Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Friedrich Gauss

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect...geometry should be ranked, not with arithmetic, which is purely aprioristic, but with mechanics.

Bryan Price

We want him completely healthy, and we want his mechanics sound. Until that happens, he won't pitch.

Barry Zito

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

Riley Wallace

The plane to Boise had some kind of mechanical problem; we were actually on the plane before they sent us back. And then we just sat and waited and there was no other way to get us to Boise, so they sent us to Seattle and put us up for the night.

William Cowper

Made poetry a mere mechanic art; / And every warbler has his tune by heart.

Ben Quiles

She's amazing. She locates well, and her mechanics are unbelievable. She's a smart pitcher.

Mark Prior

I don't know what adjustments I could make. My mechanics to me are about as simple as you could get.

Mike Lieberthal

He's going to be a little wild anyway, because he had such movement on his fastball, but today his mechanics were off, so it was really flying.

Alan Furst

Anthony Powell taught me to write; he has such brilliant control of the mechanics of the novel.

Charles M. Blow

Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

Brigitte Bardot

I have the courage of my convictions.

Milton Ezrati

This provides some conviction that China's economy is still growing very fast.

Ayn Rand

I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions.

Phil Gramm

The fact that I may not vote for conviction doesn't matter, as long as there is justice,

Gordon B. Hinckley

There is nothing we could do of greater importance than to have fortified in our individual lives an unshakable conviction that Jesus is the Christ, the living Son of the living God.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

It is my conviction that those who disregard the reality of Heaven will ultimately find themselves on the wrong side of history.

Pierre Pettigrew

The deep conviction we have is that trade does lead to development, and development does lead to better human rights,

Todd Akin

One pillar was the conviction that God grants life as an inalienable right, and they fought so that pillar would not be toppled by tyrants.

Charles Sturt

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.

Charles Spurgeon

Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?

Alan Rickman

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Anything that God has declared that we should be we can be.

Chinua Achebe

Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.

Dave Barry

We should call editorials what they are: columns written by committees.

David Tepper

GM will do what's best for GM, and Delphi should do what's good for them.

Caitlin Moran

My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Oh, hey, maybe I should have mentioned that my friends are retarded douchebags.