Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come.

Charles Caleb Colton

There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.

Charles Dickens

"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide."

Charles Studd

Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living for self or in His will; Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what s done for Christ will last.

Charles Studd

Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.

Charles Stross

My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema).

Charles Spurgeon

It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago.

Alanis Morissette

Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune.

Alan Watts

We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us.

Daymond John

Make sure you're doing something that you love, that you're willing to do for the rest of your life. If you're doing it for money, that's the only thing you won't make.

Alison Sweeney

What's wrong with extreme dieting and hard-core fitness plans is that they don't take into account the rest of your life.

Clint Eastwood

You take the work seriously, you don't take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you'll do well the rest of your life.

James Sinegal

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.

Gloria Estefan

Make sure everything you do you really like, because you have to sing it the rest of your life.

John Cleese

Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the icebox until you do your final shot.

Richelle Mead

Life’s like that. As we grow and change, some things we’ve experience before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your life.

Wasim Akram

First of all, convince yourself that you are the best because the rest of your life is going to go proving this to others.

David Krumholtz

There is only so much I can understand and not screw up.

Brandon Thomas

There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.

Daniel Radcliffe

Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake.

Anna Paquin

I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.

Jimmy Wales

Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.

Neil Cavuto

We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things.

Jake Roberts

You know what, when you screw up in the ring, it's so embarrassing.

Vinod Khosla

Screw up often; but screw up ahead of everybody else, and than learn as much, and than use it to make subsequent investments.

Sigourney Weaver

I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series.