Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.

Djuna Barnes

In the acceptance of depravity the sense of the past is most truly captured. What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Corruption is the Age of Time.

Diane Wakoski

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

Dianna Agron

We are all the best versions of ourselves when we have love and acceptance in our lives.

Carl Sagan

Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new ideas before they are adequately tested-and you're not only unpleasantly grumpy, but also closed to the advance of science. A judicious mix is what we need.

Byron Katie

Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They're not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.

Cesare Pavese

The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.

Jane Austen

It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable.

Janet Leigh

[Her life with Tony Curtis in 1961:] We were beginning the climb to a higher plateau. Acceptance. Recognition. Status. Security. We only had to hold on and hope the thin air didn't make us dizzy and cause a tumble. We also needed to remember that the inside had to ascend together with the outside.

Dean Ryerson

We have seen an increase in pregnant students coming into the university clinic. Our clinic also hands out free condoms, and we have seen an increase of students asking for them.

Dan Schmidt

We have seen an explosion in our numbers. The industry came to us and asked us to develop a program. The feedback we get is that the students are learning and they know more of the why -- why they are doing their jobs and how it fits into the overall corporate mission. From the industry view, they save money hiring someone with a two year degree as opposed to off the street.

Ruud Lubbers

We have said we are available, if Paris and London ask us, to give a hand with the screening of the people at Sangatte. We could do it together,

Jimmy Neal

We have to go through the city manager, so we will send him a letter (today) asking for a meeting.

Joe Pendry

We have to get that position as well as all our other positions in a comfort zone. We have to put him in a position to do his job and not ask him to go win the game for us every time.

Roe Hye

We have asked three independent labs to conduct DNA tests on the samples, and all three came out with the same conclusion. None of the stem cells were patient-specific.

Javad Zarif

We have asked the United States to provide us with that evidence, and we have not seen any forthcoming,

Baba Kingibe

We have asked the SLA to give us the coordinate of the position where these attacks have taken place...As soon as they do that, we shall send our team to investigate and establish whether indeed such attacks took place or not.

Shivraj Patil

We have asked the police to furnish details on the loopholes.

Stephen Chick

We've seen some existing home sales figures starting to look weak or negative. That's usually followed by a slowdown in sales at Home Depot or Lowe's after a six- to nine-month lag.

Bob Chase

The fact is a lot of our local associations have been willing to look at alternative pay schedules on top of existing plans.

Bill Maris

The reality is the technology exists now to extend life and have people live healthier, happier lives. Not to be kind of immortal - that's not what I'm talking about.

Thomas Mallon

Stars, of course, are too hot to support life, so wherever life might exist in the universe, it has to be on planets or moons that are warmed, but not incinerated, by the stars they travel around.

Sharon Stone

Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul.

Mayor Ralph

What we did was expand existing areas. We didn't go out and include a new one. When you say smart growth, that doesn't mean no growth.

Katharine Weymouth

It's not like I pretend the past doesn't exist or that I'm not proud to be a part of it.

Richard Freund

We are helping to recover the Jewish history of Spain, ... After Israel, Jerusalem and Babylonia, this was the largest and most important Diaspora community. It existed nearly intact for about 1,500 years.

Charlotte Bronte

While I loved, and while I was loved, what an existence I enjoyed!

Richard Grubman

If this is correct, your shareholders should be outraged that such a transaction was not consummated.

Bill Richardson

I will not tolerate security lapses and I'm outraged at what happened,

Sean Howard

It has outraged the community. He should be ashamed.

Susan Hill

I'm especially outraged they didn't even wait until the deadline, ... I'm just so disappointed. I understand that in the whole scheme of things, it's just a sidewalk, but it's still something that's important to residents.

Marion Barry

I'm just outraged by this. Our young people have enough problems already.

Charlie Skelton

Every version of it still has the lovers, outraged parents and fairies.