Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is not the statesman, the warrior, or the monarch that survives, but the despised poet, whom they may have fed with their crumbs, and to whom they owe that they are now or have a name

Bible Bible

Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Steven Heighton

I'm supportive of practical nationalism, like the kind we need in Canada to avoid being absorbed into a much larger country. The kind of nationalism I despise as destructive and infantile is really just tribalism writ large.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

Thucydides

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

Edmund White

When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only get involved with young people you don't learn anything about the world.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

The majority of people think their children's lives will not be as good as theirs. Nearly half of all Americans are no longer proud of their country. Politicians have become a despised breed.

Agatha Christie

Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.

Charles Spurgeon

To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.

Henk Potts

Standard and Chartered could be vulnerable to a takeover. Two thirds of its profit is in Asia, and it provides a good gateway into fast-growing economies.

Mayor Cartmell

Maysville really couldn't do without it now. It is an extraordinary gateway to Kentucky.

Danielle Tiedt

Search is now the Web gateway to information. It's not just search for what's on the Web. Our end goal is, every question somebody has, we want to be able to answer. You can't do that with just Web pages.

Swami Sivananda

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

Barry Sternlicht

I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.

Jose Saramago

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Eric Larkin

There's nothing else to say. Gateway was the better team.

Rig Veda

Fearlessness is the gateway to success. One should therefore shun all kinds of fear.

Gerald Gitner

TWA is pleased to see St. Louis included as a potential new gateway to Asia.

Eric Chavez

Regardless of what happened today, we've got to sweep. We'd need a miracle going for us to sweep them, but you never know. It was a miracle last year with Boston.

Micky Arison

Pat told me what had happened before practice Friday, and I stayed to watch. It looked like any other practice I've ever seen him run.

Stuart Sternberg

Other than what happened on the field, it couldn't have been a more successful home opener.

Dustin Pedroia

Right when I swung, I was like, 'Oh, my God!' because it was the worst pain ever. I knew right away that I'd done something. It's frustrating because it happened on my very first swing.

Brian McCann

Right place, right time. It was a whirlwind; it all just happened so fast.

Donald Rumsfeld

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do no know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know

Mark Mann

(Pitching coach) Vern Ruhle doesn't want him to throw too many pitches in an inning. That's what happened last time out. There was no physical problem.

M. Wolfe

I'm hoping this is going to help me get through what happened 45 years ago.

Ivan Ljubicic

We never lost hope. It happened to us before, and we managed to come back. When we got the feel on the return I knew everything was possible.

Jim Haslett

Part of me says maybe it's time for a change.

Guy Kawasaki

Statistically it's probably one out of a hundred, so that means there's ten out there. Maybe twenty.

Reggie Bush

Overall, I think I proved I should be the No. 1 pick. I thought I maybe could have pushed a 4.29 out of there, but overall I'm pretty happy.

Matthew Gervais

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

Marilyn Oliveira

Planning the nursery comes soon enough, maybe at the same time. Don't do both.

Nancy Wilson

Maybe our team was a little star struck. But the turnovers had more to do with the size differential and the quickness differential.

Charlie Whitehurst

Maybe on third down, that's where we need to be looking. He always delivers.

Frank Beamer

Maybe one practice day wasn't quite what we wanted,

Sheryl Garrett

Maybe it's a reaction to going overboard in the 1980s and 1990s, but I sense a lot of people are moving away from materialistic things (and) toward more thoughtful and meaningful holidays.

Peter Bart

Or, if it opens on three screens, it's going to stay on those three screens for much of the summer. He's not going to be pushed around like most studios are pushed around.

Shannon Edge

She always opens it up to questions, comments, suggestions.

Stephen Frears

When I go and teach, it sort of opens me up in some way. And when you're open, you're more receptive.

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.

Mike Mason

We welcome that. Then it opens things up for our other talented receivers.

Frank Abagnale

The Internet is a wonderful thing, but it opens the door to many crimes, so you have to stay ahead of it.

Lyle Kessler

As for Philadelphia, you know what it is like? Sink holes. You stand in the earth and it opens up and you're sucked down. I'm never going to escape Philadelphia.

Dee Brown

When we come out and he plays aggressive, that opens it up for other players. When he plays like that, the sky's the limit.

Steve Cohn

Until he opens up, there's nothing we can do.