic objectives, particularly in gas,

John Legend

I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.

Ron Johnson

The only things that haven't worked for me are when I've held back. There's no reason to sell an idea short. The only risk would be to not fulfill the dream.

Mike Wallace

I feel fulfilled when we've revealed a person.

Dana Rohrabacher

Frankly, had Medawar not had this meltdown and not been able to fulfill his obligations on his Homeland Security project, there would have been no question about this at all.

Abdullah A. Badawi

fulfill the obligations of this position honestly and with all my energy.

Damian Woetzel

Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.

Greg Mason

Reggie posted up hard and gave us a great post presence.

Koy Banal

Our loss last Saturday was a wake-up call. I gave them a lesson on mental toughness and it paid off.

LeeAnn Palo

Our legs kind of gave out on us a bit.

David Piehler

Sterling gave us more size up front. Our rebounding improved with him back in the lineup. He'll get better as he spends more time on the court.

George Braun

Some of the threes were unbelievable. But we gave them the opportunity to get it.

Tim Shankle

Some kids in school were saying they were better than us, so he made us all try out. He gave everyone a chance.

Kyle McLaren

Our speed tonight was pretty good throughout. We have to improve in some areas. ... We gave up one goal, and I don't like giving up any goals, so we have to improve on that.

Joe Hernandez

Our girls didn't do a very good job on offense. And their big girls gave us fits.

Nel Parado

Our first win gave us the confidence. We always come well-prepared, but we're lucky to have the leadership of our veterans like Alex.

Eric Chavez

Regardless of what happened today, we've got to sweep. We'd need a miracle going for us to sweep them, but you never know. It was a miracle last year with Boston.

Micky Arison

Pat told me what had happened before practice Friday, and I stayed to watch. It looked like any other practice I've ever seen him run.

Stuart Sternberg

Other than what happened on the field, it couldn't have been a more successful home opener.

Dustin Pedroia

Right when I swung, I was like, 'Oh, my God!' because it was the worst pain ever. I knew right away that I'd done something. It's frustrating because it happened on my very first swing.

Brian McCann

Right place, right time. It was a whirlwind; it all just happened so fast.

Donald Rumsfeld

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do no know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know

Mark Mann

(Pitching coach) Vern Ruhle doesn't want him to throw too many pitches in an inning. That's what happened last time out. There was no physical problem.

M. Wolfe

I'm hoping this is going to help me get through what happened 45 years ago.

Ivan Ljubicic

We never lost hope. It happened to us before, and we managed to come back. When we got the feel on the return I knew everything was possible.

Daniel Stewart

Regardless of what party you are, you have to learn how to play in the same sandbox because nothing will kill redevelopment quicker than combative local politics,

Ed Fleischman

People learn something and take it away so they can do it again. It is very gratifying.

Sheila Dikshit

People have to learn to pay for what they use,

Mark Mitchell

Survivors of London and the survivors of 9/11 and I just pray that people would be safe and learn to know the Lord.

Anna Kournikova

Surfing people haven't learned anything from the I Love You virus,

Raymond Mason

Sure it's frustrating when you lose, but you can't use being young as an excuse. When you're learning, there's always something new to unfold and you find the right way to do your job. We know we can still be better this season.

Michelle Young

Some of our players will only have been with us a day, so it should be a real learning experience,

H. Hart

Some of us have learned to listen when Richard A. Clarke has something to say.

Lindsay Davenport

Someone said she served at 125, 126 (miles per hour) here. So I have to learn some more about her.

Mischa Barton

Paris isn't my rival. I met her one or two times and she's making out there's this big rivalry between us and there so isn't.

John Perkins

We never met Kirby, we didn't know Kirby, but you feel like you know him. He was part of our lives, with going to games.

Jamie Clayton

I was always just so feminine. I don't think anyone who ever met me would describe me as a man.

Julio Franco

That was awesome. They cheered more for Puerto Rico than they did the Mets. I thought this was supposed to be a Mets town?

Tie Domi

I was tougher when I was younger so when they tried to get met I threatened everybody,

Michelle Hall

I think Metro sets teams up for the playoffs. Metro is one of the toughest leagues. You have to come to play.

Terry Matterson

It hasn't really moved. He's met one of his managers. It's probably a 50-50 situation at the moment.

Christian Camargo

Juilliard is wonderful in that they don't pick just one way of working. They give you a palette. There is method acting. There is a lot of attention to Shakespeare and verse.

Daniel Snyder

I don't know Sally Jenkins. I've met her once. I wouldn't know her in an elevator.

Richard Harris

I think they have an obligation to be part of the solution.

Gerard Warren

He takes everything personally. You feel the obligation when you work with him.

Ryan Costello

Municipalities have an obligation to step up to the plate.

Dennis Prager

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

James Nicholson

We have an obligation to remember and to pay tribute to those who took up freedom's call,

John Cornyn

You have no obligation to tell us how you will rule. Don't take the bait.

Diana Aviv

In the First Amendment, people have the right to petition the government. That is a constitutional right and we take that obligation very seriously.

Glen Loyd

You may keep it without any obligation whatsoever.

Susan Gray

We feel we have an obligation to not only uphold school policy, but also the law,

Bob Hadfield

Our policy is to provide water for the orderly development of Carson Valley.

Elliot Krieger

Our relationship with the union, once the order was put in place, has been pretty good,

M. C. Escher

Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Shaukat Aziz

Step by step, we are getting there. It has to be done in an orderly way,

Gary Thayer

Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and employment.

Barry Lopez

To allow mystery, which is to say to yourself, 'There could be more...things we don't understand,' is not to damn knowledge....It is to permit yourself an extraordinary, freedom: someone else does not have to be wrong in order that you might be right...This tolerance for mystery invigorates the imagination; and it is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.

B. F. Skinner

Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.

Bill Crawford

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

Big Pun

I'm as wicked as Hitler's first born, cause of me, lot of old ladies purses gone.

Gerhard Schroeder

It is not they who will decide, but we when we go to the polls on Sunday,

Tony Wood

I would urge patrons to go to the polls and vote, ... I think it's important to participate in this process.

Dennis Prager

Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be.

Rudy Giuliani

We have too many politicians who are poll-driven to excess. Polls are important. You've got to know what the public is thinking, but you can't let them drive you completely.

Oscar Arias

Today, we'll make reality what the polls have been saying.

Jennifer Duffy

I'm not terribly swayed by polls at this point.

Herb Sendek

It's early, those polls and rankings are going to change.

Michael Bloomberg

You can't depend on polls.

Lech Walesa

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

Bill Sienkiewicz

But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube

C. S. Lewis

As long as you notice, and have to count the steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning to dance. A good shoe is a shoe you don't notice. Good reading becomes possible when you need not conciously think about eyes, or light, or print, or spelling. The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.

C. S. Lewis

It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be.

C. S. Lewis

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

C. S. Lewis

We read to know we are not alone.

C. S. Lewis

But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.

Cathy Moriarty

Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

Carrie Underwood

There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

Bill Blass

Reading has given me more satisfaction than really anything else.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. The moment a man finds that he must play the races, go the Arctic, or make war in order to feel himself alive, that man has begin to spin the strands that bind him to other men and to the world. But what wretched strands! A civilization that is really strong fills man to the brim, though he never stir. What are we worth when motionless, is the question.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team

Becca Fitzpatrick

Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone." "The whole night?" Immediately, I realized it might not have been the smartest thing to say. "Dorothea will be coming soon." That was a lie. Dorothea was long gone. It was close to midnight. "Dorothea?" "Our housekeeper. She's old- but strong. Very strong." I tried to squeeze past him. Unsuccessfully. "Sounds frightening," he said, retrieving the key from the lock. He held it out for me. "She can clean a toilet inside and out in under a minute. More like terrifying.

Barry Pepper

Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.

Barry Manilow

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

B. D. Wong

I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.

B. H. Liddell Hart

It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.

B. H. Liddell Hart

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.

Jeff Denham

I don't know that you have the votes here today.

Al Sharpton

Mr. President, read our lips. Our votes are not for sale.

Jerry Bell

We're overwhelmed by it. It was more votes than we expected.

Charles Kennedy

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

Dick Gephardt

one of the most important votes we will take in this Congress.

Sam Craig

Once it's in play (a nomination), you want to try to go out there and get as many votes as you can.

Al Scates

They're very solid. They had a lot of first-place votes this week. We know they are for real.

Jim Mowen

You have to go where the votes are at.

Pete Wilson

We'll have to see who has the votes if it comes to that.