Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aristotle

The basis of a democratic state is liberty

Benjamin Franklin

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

Benjamin Franklin

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

Benjamin Franklin

He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.

Benjamin Franklin

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Benjamin Franklin

Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."

Benjamin Franklin

He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

Benjamin Franklin

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

Benjamin Franklin

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Darin Shepardson

We were better in a couple of spots, but overall we need to be better mentally prepared for a race. Cross country's a sport where you have to be ready to go when the gun goes off. You're not going to find the answers out of the course.

Charlotte Bronte

And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.

Charles de Lint

Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.

Peter Power

The panel request will clarify the wide range of U.S. government support for Boeing that will be subject to the panel hearing. The U.S. refused to cooperate fully with legitimate requests for documents and answers to written questions on elements of the U.S. subsidy regime for Boeing.

Richard G. Scott

When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth.

William Scott

When I was an undergraduate at Princeton, freshman year, first term, I ended up in the course on Plato's Republic. That book just captivated me - not because of the answers, and the answers can be somewhat unsatisfying, but because of the questions, the way you went at it, the methods, the kinds of questions you could ask, the different answers you could get. That's why I'm still fascinated by that book.

David Mitchell

Why ask a question whose answer would demand ten more questions?

David Lange

Will the United States pull the rug on New Zealand? The answer is no. They might polish the lino a bit harder and hope that I execute a rather unseemly glide across it.

David Rakoff

Unfortunately, there's no greater rhyme or reason as to why it would be me. And since there is no answer as to why me, it's not a question I feel really entitled to ask.