Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Castaneda

For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.

Carlos Castaneda

Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

Carlos Castaneda

Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.

Carlos Castaneda

Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated. It operates in spite of the warrior's indulgence. Intent is what makes him invulnerable. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

C. S. Lewis

When the police arrived and found no lion, no broken wall, and no convicts, and the Head behaving like a lunatic, there was an inquiry into the whole thing. And in the inquiry all sorts of things about Experiment House came out, and about ten people got expelled. After that, the Head's friends saw that the Head was no use as a Head, so they got her made an Inspector to interfere with other Heads. And when they found she wasn't much good even at that, they got her into Parliament where she lived happily ever after.

Agnes Macphail

The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have.

Aaron Sorkin

We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns.

Aaron Sorkin

Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.

Charlotte Bronte

Too often do reviewers remind us of the mob of Astrologers, Chaldeans, and Soothsayers gathered before 'the writing on the wall' and unable to read the characters or make known the interpretation.

Carol Kane

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

Carol Leifer

I was over there in Hawaii. I was there on the big island. The 'Big Island' - that name cracks me up. First of all, it's not that big, so I'm pretty sure a guy came up with that name.

Carlos Mencia

If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards. That's why you have names like Kwan Ping Del Toro.

Carlos Fuentes

In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.

C. S. Lewis

In your world, I have another name. You should know me by it.

C. S. Lewis

They call him Aslan in That Place," said Eustace. "What a curious name!" "Not half so curious as himself," said Eustace solemnly.

C. S. Lewis

All names will soon be restored to their proper owners.

C. S. Lewis

Puddleglum's my name. But it doesn't matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again.

C. S. Lewis

Feeling like the voice she liked best in all the world was calling her name.

Carlos Castaneda

We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.

Carlos Castaneda

The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.

Yoshinori Katori

We want to realize from the Japanese point of view a more equitable and balanced way of burden-sharing. This question we will pursue irrespective of the discussion of permanent seat of the Security Council.

Brian Barnhart

We have seen an incredibly balanced level of racing the past few years in the IndyCar Series and look forward to even more of that in 2006. Extending our current chassis program with Dallara and Panoz provides our teams maximum value for their investment.

Brian Wilson

We have to find balance between the need to distinguish high impact sites such as banks, while retaining the accessibility of SSL for smaller organizations.

Heath Neiderer

We have a standard camera shot for all guests. We also try to be as balanced as possible in terms of giving representatives on all sides of an issue the chance to be heard.

Andrew Gray

We have a spectacular brand in Dunhill, and a very fast-growing brand in Pall Mall, and that balances our portfolio so that we can take real price increases.

Aaron Oldfield

We have nice balance through the grades. We have good numbers in general.

Jay Rosen

What The Post is doing today is a recognition that the balance of power has shifted to users who can choose the way they receive news . . . that they're not entirely in charge of how people get their news anymore.