Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal sufferring, "No future bliss can make up for it" not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.

Suzy Menkes

I think there's a sort of agony with all intelligent and very creative designers that it's only fashion, that in the end it's only the decorative arts. I had a feeling towards the end that Saint Laurent and Berge were very keen to attain that immortality that a lot of designers long for. You know, those endless exhibitions.

Ella R. Bloor

I shall never forget the despair and agony on the parents' faces on the awful day of the funeral when the 13 little children, victims not only of John D. Rockefeller, but of the government of the state of Colorado were buried.

Penny Sweet

We're in constant agony that our son is gone.

Charles Browder

When you try to formalize or socialize creative activity, the only sure result is commercial constipation. The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.

Britt Ekland

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

James Whistler

Over and over again did the Attorney-General cry out aloud, in the agony of his cause, 'What is to become of painting if the critics withhold their lash?

Charlie Munger

We don't like trading agony for money

Betty Friedan

I won a really big fellowship to go straight on to get my Ph.D. And I went through agonies of indecision, and then I decided not to accept it. I just decided I didn't want to be an academic.

C. S. Lewis

Do you not know how bashful friendship is? Friends - comrades - do not look at each other. Friendship would be ashamed...

Alan Thicke

So we had psychiatrists and counselors and therapists around the set regularly, especially for those scenes in which Jason would be dealing with a patient to make sure we were doing it all appropriately.

Charlotte Bronte

flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.

Dave Barry

What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial".

Jane Austen

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

Jane Austen

She was one of those, who, having, once begun, would be always in love.

Alanis Morissette

That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy.

Chloe Sevigny

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

Chen Guangcheng

My fervent hope is that it would be possible for me and my family to leave for the U.S. on Hillary Clinton’s plane,

Charlotte Bronte

Who has words at the right moment?

Brent Weeks

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

Byron Katie

Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?

Bryan Ferry

I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.

Jane Austen

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

Jane Austen

Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

Chris Brown

You start to live when a moment feels like a lifetime

Eckhart Tolle

If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.

Eckhart Tolle

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.