Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. The moment a man finds that he must play the races, go the Arctic, or make war in order to feel himself alive, that man has begin to spin the strands that bind him to other men and to the world. But what wretched strands! A civilization that is really strong fills man to the brim, though he never stir. What are we worth when motionless, is the question.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team

Becca Fitzpatrick

Go ahead. You're not going to walk in on anyone. I'm home alone." "The whole night?" Immediately, I realized it might not have been the smartest thing to say. "Dorothea will be coming soon." That was a lie. Dorothea was long gone. It was close to midnight. "Dorothea?" "Our housekeeper. She's old- but strong. Very strong." I tried to squeeze past him. Unsuccessfully. "Sounds frightening," he said, retrieving the key from the lock. He held it out for me. "She can clean a toilet inside and out in under a minute. More like terrifying.

Barry Pepper

Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.

Barry Manilow

I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

B. D. Wong

I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.

B. H. Liddell Hart

It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.

B. H. Liddell Hart

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.

B. H. Liddell Hart

The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.

Rob Leavitt

Our regional is not one of the strongest around, but it's always nice to win and get through that again.

George Clooney

O'Reilly actually said some nice things about the movie,

John Cusack

Partial Insomniac. Nice Person. Sometimes Brooding. ... Partially inspired. Nice Idea. Sometimes Boring.

Joel Cormier

Paul really played nice in net. He made some big saves.

Michael Haynes

Payne is an outstanding shot blocker, ... She has a nice touch around the basket.

Charles Anderson

Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.

Brian Lempola

Staples-Motley has a number of outstanding athletes. We also had a nice meet. I'm very pleased with our season so far.

Bradley Starks

Some of the drills were kind of crazy. They were new to me, but when I got used to them they were alright. The people down there were very nice and helpful.

Jacqueline Salame

Someone called from New Hampshire, and he wasn't nice in his rhetoric.

Carl Jung

The weird thing about saying good-bye is that it never gets easier.

David Levithan

I say good-bye to the part of myself that misses him so much.

Ally Carter

Good-bye Dr. Steve,' I said, then climbed the stairs and went to the fifth floor to die.

A. A. Milne

But, of course, it isn't really Good-bye, because the Forest will always be there... and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it.

Boris Pasternak

Good-bye... why am I hemorrhaging ?

Cher

Come hell or water high you'll never see me cry this is our last good bye.

Jack Nicklaus

I don't really have a problem saying good-bye to things. All things come to an end.

Giuliana Rancic

Bye, bye! I'm from Colombia! I'm Sofia Vergara!

Cassandra Clare

A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye," he said. "It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.