Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face.

Charles Dickens

"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."

Charles Dickens

"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."

Charles Caleb Colton

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well.

Charles Caleb Colton

When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.

Charles Caleb Colton

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

Charles Caleb Colton

Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.

Charles Caleb Colton

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.

Charles Caleb Colton

Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.

Charles Caleb Colton

That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.

Chris Bosh

I can motivate myself fine just by wanting to be my best.

Jean Bruyere

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

Janis Serrano

We're in a rebuilding process, we're doing fine for where we're at. We're just trying to improve on their race techniques and have them do their best.

Tim Zagat

Where it was once de rigueur to wear a tie in New York's finer establishments, that practice is now de rigor mortis.

Sam Perlozzo

When you talked about the Orioles, you talked about Elrod. Elrod Hendricks was one of the finest men I have ever met.

Bertolt Brecht

The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.

Bertolt Brecht

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.

Bill Belichick

We're not polishing fine china here.

Charles Caleb Colton

Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.

Charles Caleb Colton

Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.

Charles Caleb Colton

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Charles Caleb Colton

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Charles Dickens

The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.

Charles Dickens

So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...

Charles Dickens

But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

Charles Dickens

Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

Charles Simmons

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Alain Prost

I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.

David Satcher

There is no health without mental health.

P. J. Harvey

The one thing we preach is mental toughness and we showed it tonight.

Roberto Torres

Where is your mental GPS taking you today? Is that where you want to go?

Kurt Vonnegut

Writers can treat their mental illnesses every day.

Tim Healy

We have to get a lot more physically and mentally tough. That's a concern.

Bryce Taylor

When it comes down to it, it seems like we are putting too much pressure on ourselves. As a shooter, you have to stay confident. It's all mental when it comes to our shooting.

Rod Wright

We're going to talk shutout this week. We're going to talk shutout next week. That's just our mentality as a defense.

Rod Wright

We're going to talk shutout this week, ... We're going to talk shutout next week. That's just our mentality as a defense.

O. Henry

She really stepped it up and said enough of this.

Terry Kukesh

She stepped it up and got them going.

Gerald Celente

Wal-Mart stepped to the plate, ... They didn't have to do that.

Ernesto Hernandez

We stepped on American soil, we shouldn't be here.

Brian Rolston

We stepped it up tonight, and if we do that we can be in it. We can make the playoffs.

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Derrick Jackson

I thought today was the first day that we stepped up and kind of had a little nastiness to us.

Geno Auriemma

She's stretching it out. She does whatever she has to do.

Doris Lessing

I am interested only in stretching myself, on living as fully as I can.

Nancy Brown

What it's going to do is stretch us thin, personnel-wise.

Joshua Bell

I think it's really important to always kind of stretch your boundaries and your limits and get out of your comfort zone. And for me, that's very important.

Lewis Carroll

He taught us Drawling, Stretching and Fainting in Coils.

Brian O'Driscoll

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

Brian Martin

We'll be able to stretch it (fuel) out a little.

Raymond Kelly

I don't stretch enough. I know I should do it more, and I'd like to do yoga, but I just don't have time.

Jim Ritterbusch

This thing has tentacles that are going to stretch all over the place,

and City

When you vote yes or no, ... it takes you out of the negotiations, and I don't ever want to be out of the game.

Wayne Stroupe

We're going to go where the truth takes us.

Kelly Sears

We're going to do the things that it takes to manufacture those runs.

Charlie Smith

We're just not doing the things it takes to win.

Glen Smith

We know what it takes to get them satisfied. They didn't just walk up and give us a jackpot. It's not like that.

Mark de Mori

Sexy boxing is something that takes away from the brutality of boxing.

Randy Pausch

Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.

Jack Toney

Timing matters. It typically takes a week or so, but after the sessions begin, it could take longer.

Harry Triguboff

We can't express ourselves always at the time we should. Sometimes it takes time.

Walter Leger

The other teams have left, and they're still not really back. We haven't left, and we're not going anywhere.

Alain Vigneault

We've already made the decision. Most teams put five, but we're going to put six.

Paul Davies

When the three of us are on, we're really tough. There are not a lot of teams that can keep up with us when we play like that.

Steve Rodecap

We're just still searching, just trying to find out what teams are the best.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Most teams that you have, they have one or two go-to guys. They've got a go-to team.

Matthew Faltys

Most of the teams at the top just didn't give up as much ground.

Tyler Mitchell

When we started out as freshmen, we were ok, but there were other teams out there who were a lot better than us.

Marissa Chovanec

Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.

Eric Ferguson

SEC teams are going to make runs. That just happens. It's part of the game, man.