Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isaac Singer

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Shirley Jackson

Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Carry.

Dorothy Gilman

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.

James Dickey

I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please?

Russell Hoban

Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

Charles James

The antitrust division has been left in very good shape by Joel Klein. I've found a number of enforcement issues I'm happy to pursue.

Joe Wilson

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Jonathan Franzen

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover.

Patricia Highsmith

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.

Atsutoshi Nishida

Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.

Mike Barnett

Our players, if the effort isn't there, will see a much different side to Wayne Gretzky than the gentleman the public knows. He'll have no problem doing that.

Richard Stallman

part of the long-term effort to liberate cyberspace.

Doc Rivers

Paul gave a superhuman effort for us to get back in this game. You'd rather have a balance, but I'd take 40 from Paul.

Toba Beta

Peace is not a state of nature. It is an effort done by the living.

Peter Budaj

Starting with me and everybody else, I don't think we put out the effort that was good enough for a win.

Li Zhaoxing

Some people are disappointed with the outcome of meetings, which was not as substantial as they have expected, ... However, we should highly value efforts made by all sides in this process.

Carl Jacobs

Our results have been worthy of an 'A,' but our effort has been on the 'C' level. We've jumped out to big leads, then other teams back in.

David Kirkland

Our team is extremely young and we're so thin in depth. However, I'm proud of their effort tonight. If you take away a handful of plays, the scoreboard would have read something else.

Billy Graham

part poet, part preacher, a singer of the human spirit.

Margot Robbie

People negotiate their way around how a human mind works and find blind points. That's how people steal effectively.

Dan Shechtman

Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.

Mark Twain

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Bhagavad Gita

Success in work comes quickly in this human world.

Jim Leach

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

Kamila Hyat

Our view is that if surveillance has happened, it is undemocratic. This is a violation of human rights.

Tony Perkins

Rep. Foxx is to be commended for supporting public policy that values human life, protects our religious liberties, and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family.

Jimmy Schaeffler

Piracy has taken a hit, but it's always going to be a problem. It's human nature to find ways around paying.

Antoine Lavoisier

Languages are true analytical methods.

David Aaron

It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord.

Wanda Peterson

Last summer I took a sign language class. There was a project where I was in a group. I was treated just like the other students (in the group).

Bertrand Russell

We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of inference of any knowledge of truths.

Veda Upanishads

It is not the language but the speaker that we want to understand.

Joe Torre

I think that's personality more than anything. (Hideki) Matsui is so different and he's got the language barrier, too.

Dean Maki

I think that they are likely to make some small modification to the forward-looking language ... saying something like 'further policy firming might be needed' rather than 'may be needed'.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

Marty Schottenheimer

I think so, because of the language that had to be learned and understood. The last thing you get is the technique because the language you can put together. But to be able to put the fundamentals together at the speed necessary to be successful takes some time. You can't have a lot of thought going through your mind.

Cecelia Ahern

One must not speak of such things. One is still scarred from that experience.

Bill Bryson

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.

Mario Pescante

I will speak with him about doping. We are optimistic.

Linda Casey

I think it speaks to the convenience of convenience stores.

Mario Pescante

I will speak with (Rogge) about doping, ... We are optimistic.

Antoine Hood

I think I can speak for everyone on this team when I say he had our trust from Day 1.

Randy Couture

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.

Libba Bray

I feel like I'm speaking with my therapist.

Tiger Woods

I can't speak for him, but I did not play well at all.