Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

Alan Watts

You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

Alan Watts

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

David Miliband

I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.

David Knopfler

My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

Dave Barry

Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?” “We’re going to look for water,” said Alf. “And food?” said Tubby Ted. “Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.” “We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted.

Dave Barry

Turbulence: This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, "Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence." Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water buffalo organs off the windshield.

Dave Barry

I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is asking for trouble. Most of them have had their boats sitting in their driveways long enough to be registered historical landmarks.

David Stockman

I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries....

Charles Caleb Colton

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

Charles Stanley

Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.

Charles Spurgeon

He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.

Charles Spurgeon

Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to learn how to forgive.

Alan Paton

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God desires to reveal to us that His capacity to forgive is bigger than our capacity to sin.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

We are vengeful. God is forgiving. We remember. God redeems.

David D. Burns

Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

Carter Heyward

To forgive is not to forget, but rather to re-member whatever has been dismembered.

Jethro Tull

The poet lifts his pen as the soldier sheaths his sword.

Sherman Yellen

The people there truly love musicals. They have a passion for them that lifts everyone's spirits.

Lindy Ruff

I think it would've been a very big disappointment if we didn't win. You don't know what (a loss) would've done to the psyche of a young team. But to win, that lifts everybody.

Rosemary Mahoney

There's as much revealed in the way a person lifts a glass as in what they say about some political issue.