Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Piper

As a child and a teenager, my attitudes and actions assumed the superiority of my race in almost every way without knowing or wanting to know anybody who was black, except Lucy. Lucy came to our house on Saturdays to help my mother clean. I liked Lucy, but the whole structure of the relationship was demeaning.

Jules Verne

Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?

Micky Adams

Without wishing to prejudge the criminal investigations and our own club investigation, I am deeply concerned about the actions of a minority of my players.

Without this action we would reach the debt limit today.

With any legal action in the E.U. likely to take place over an extended period, we do not foresee a substantial disruption to Qualcomm's operations over the next 12 to 18 months.

Yet when the three principal fund-raisers involved whose actions have, I think, tainted the process do have Asian surnames, it creates a linkage that unfairly treats an entire community and that's deeply regrettable.

There are serious worries consumer sentiment would deteriorate if possible U.S. military action lasts a long time,

John Jackson

This seems to me like a series of prepared legal maneuvers intended to forestall any mandatory action or legal judgment on either side of the Atlantic.

The quick action in terms of this package is another evidence of Dr Singh's sincerity. It has also raised hopes for justice and deterrent punishment to the perpetrators of the mass killings.

Chris Van Allsburg

The whole idea of being mesmerized and not in control of your own actions is fascinating and a little spooky. I remember hearing about someone who'd gone to a magic act, and a person in the audience had become hypnotized by observing too closely what magician was doing on stage, and thought it was spooky to lose your consciousness that way.

Hilary Mantel

Novels teach you that actions have consequences. They help you grow up.

Franz Wright

We know there are poets who are chosen: by what or whom, we no more know than what lies beyond our final breath, or what caused a certain action which resulted in the fulfillment or the desecration and collapse of what we most cared for in life.

We believe (the BOK committee members) have been prudent in their actions as the economy has picked up steam. But inflation isn't so alarming as to require a tightening at every meeting.

We believe that with these forward-looking actions we are well placed in our collaboration with world governments on their plans to manage a potential health crisis.

Janet Reno

We believe that today's actions have disrupted this consortium, ... It is as if we have removed the CEOs of several major corporations who had joined together in a major conspiracy.

We call upon the INS to take no precipitous actions between now and the time this appeal is heard because we think it is so clear that the rights of child have to be heard without further disruption, without further dislocation, without further trauma of any sort.

We called more play action with Willie out. That slowed down their rush a little bit. But Black did a good job.

Kathryn Bigelow

When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism.

While private equity will remain technically private, its actions will become the public's concern.

Charles Dickens

With a fierce action of her hand, as if she sprinkled hatred on the ground, and with it devoted those who were standing there to destruction, she looked up once at the black sky, and strode out into the wild night.

Who's going to take any action against her? ... There are five bosses in this county, and she is one of them. No county employee is going to confront her and risk their job.

Stephen Kinzer

Revolutionaries who come to power by force of arms usually have great crimes in their background. Leaders who survive campaigns by great powers to destroy them do not survive because they observe the niceties of law. Subversives who shape world events by covert action and violence work in shadows and detest the light of day.

The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action.

Shane Robinson

We like to force the action ... and I thought we played our game.

Sathya Baba

When Love animates actions, it results in Right Action.

Firm action is required by the authorities to send a strong message to spammers that their activities are unacceptable. The U.S. computer crime forces should be congratulated for catching someone else who was contributing to the menace of spam email.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Few of the many wise apothegms, which have been uttered from the time of the seven sages of Greece to that of poor Richard, have prevented a single foolish action

Carl Wilson

First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the kind of energy that I associate with rock writing of the 1970s or Internet e-mail discussion lists a decade ago.

Kenyon Martin

First and foremost, I want to apologize to my teammates and coaching staff for my actions on Monday night. There is nothing more important to me than being a good teammate and giving 110% effort each and every day. Nothing will ever change that.

Vin Diesel

Find Me Guilty protects the career 20 years from now. Which is why you say, 'No, I'm not going to do the big action film. I'm going to do this little thing which is all Sidney. No money, just Sidney. Because what I can get learning-wise, experience-wise will allow me to be a working actor in my 60s and in my 70s.

Finding out the religious background of your ancestors will also help you understand their actions and possibly the attitudes that you inherited.

Finally, a company is taking action to remove excess capacity UPM takes the charge but the whole sector benefits.

Finally, a company is taking action to remove excess capacity ... UPM takes the charge but the whole sector benefits.