Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Vernor Smith

No man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for while living he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool.

Kerry Thornley

Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously.

Kevin Yoder

Certainly in the Capitol you do get moments were you sort of take a deep breath and think of all the historic figures who have been in that building, like Abraham Lincoln, who have stood right in those same rooms to make the landmark decisions.

Sathya Baba

Love is the basis of all forms of worship of which Abraham was the human prototype.

The Archives

Look, you know and I know that it's either Abraham or Einstein, but dammit, a free beer is a free beer!

Brooks Bollinger

We're just trying to stay upbeat,'' Abraham said.

Robert H. Connelly

Riders that spy the most Lincoln sites will be eligible for a prize drawing. Participants will win either way because they'll have the opportunity to ride where Abraham Lincoln once walked.

Bruce Feiler

One of the reasons Abraham is an important figure in the world today is because he is not a saint,

Bible Bible

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? / Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: / And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Dan Mullen

Whenever you capture information, there should be checks and balances. It's certainly important to bear security in mind whenever you're working with databases.

Robert Redford

We were at 10,000 feet in Utah and I was running out of gas. I was in boots that were leather-soled. The bear was closing in. Now, he's supposed to be playing. Once I started to run, he got really excited. Pretty soon he was chasing me. And I said if this guy gets me, his idea of play is going to be the end of me. So I threw the rifle out and got on that tree so fast. Now, once it was done, I mean, I was sweating bullets. I said, not again. Not again.

Charles Caleb Colton

Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?

Eliza Cook

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture ought below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Tom Hougaard

There is no doubt that the recent rally is fueled by a lot of short covering from bears thinking the New Orleans debacle would cause jitters on Wall Street.

Bobby Wallace

When I met his dad (Chuck), we talked about Toby, but that didn't have any bearing on me hiring him.

Roy Harper

When I was 15, I was wearing sandals and corduroys, Guernsey, striped pullover, a beard that was hardly there, shades and a beret, and the goal was hanging out.

Ricky Gervais

I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.

Thomas Haden Church

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.

Eddie Van Halen

'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.

John Steinbeck

No one is more carnal than a recent virgin

Elias Hicks

And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires.

Charles Spurgeon

We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises.

Thomas Hobbes

Desire to know why, and how - curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge - exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.

Thomas Hobbes

Desire to know why, and how -- curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge -- exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.

Carol Leifer

I never thought I was going to have children. I just thought after 45, that was it.

Carol Moseley Braun

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.

Carol Vorderman

Once you have children it's love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that?

Carol Vorderman

I'm very pleased how my children have turned out.

Carlos Mencia

If God made Adam and Eve, they had children... wait a minute... that means someone banged their sister!

Carlos Fuentes

Children know how to be cruel, and the cruelty of their elders is the surest residue of the malaise the young feel toward things strange, things other, things that reveal our own ignorance or insufficiency

Carlos Fuentes

I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?

Carlos Castaneda

The fact of the matter is that many children see. . . . Most of those who see are considered to be oddballs and every effort is made to correct them.

Carl Andre

I never stopped doing what I did as a child.

Agnes Repplier

the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.

E. L. Konigsburg

The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Wherever the Word comes without power its essential content is missed.

Gretchen Rubin

My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the overall effect.

Edmund Burke

Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. If parsimony were to be considered as one of the kinds of that virtue, there is, however, another and a higher economy. Economy is a distinctive virtue, and consists not in saving, but in selection.

Steve Novak

This program is essential for every student in our society. We must know the past so we do not make the mistakes in the future.

Eli Roth

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

Tom Wolfe

Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught music or tap dancing that way.

David Ricardo

Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it.

Matt Sparks

She is able to run, but it's really painful. As a coach, you've got to figure out what you can put a kid through. It's an ethical thing. It could be good, but it could be not as good.

Bill Clinton

Mine will be the most ethical administration in the history of the republic!

Ray LaHood

The only part of the formula they have going for them right now is some of our people are ethically challenged, ... The rest of it doesn't fit--they don't have ideas, they don't have people on our side retiring.

Anthony Fauci

The most pressing ethical question is to make sure that everything you do from a scientific standpoint is done for the ultimate good and positive issue for the people that you're caring about.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.

Don Seymour

John Boehner has ties to K Street, but they're ethical ones.

Kelly McBride

If you are going to do a gossip column, you should do it with the same ethical standards as in the rest of the paper. But the minute that comes out of my mouth, it sounds preposterous.

Joe Jamail

I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.

Andrew McLaughlin

We take our ethical and moral issues super-seriously. As an information company, freedom of speech and expression are fundamental to our purpose.

Ted Cruz

Those who hate Israel hate America. Those who hate Jews hate Christians.

M. H. Abrams

Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.

J. C. Watts

I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent.

Ben Feldman

Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know. And it's rare to find a Jew that is actually offended by comedy about them.

Yitzhak Shamir

In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.

Clive Sinclair

For me, Jews and football go together like a horse and carriage.

Shaul Goldstein

On this square meter that I am standing on, Jews will not be able to step in the future,

David Novak

A fully positive relationship between Christians and Jews is one that would elide all differences.

David Novak

The relation between Judaism, Zionism, and Messianism is one that is often hard for Jews to get straight. Needless to say, it is even harder for non-Jews.

Carol Shields

The recounting of a life is a cheat...even our own stories are obscenely distorted...

Carlos Fuentes

Writing is a struggle against silence.

Carlos Castaneda

What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.

Carlos Castaneda

I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer.

Carlos Castaneda

Burn your bridges every 2 years.

Carlos Castaneda

One ,must have something to die for in order to have something to live for

Carlos Castaneda

For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.

C. S. Lewis

Bridge-players tell me that there must be some money on the game 'or else people won't take it seriously'. Apparently it's like that. Your bid - for God or no God, for a good God or the Cosmic Sadist, for eternal life or nonentity - will not be serious if nothing much is staked on it. And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high, until you find that you are playing not for counters or for sixpences but for every penny you have in the world.

Agnes de Mille

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.

Victoria Moran

Vegetarian is like raising a kid Mennonite. It's difficult but not that different. Raising your kid vegan is like being Amish. A totally different world.

Nancy Kress

Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.

Ray Fleming

We're doing very well. But we can do better. We'll have to (do) better, because they keep raising the standards. This is one of those things where you can't rest on your laurels.

Ray Fleming

We're doing very well. But we can do better. We'll have to better, because they keep raising the standards. This is one of those things where you can't rest on your laurels.

Bob Stern

I think Harman should be commended for raising so much in the district.

Martina McBride

Raising three girls, I think it's important to teach them to support other women.

David Richardson

It will be 'Roseanne'-ish in nature, a real woman raising two kids. There won't be any winking at the camera, no double-entendre jokes.

Joe Andrew

This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest.

Mark Zandi

Implicitly, ... 'I can keep raising rates, and most homeowners won't suffer.'