Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alexandra Adornetto

Envy is a deadly sin!

Charles Olson

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.

Democritus

Envy is the cause of political division.

George Will

Greed is envy with its sleeves rolled up.

Jim Parker

I was the envy of our neighborhood touch football gang.

Tom Stoppard

I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.

Ned Zachar

I don't envy the FCC's job here. This is an incredibly tricky decision.

Catherine Hardwicke

I was always trying to do architectural jam sessions. But it's not quite as easy as singing or playing a guitar, so I would always see wonderful live musicians and just envy them that I wasn't in that medium.

Gregory Coupet

We need to judge our level, to learn. It will be a fine match. We have nothing to envy them ... except for their history. It will be 50-50.

Atharva Veda

May we imbibe all those qualities and sublime merits possessed by gods.

Ron Barber

On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.

Ben Affleck

I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One to Whom it is directed.

Chanakya

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

Benjamin Franklin

Great Modesty often hides great Merit.

Baltasar Gracian

The more merit, the less affection.

Benjamin Disraeli

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Lauren Myracle

Sometimes I worry I'm writing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for teenagers, but I'm not.

Jane Austen

Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?

Brad Goreski

My future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.

Alfred Marshall

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

John Milton

Fled / Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.

Danielle Trussoni

One is but a shade of the other.

Kristen Stewart

It is said that I'm distant and cold. I'm just someone who's very shy. I'm not comfortable doing interviews because I have to talk about myself. To talk about yourself, you have to know yourself pretty well and I feel like there are still some shades in me that I don't know about.

Carla Gugino

I feel like I'm the only person - or woman, at least - who hasn't read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.

Christopher Gorham

Talk about songs that make me cry: Track 7 on the 'Phineas and Ferb' soundtrack, 'Summer (Where Do We Begin?).' When you get to the part about sitting with your brother underneath the shade of a big tree in the backyard, ohmygod. Turn on the waterworks.