Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity.

Becca Fitzpatrick

My legs are falling asleep,” I blurted. It wasn’t a total lie. I was experiencing tingling sensations all through my body, legs included. “I could solve that.” Patch’s hands closed on my hips.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Wow. Nice bike,” I said. Which was a lie. It looked like a glossy black death trap.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Everything had come into sharp focus : his smooth words, his black, glinting eyes, his broad experience with lies, seduction, women. I'd fallen in love with the devil.

B. H. Liddell Hart

In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.

B. H. Liddell Hart

Direct experience is inherently too limited to form an adequate foundation either for theory or for application. At the best it produces an atmosphere that is of value in drying and hardening the structure of thought. The greater value of indirect experience lies in its greater variety and extent. History is universal experience, the experience not of another, but of many others under manifold conditions.

B. B. King

Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.

B. F. Skinner

I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.

C. S. Lewis

We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century [...] lies where we have never suspected it [...] The only palliative is [...] by reading old books. [...] the books of the future would be just as good [...], but unfortunately we cannot get at them.

Nick Saban

Part of the things that we are doing is because of his unique abilities. I would say that if Jason Taylor had played in a 3-4 system somewhere, he would have been a Hall of Fame outside linebacker. He's smart, and he's got great instincts to learn things better than I ever hoped. It gives us an opportunity to move him around and use him in a lot of different ways.

Theodore Tilton

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name

Doug Williams

I think if you look around the league at the linemen that are in the Hall of Fame, they are there because the teams they played on were very successful. And if you look at Russ Grimm, he's been to four Super Bowls. There's a reason why you get to four Super Bowls.

Chris Gray

John was a great player who will probably go to the Hall of Fame. He knew one speed and that was full speed.

Andruw Jones

Hank Aaron's in the Hall of Fame; it's a good record. But I don't worry about it. My goal this year was not to hit 40 home runs, but just to improve my consistency. When the season's over, that's when I'll look at that stuff.

Don King

gained his fame not by winning, but by losing.

Michael Irvin

He's a lock for the Hall of Fame.

Keith Jones

He seems to be a genuine person, what you see is what you get. I don't think fame was as important to him as family.

Gary Hatch

He's been one of my hall of fame guys. Stephen worked his tail off to become a starter. It didn't happen until his senior year.

Dan Barnett

Our members are growing more rapidly than most Fortune 500 or S&P 500. We've measured their growth from before joining TEC and after, and there is a significant growth after joining us.

Tom Brady

I think it was great fortune that night. I'm glad the referees got the play right,

Michael Hutchison

is tying your fortune to the fortune of the housing market.

Mark Twain

It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.

Alex Ferguson

I think the first goal was a nice one-two with good play from Ruud and Quinton Fortune but that second goal was superb.

William Shakespeare

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style

William Shakespeare

Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel

Martial Martial

Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none.

Marcus Aurelius

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough