Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charlotte Bronte

I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity?

Brent Weeks

The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be.

Janet Reno

Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters.

William Shakespeare

I was a coward on instinct.

Edmund Burke

A coward's courage is in his tongue.

B. C. Forbes

When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

William Shakespeare

Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.

Daniel Waldschmidt

There is no middle ground when taking the hill. You either stay in the foxhole or fight to the finish. Turning back just gets you shot in the back - and no one wants to finish as a coward.

Edith Piaf

I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.

Aly Raisman

Tumbling has always been my favorite.

Richard Branson

What's the most critical factor in any business decision you'll ever have to make? Basically, it boils down to this question: If this all crashes, will it bring the whole house tumbling down like a pack of cards? One business matra remains embedded in my brain - protect the downside.

Charlie Chaplin

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Jamie Zawinski

The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it.

Catherynne M. Valente

You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews.

Diane Ackerman

Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.

Czeslaw Milosz

Irony is the glory of slaves.

Ann Beattie

Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can't help but consider irony.

Megan Ronhovde

We knew 3-point shooting was their game. There's a lot of irony in it in that we go on the same philosophy.

Tom Swan

Is there some irony here? Probably. But sometimes in order to enact real reform, interesting alliances have to be made.