Famous Quotes & Sayings

Italo Calvino

What is modern art but the attempt to pinpoint vague, incorporeal, inexpressible sensations? What is modern art, I would add, but the most solemn pile of nonsense that ever appeared on Earth?

Richard P. Feynman

Because atomic behavior is so unlike ordinary experience, it is very difficult to get used to, and it appears peculiar and mysterious to everyone - both to the novice and to the experienced physicist.

Atharva Veda

Man is but the Image of God. Even Nature is but an appearance of God; the reality is He alone.

Benjamin Franklin

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, though in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.

Samuel Johnson

Let no man rashly determine, that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of understanding, unless his superiority appears from less doubtful evidence; for though peevishness may sometimes justly boast its descent from learning or from wit, it is

Nelson Mandela

Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and to say somebody has died because of HIV/AIDS, ... And people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

Nelson Mandela

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

David Schwartz

Luck take a second look at what appears to be someone's ''good luck.'' You'll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking.

Adrian Raine

Lying takes a lot of effort. You have to be able to understand the mindset of the other person. You also have to suppress your emotions or regulate them because you don't want to appear nervous. There's quite a lot to do there. You've got to suppress the truth.

Ryan Callahan

We're not doing anything much different than we did all year. The only difference now is that it's playoffs and we're showing more commitment to the task. We're getting on them and that's what we have.

John Hennessy

Like all Americans, members of the Stanford community feel great compassion for the many who have suffered loss and a desire to respond to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, ... We are committed to helping out in whatever way we can, and we hope these efforts will make a small contribution to the outpouring of relief to victims of this disaster.

Tom Daschle

Let us respond with the same commitment and resolve in this drought as we would with any other natural disaster.

Andy Fox

Let staff look into the participants in the committee to make sure they are diverse and make recommendations to the council.

Gordon Gee

Let there be no misunderstanding of our intention, ... Vanderbilt is committed to competing at the highest levels in the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA, but we intend on competing consistent with the values of a world-class university.

I. Stone

Lowe's is committed to recognizing and supporting efforts that help our neighbors and customers. No time is this support more important than following natural disasters. Since Lowe's launched its customer donation program in 2000, thanks to the generosity and cooperation of our customers and vendor partners, we have raised nearly $16 million for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.

Bobby Dunn

Lots of people start exercising because a spouse or other person has told them they need to lose weight. But you'll only stick with it if it's your own goal, if it's something you're committed to.

Leo Kiely

Last year, we committed to a strategic review of our Brazilian business. We made good on that commitment, and this transaction is the result.

Friedrich Muller

Let a man walk alone, let him commit no sin, with few wishes, like an elephant in the forest.

George Herbert

There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.

Christopher Dixon

One picture is not going to make a significant difference.

Edgar Degas

Monet's pictures are always too draughty for me.

Pam Shoemaker

When you put the whole picture together, recycling is the right thing to do.

David Wimhurst

From that we may be able to start to get a picture of who was involved.

Randy Price

I find pictures of driver's licenses, pictures of Social Security cards.

Taissa Farmiga

If you don't have a Facebook, like, you're nobody. There's all of these sort of requirements now, and if you don't have all of these things - Facebook, Twitter, etc. - you're made fun of. And Twitter for celebrities... everything is just getting so personal. Pictures of yourself, of what you're eating for breakfast.

Jeffrey Passel

The picture we get is that of young, working families.

Jonathan Crisp

The pictures are indisputable, ... they don't show that she wasn't a regular kid.

Gene Scott

The picture is important because it tends to verify what he was saying about what happened.

Chris Adrian

My natural tendency is to write about zombie bunnies, but one of my first writing teachers got incorporated into my writing superego, and I keep hearing his admonition to make things feel more real the weirder they get.

Jason Bateman

I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.

Jason Mraz

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

Dan Shechtman

Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.

Beth Walters

We made it interesting. That's what we have a tendency to do, whether we need to or not.

Laurie Helgoe

I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.

Debbie Ryan

We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.

Sasha Roiz

I have this tendency to play these horrible, horrible characters.

Mark Hendrickson

That's always been my tendency the first inning of spring.