Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them

Charles Caleb Colton

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Charles Caleb Colton

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

Charles Caleb Colton

Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers.

Charles Caleb Colton

All preceptors should have that kind of genius described by Tacitus, "equal to their business, but not above it;" a patient industry, with competent erudition; a mind depending more on its correctness than its originality, and on its memory rather than on its invention.

Charles Dickens

Lord, keep my memory green.

Charles Dickens

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.

Charles Stross

Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything.

Charles Stross

If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.

Edwin Markham

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Pete Catenacci

She hasn't pitched a lot, and I think she's just rusty right now. She could come around any day now.

Nick Faldo

I was so rusty I should be sponsored by WD-40,

Amy Carmichael

I would rather burn out than rust out.

Dan Rather

I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

David Eddings

Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.

Patrick Darby

He's a little rusty right now. His timing is off and his shape isn't back where we want it to be.

Herman Edwards

He's a little rusty, but he's still got to play, ... His rust is still pretty good.

Debi Mazar

My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very 'Green Acres'-like.

Kate Winslet

I need to be looked after. I'm not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy stuff - in fact, that makes me uncomfortable. I didn't grow up with it, and it's not me, you know. But I need someone to say to me, 'Shall I run you a bath?' or 'Let's go to the pub, just us.'

Pat Collins

Signing Neil Diamond was a watershed moment for us, ... We invested to make this happen. And it's been a strategy that's worked for us.

Ron Gibson

Since we start in the afternoon, we will go into the evening. And this is the first time that the public has had an opportunity even to be in Diamond Head at night.

Nicky Oppenheimer

One likes at the point of production to realize the maximum value, and diamond producers are no different.

Waris Ahluwalia

I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.

Waris Ahluwalia

I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.

Crystal Bowersox

For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I've never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring.

Peter Singer

Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol of commitment.

John Chaney

What I kept pressing upon them is one of the greatest gems there is a diamond. A diamond, whether it's man-made or comes from coal, is a result of pressure. I wanted them to understand the more pressure is put on you, the more of a diamond you can become.