Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

There are only two things in which the false professors of all religions have agreed--to persecute all other sects and to plunder their own.

Charles Caleb Colton

There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts.

Charles Caleb Colton

Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about.

Charles Caleb Colton

There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that knows how to apply them both may indeed attain the highest station.

Charles Caleb Colton

If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.

Charles Caleb Colton

Make the most of the day, by determining to spend it on two sorts of acquaintances only--those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something may be learned.

Charles Caleb Colton

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

Charles Caleb Colton

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.

Charles Dickens

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

Randy Helfrich

We're going to have all the old members there, playing the songs that were popular during the time frame that they were in the band. We're going to take people through 25 years of Dixie Express in an 8-hour period.

Emily Robison

Especially in the Dixie Chicks, everyone wants you to play a role. Natalie was the feisty one. Martie was the nice one 'cause she smiles all the time onstage, and I was the quiet one.

Clint Eastwood

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

Alfredo Gutierrez

Without focusing on employer sanctions, you're just whistling Dixie .

Richard Ford

I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character.

Steve Stevens

There is no question that this is a tremendous opportunity for Crestview Hills. I think there will be a ripple effect all the way up Dixie Highway.

Steve Stevens

There is no question that this is a tremendous opportunity for Crestview Hills, ... I think there will be a ripple effect all the way up Dixie Highway.

John Mellencamp

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

Gary Hines

Daryle is one of the top playing professionals in the Dixie Section PGA,

Calamity Jane

I'd punch that cocksucker in the balls before I'd cup him for comfort.

Diego Maradona

I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

Diane Ackerman

Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source?

Aulus Gellius

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.

Al Jourgensen

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad.

Warren Kole

I was a sophomore in college, and I did an industrial video about how to use the Internet - that dates me! It was with John Turturro, somehow they had gotten John Turturro to do this thing, and I was so excited and so nervous I probably drank 10 cups of coffee that morning.

Pierre Lueders

No one remembers how you finished in the World Cups in an Olympic season.

John McEnroe

Maybe I should have played two more Australians and two less Davis Cups? I could have had more majors and still have three Davis Cups when most people don't have one.