Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.

Charles Simmons

Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.

Charles Spurgeon

The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations.

Al Pacino

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Al Pacino

Vanity: my favorite sin.

William Shakespeare

Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others.

William Shakespeare

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

Edith Wharton

Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self depreciation.

Edith Wharton

No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.

Charles Dickens

There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

Charles Spurgeon

We must show sympathy with sinners, but not with their sins.

Charles Spurgeon

He casts our sins behind His back, He blots them out; He says that though they be sought for, they shall not be found.

Charles Spurgeon

Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you.

Chris Brown

I started when I was about 11, singing.

Byron Katie

I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.

Bryn Terfel

I started singing because I come from Wales

Bryan Adams

I moonlight as a singer.

Cesare Pavese

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.

Madhur Bhandarkar

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.

Noel Redding

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.

Carol Vorderman

Change is one of my favourite words.

Boris Becker

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading.

Becki Newton

I've managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection, and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!

Lilly Singh

Growing up, I idolised Madhuri Dixit. She's my favourite actress, and I used to pretend I was her all the time.

Anita Shreve

My favourite books series as a young child was the Frank L. Baum 'Wizard of Oz' series. They were beautifully written, oversized fat books with wonderful type and illustrations.

Gina Bellman

My all-time favourite programme is 'Seinfeld;' I could just sit and watch that over and over again.