Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

This world cannot explain its own difficulties without the assistance of another.

Charles Dickens

Hours are golden links--God's tokens reaching heaven.

Charles Dickens

Heaven suits the back to the burden.

Charles Dickens

Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth . . . will gravely jot down in diaries the events of every day, and keep a regular debtor and creditor account with heaven, which shall always show a floating balance in their own favour.

Charles Spurgeon

The joys of heaven will surely compensate for the sorrows of earth.

Charles Spurgeon

Let me revel in this one thought: before God made the heavens and the earth, He set His love upon me.

Charles Spurgeon

One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.

Charles Spurgeon

If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.

Charles Spurgeon

The world's proverb is, "God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves;" but to our mind, it is just the rich who have most need of Heaven's help. Dives in scarlet is worse off than Lazarus in rags, unless Divine love shall uphold him.

Madhur Bhandarkar

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.

Noel Redding

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.

Carol Vorderman

Change is one of my favourite words.

Ma Jian

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

Aravind Adiga

Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

Boris Becker

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading.

Becki Newton

I've managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection, and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!

Lilly Singh

Growing up, I idolised Madhuri Dixit. She's my favourite actress, and I used to pretend I was her all the time.

Dave Chappelle

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

Dave Chappelle

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

Catherine Deneuve

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

Casey Stengel

You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.

Aidan Quinn

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

Edgar Degas

I would like to be famous but unknown.

Elizabeth Kostova

I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

Gil Brandt

When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage.

Charles Sumner

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.