Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles de Gaulle

At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.

Charles Caleb Colton

A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest.

Alan Bennett

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.

David Mitchell

Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is.

David Graeber

It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization.

David Suzuki

More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.

Cesare Pavese

Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always.

Ron Kelder

We knew they were going to play us zone because they didn't want Corey to dribble penetrate.

Tim Kearney

We got unlucky with Corey getting hurt, I think we got unlucky with a couple of calls. Boom, right back down our throats at the end.

Fred Armisen

There are people who are genetically made to start record labels, and I'm not one of those people. People just have it in their blood and are good at it. Corey Rusk from Touch and Go and Ian MacKaye. These are people who have made their own labels.

Dave Joerger

We ran guys out of legs when Corey Williams went down. It'll be interesting to see what we're going to do with that. We've never had a game all season where we've played three guys in the 40's (minutes).

Billy Donovan

I would say it's gone the other way with him. I'm not anticipating him back Saturday and I'm not anticipating Corey back at 100 percent right away. We're probably going to have to keep going through this for at least the next couple of games.

Larry Tripplett

Just having a player of his capability, I'm excited to be around him. I'm taking this as a learning experience. I know he's a good football player and ready to go, so I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a lot of Corey on Sunday.

Ron Jirsa

I thought Corey Rouse was great down the stretch and really looked good.

Ralph Russo

Give our guys credit for playing shorthanded. Corey Weber really played great on defense. He's filled in well all year where ever he's played. They (Saints) were not deep but their first line can really skate and they can play with anyone.

Jim Johnson

I think we are playing pretty good defence right now. To say I wish Corey was not here, no I wish he was here, but he's not here and, I said it before, we just move on. It's an opportunity for those other guys that are playing pretty well.

Nayvadius Cash

I feel like guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to a guitar without any lyrics over it; you can just feel what kind of track it is. If it's pain... you can feel it. It sets the mood.

Sarah West

Years at sea probably explains why I'm single. But every person in the military makes sacrifices.

George Feltenstein

For years, there has always been speculation, does this footage exist, so we have a piece that actually explains what it was and we do a recreation of it. For fans of the film, that's a big, important thing.

Juan Guzman

He has to be questioned ... he has the right to be heard, to be listened to, so that he explains his participation or non-participation in the events.

Richard Conway

He explains the decisions, which is important to our people because if we fail to prove something we can be better prepared next time,

Jeff Bell

Success is a journey, not a destination, which explains why I'm not there yet

Marcelo Porto

Some houses are looking for a small cut, which explains the rise we're seeing.

Elbert Hubbard

No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.

Nassau William Senior

The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness.

Charles de Gaulle

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

David McCullough

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

David McCullough

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

C. Wright Mills

History is the shank of the social sciences.

Cesare Pavese

For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.

Cary Grant

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

E. Hicks

When you think about it, history is made to be broken. That's the way we look at it.

Kurt Vonnegut

History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.

Kurt Vonnegut

History! Read it and weep!

Charles Wagner

Humanity lives and always has lived on certain elemental provisions.

Charles Dickens

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Alan Watts

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Chip Kidd

Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'.

Jerry Johnson

We know 'Willie Time' is under two minutes. He's just an ordinary human being for the rest of the game.

Scott Horowitz

We know for sure that for human exploration to succeed, we're going to have to learn to live off the land.

Astro Teller

Ultimately, a timeless story has to be about the human condition.

David Mitchell

Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime

David Mitchell

Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality

Carl Icahn

I'm no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.

Ali Smith

The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me.

Claude Rains

There's a death sentence for your Robin of Locksley.

Ned Yost

I tried to set Robin up as much as I could.

Kevin Reilly

Those two really clicked. When we sat down and Robinson started telling his story, we just could see it. We could see the show.

Kevin Warsh

I would say [Fed policy] has been in some sense Reverse Robin Hood.

Maurice Gibb

I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily.

Ridley Scott

Everyone sniggered because I was going to do a sandal and toga movie. But I knew exactly how to do it and I know how to make Robin Hood.

Julie Kagawa

Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly.

Charles Dudley Warner

It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.

Charles Spurgeon

God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side.

Chloe Grace Moretz

An actor always goes to the safe side.

Daniel Hernandez

We know what it is like to be on the other side of this,

Dave Gahan

Vocally, I really like going into the darker side of myself.

Jack Thompson

The other side wants to make me the issue,

Madeleine Albright

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.

Barry Commoner

No action is without its side effects.

Derek Bailey

I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.

James Salter

West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view.

Nina Hoss

In Germany, actors tend to be more laid-back and take orders from the director: 'Tell me what you want.' I'm more into collaboration. So are Americans.

Andy Serkis

When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.

Nobu Matsuhisa

When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual.

Mark Noll

When I'm thinking like a historian, I tend to be a little depressed. But when I'm thinking like a Christian, I tend to be optimistic.

Timothy Noah

Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure.

Dan Boone

It can tend to snowball if you let it go.

Jason Mraz

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Linda Martin

Lacy tends to be calming. She is not part of the therapy, but she's therapeutic.

Jane McGonigal

We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.

Preity Zinta

I am very reactive towards everything. There are some who don't react at all, they absorb everything quietly, while I'd go all out and show my expressions. This is not part of some tamasha I do; I do it because it's part of my personality. To each his own.

Charlotte Church

The cast and the crew made me feel really welcome. Towards the end it just got better and better.

John Calvin

dispensers and administrators of the Devine beneficence towards us.

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

Allison Scagliotti

I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.