Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

Charles Caleb Colton

An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.

Charles Dickens

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

Charles Dickens

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you

Charles Stross

Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?"

Alan Greenspan

It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade. The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future.

Alan Greenspan

...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.

Alan Greenspan

What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.

Alan Greenspan

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

Al Sharpton

But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.

Chris Daly

The performances of the different offices are on opposite ends of the spectrum. In Fresno County we have what seems to be a near abdication of their responsibilities, whereas in Alameda County we see an office committed to protecting all residents in the county.

G. H. Hardy

We are praying we don't have an earthquake, ... This is money we've committed to sewer, street and other projects to meet the future needs of our city.

Dane Moody

We've all committed ourselves to having a good team, and we have a lot of individual talent. I think one-on-one, individually, we're better than any team in the country.

Joey Lott

We started slow out of the gate last week, and had some turnovers early. We also committed a lot of penalties and we know we can't do that this week. I've told our guys that Bowman is good enough as it is, and we don't need to help them by playing sloppy.

Patricia Smith

We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling. We remain committed to sharing a great selection of toys at great prices for our Web site.

Patti Smith

We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling in this case. Regardless of today's decision, Amazon.com is still committed to providing a great selection of toys at great prices for our customers.

Doug Oliver

We still remain committed to the development of an import terminal. It's not that the project is not occurring, it's just that these specific negotiations have ended.

Doug Oliver

We still remain committed to the development of an import terminal.

Calamity Jane

I'd punch that cocksucker in the balls before I'd cup him for comfort.

Caitlin Moran

I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

Franz Beckenbauer

Unquestionably, it was also thanks to the World Cup win in 1974 that I was lucky enough to spend four years as a player in New York from 1977.

Lawrence Dallaglio

We started the (northern hemisphere) season by winning (November's World Cup final) in Australia, and we have to try and finish the season by winning in Australia,

Diego Maradona

I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in.

Adrian Bevington

We have said that when the World Cup comes back to Europe it is something that we will give serious consideration to.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

Paul Guen

We were superb. We showed no weaknesses, it was a highly deserved success. Now we are going to try to take some rest before next week's French Cup match.

Diane Ackerman

Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source?

Natalie Massenet

When you see an item like that, you have to have it because it is filling a void. It is something you didn't know you wanted. It can be quite emotional.

Ken Young

So many wait until Friday. Every five minutes we were filling out fishing licenses.

Eoin Harty

She really hasn't had a lot of experience, but every race she seems to get better and better. She's maturing and filling out and if I can just keep her mind right, she'll last a long time.

Cindy Gordon

There are ways of filling the gaps, but it's not going to happen as immediately as people would like.

Robin Brown

We hope we are filling a need in some of our smaller communities. Of those we've signed up so far, most are from smaller towns.

Robert Arnold

She sets our standards. She's great. Filling her spot is going to be hard.

Thom Cooper

There are over 1,500 tickets sold to the performance, filling the majority of the main floor and grand tier. There are still some good seats available.

Dennis Hall

Time was running out ... as that water was filling the mine up, we were losing our oxygen,

Adele

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.

Charles Spurgeon

Secularism teaches us that we ought to look to this world. Christianity teaches us that the best way to prepare for this world is to be fully prepared for the next.

Charles Spurgeon

The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.

Charles Spurgeon

He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.

Charles Spurgeon

Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.

Alan Watts

Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.

Alan Chadwick

A good gardener looks at every plant every day.

Alan Ball

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

Al Pacino

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.

Henry Zebrowski

It's so fun to hear the reaction from Martin Scorsese as he sees you nude for the first time.

Jonas Bjorkman

We used to have strong representatives like Todd Martin on the player council, ... But now a lot of the players are stepping back, they say (the ATP Council/Board system) is not working anymore.

Paolo Ferri

When Dick Martin said he wanted to cooperate, I thanked him.

James Thurber

One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough.

James Thurber

One martini is all right, two is two many, three is not enough

Stephen Graham

I did 'Gangs of New York' with Martin Scorsese, and they used to call me 'Little Joe Pesci' on the set.

Jason Schwartzman

He just nailed it, ... I don't know how he nailed it; that's why he's Steve Martin ... he's a scientist of the heart, or something.

Blake Shelton

I always make a joke that they transplanted Martina McBride's eyes and put them in my head.

Anthony Anderson

Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with 'The Aviator', but I will go on record to say I will do so in 'The Departed'.

Elizabeth I

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

Bruce Johnston

There are not enough seats in the steel lifeboat for everybody.

Dan Rather

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

John Cage

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

Mohammed Habib

We won 34 seats and we could have won even more had there not been wrongdoing.

Jerry Bruckheimer

Dramatics are what keep you in the seats.

John Mayer

I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats.

Brittany Campbell

It has heated seats and a six-CD changer.

Greg Jackson

We were as fundamentally sound defensively during that stretch as I've ever seen us.

S. Walker

We wrote more tickets this week than I've ever seen on a Super Bowl.

Marc Morial

To outsiders, you are seen as a shining light. You are seen as a beacon.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.

Verne Lundquist

Oh, wow! In your life, have you ever seen anything like that?

Brian Katz

Shocking. I don't know if I've seen something like that in a big game.

Keyshawn Johnson

Since I've been in the NFL, I've never seen a team go 10-6 and not make the playoffs. I've seen teams that were 9-7 and 8-8 make the playoffs. It would be mind-boggling to be 10-6 and not make the playoffs.

Roy Evans

Since I have seen him play he has been stunning. He has unbelievable pace.

Scott Stoker

We've seen worse. We've come through a lot together.

Sarah Snook

I was always like, 'No, I don't like sci-fi,' and then I started watching it and thought, I didn't know that's what it was. I think I'd somehow got it confused with action and space-travel action - that sci-fi could only be like 'Star Wars.'

Laurie Colwin

Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.

Alison Jackson

It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.

Vint Cerf

The idea that you can somehow erase the Internet is silly.

Ronda Rousey

There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman.

David Bergen

I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.

Monica Johnson

Somehow many have fallen into the belief that being a Christian is supposed to be a cake-walk. It's not.

Paul Giamatti

Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

Clint Hurdle

Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved.

Jason London

Whenever you have a tight schedule, you sort of have to film whatever you can that day.

Dennis Franchione

We're going to make a tight end out of you, yet.

Laura Fraser

I have to admit I can be pretty high strung and tightly wound.

Jose Carreras

I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.

Candice Olson

In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.

Donnie Madzia

We were a little tight early. The 10-day layoff that we had took its toll early. We were prepared, so we had to come out and execute.

Ken Whisenhunt

I think the big part of it is the quarterback and that tight end's relationship,

Larry Coker

I thought they were going to turn me into a tight end,

Troy Dolan

He had a good, tight waist. He tried to tilt me. He was pretty tough on top.

Charles Dickens

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

Charles Caleb Colton

Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.

Charles Caleb Colton

Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.

Charles Caleb Colton

Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.

Charles Caleb Colton

Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.

Charles Caleb Colton

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

Charles Caleb Colton

Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.

Charles Caleb Colton

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Charles Caleb Colton

Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.