Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.

Mark Twain

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

LeBron James

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

Alan Alda

I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it's something personal - more than personal, it's private.

Alan Alda

I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.

Arthur Peacocke

In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution.

Antony Gormley

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

Denis McDonough

I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.

Denis Leary

I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.

Anton Chekhov

Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?

Madeleine Albright

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

Nic Pizzolatto

I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a novel that was the novel I wanted to write, and got a couple of good reviews but no real traction. I had no idea how to get a job in TV.

Bobby Jindal

We need a doer, not a talker.

Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers are little doers.

Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers, little doers.

William Shakespeare

Talkers are no good doers.

Brigham Young

They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers

Richard Bach

Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers and teachers.

Homer

Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.

Michele Bachmann

I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.