Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.

Charles Dickens

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Charles Caleb Colton

Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.

Charles Caleb Colton

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.

Charles Caleb Colton

We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.

Charles Caleb Colton

Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.

Charles Caleb Colton

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

Charles Caleb Colton

With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.

Bill Hybels

If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.

John Edwards

When I hear of a group of courageous workers engaged in a historic struggle, it is important to me to show that I am with them. I am with you in every step of this struggle. No American should be working full time and still living in poverty.

David Cook

She is worthy of respect, being such a courageous reporter and remember who did what to whom.

Aristotle

We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.

Jeffrey Hawk

So he did the right thing, the courageous thing and dismissed the case.

Rick Fernandez

She screamed and pulled away and ran to her home. This was a very courageous little girl.

Steve Nash

I try to go with the flow, and I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. I feel courageous enough to go outside myself and try something new, like everything in life.

Fred Adams

But for those on the right, ... McCarthy fought the good fight. He was courageous when others wouldn't do it.

Jeb Bush

I am grateful to Glenda for stepping up to provide strong, courageous leadership for our state,

David Sedaris

I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that.

Mike Aresco

We are pleased to present the excitement of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships live to our viewers. We look forward to a great event and the opportunity to highlight the outstanding achievements of the track and field student-athletes.

Roger Wilkins

We are looking forward, and already planning for an even greater event for 2006.

Marilyn Fitzgerald

We still need to strengthen ourselves in the sprints. We're pushing hard in those events this week in practice.

Todd Rogers

We're in a great place to win. Everyone is gunning for us. We played really well in the last two events and for the most part, when one of us wasn't hot, the other did well. When we put it together, we really handled the teams.

Roland Swenson

We started out planning the event hoping we'd get 150 people, so we were happy.

Jacques Chirac

Where is the president when such serious events are taking place?

Mike Schnur

We actually didn't swim very well tonight. West Chester won seven individual events out of nine. We were just tired and not as up for it.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone's life for eternity.

Charles Dickens

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.

Charles Dickens

Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason

Charles Caleb Colton

Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.

Charles Dickens

A good thing can't be cruel.

Charles Simmons

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

Alan Moore

If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.

Alan Alda

The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.

Akira Kurosawa

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

Brian Nicola

We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.

Rose Mashigo

Making love to my thoughts always inspires me to keep my thoughts aroused, for more inspiration.

Nikki Sixx

What inspires me? I am so inspired every day. I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love.

Lisa Hannigan

Stephen Colbert has such a loyal following; I don't know if it's the same with Jay Leno; he really inspires love in people, and there can be a lucky ricochet of that for some people.

Simon Van Booy

This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.

Dan Hill

I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.

Terrance Simien

Whatever inspires us, we throw it into the pot and make our own flavor.

Alexander Rossi

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

David Phelps

Something in life inspires me, ... I have a song on my new record, 'Visions of God,' about my kids and not missing the important moments.

Jennifer Westfeldt

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.

Alan Jay Lerner

Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.

Byron Katie

A mind that doesn't question its judgements, makes the world very small and dangerous.

Dean Acheson

Brains are no substitute for judgement.

Charlotte Bronte

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.

Baltasar Gracian

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

Brian Jacques

A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus

Kevin Rahm

I have my belief structure, and it's very important to me, but people start associating that with you, and you become that. I want to be judged for my work.

Granth Sahib

O Nanak, if someone judges himself, only then is he known as a real judge.

Cat Deeley

There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.

Desiderius Erasmus

Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor.

Jane Goodall

And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees - it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not.

Blaise Pascal

Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

Brandon Sanderson

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

Baha'u'llah

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

Aristotle

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

Ben Jonson

It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Dave Barry

Smee! Raise the Ladies!

Ian Schafer

When you're working with a series that's as interesting as one about polygamy, you want to make sure it raises people's curiosity.

Robert Rennie

I'd be surprised if the BOJ raises rates at all this year and that is something that will tend to see the yen underperforming.

Alan Dershowitz

The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions.

Anne McCaffrey

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway

George Montgomery

I think this type development raises the status of the county.

Guenther Hujara

Bode raises the question, but there is not a question.

Frank McDonald

You're working, but we're not getting as many raises as we used to.

Kate Christensen

I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.

Ayumi Hamasaki

If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them.

Joe Sakic

With the new rules, we think we can do that.

Andrew Walpole

Vaughan is ruled out. He is going home.

Carlos Castillo

We're simply saying we need to stick to the rules that we've all outlined.

Rachael Ray

She said the first rule is to be myself.

Jay Zygmunt

Sit around and wait. At least it's the same rules for everybody.

Robert Dudley

Let me be very clear: We have not made any such decision, and nothing yet has been ruled out,

Ali Babacan

Turkey shares Europe's fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law.

Anne Hutchinson

Will it please you to answer me this and to give me a rule for then I will willingly submit to any truth.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

We are commanded to seek out those who are lost. We are to be our brother's keeper.

Cynthia Kenyon

I was a little truth seeker as a child. I wanted more than anything to understand myself and also other people.

Danys Baez

We didn't seek this out, but after an in-depth exploration, it made sense for us.

Charles Miller

My understanding is we were seeking what keywords are put in and URLs. Nothing personal.

Abu Bakr

If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.

Mahatma Gandhi

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.

Robert Hamilton

We are seeking any new work we can get.

Julie Myers

I will seek to work with those who are knowledgeable in this area, who know more than I do.

Atharva Veda

Servant Nanak seeks Your Support; he has come to Your Sanctuary.