Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Perrault

Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.

Denis Johnson

All his life Robert Grainier would remember vividly the burned valley at sundown, the most dreamlike business he’d ever witnessed waking—the brilliant pastels of the last light overhead, some clouds high and white, catching daylight from beyond the valley, others ribbed and gray and pink, the lowest of them rubbing the peaks of Bussard and Queen mountains; and beneath this wondrous sky the black valley, utterly still, the train moving through it making a great noise but unable to wake this dead world.

Debra Winger

But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.

Ben Jonson

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.

David Bowie

I've always been very chauvinistic, even in my boy-obsessed days. But I was always a gentleman. I alwaysd treated my boys like real ladies. Always escorted them properly and, in fact, I suppose if I were a lot older - like 40 or 50 - I'd be a wonderful sugar daddy to some little queen down in Kensington. I'd have a houseboy named Richard to order around.

William Shakespeare

Thus weary of the world, away she hies, And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid Their mistress mounted through the empty skies In her light chariot quickly is convey'd; Holding their course to Paphos, where their queen Means to immure herself and not be seen.

William Shakespeare

O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep.

A. J. Cook

I am trying my hardest to stay away from the horror movies just because I feel like people are thinking that's what I do, that I'm a scream queen. I'd like to stay away from that.

Fred Beasley

Last year, we had a team full of young guys that didn't understand discipline. That's why we were 2-14. It's no secret.

Mike Morgan

Learning music is about teamwork and discipline, ... You can do it in a lot of ways, like sports and music. It's never too early to start that.

Bhagavad Gita

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.

Bill Blair

No one should doubt my resolve to maintain discipline in this service.

John Artinger

My guys didn't come on time to get taped, so the five guys that were here started. It's a discipline thing.

Sathya Baba

Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals.

Charles Peguy

The references you do not verify are the good ones.

Dean Smith

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person.

Tim Hamilton

I can't say enough good things about our students. I know it's just the first week, but they're really doing a good job. We haven't had one discipline referral yet.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I tried to swallow his nonsense without choking.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Everything in life in nonsense. it's just a question of persepctive

C. S. Lewis

Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.

Kurt Vonnegut

in nonsense is strength

Benjamin Franklin

As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm.

Burt Rutan

Confidence in nonsense is required.

Albert Einstein

Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.

Ambrose Bierce

Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.

Alfred Bester

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.