Famous Quotes & Sayings

To make our idea of morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow-men a secret element of gusto.

Wrestling is just something David does well, but it does not consume him. David thinks and acts with the team concept and has an agenda for the team, not for self. Because he took his record to several of the toughest tournaments in the country and won, I believe he is the best four-year undefeated wrestler to come out of Florida.

Cesare Beccaria

To show men that crimes can be pardoned, and that punishment is not their inevitable consequence, encourages the illusion of impunity and induces the belief that, since there are pardons, those sentences which are not pardoned are violent acts of force rather than the products of justice.

The ordinary civilians who risked their lives -- and thousands lost their lives in countless acts of heroism that we'll never know about -- somehow it's important that the public be reminded of that,

We will probably focus on some of the Southern rock throughout and then focus on memorabilia from some of the acts we've booked, too. One of the things that we will be doing is training our team members on the history of those pieces so they can explain to customers what some of it means.

We will probably focus on some of the Southern rock musicians throughout. And then focus on some of the acts too.

These are acts of desperation by the government. They are scared of the elections.

These acts will not make us ... retreat from our role in fighting terror in all its forms,

These acts were inexcusable. They were wrong. They should not have happened.

These acts that they did to my client were heinous, they're outrageous. You don't do that to a girl.

These acts of creation do not bind Me, O Arjuna, because I remain indifferent and unattached to those acts.

These acts are a reflection of the level of barbarism that occur in our society. It shows that people easily lose control of their temper.

Bill Thomas

These acts are a declaration of war and I expect our government to respond accordingly. As far as I am concerned, we are at war with whichever groups or countries that are responsible for, or knew in advance about these attacks.

Peter Shaffer

I've seen the most remarkable thing. It's in the New York Public Library. They've got the original typescript of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - all four acts of it.

Eric Reed

I've seen so many selfless acts by Dora and Larry Williams. They would rather give something to someone and take a loss because they know that person is really in need. You just don't find that in business anymore, and it earns them a lot of their customers.

I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure.

These senseless acts of violence are being committed in a nefarious attempt to disrupt the even tempo of our lives and to upset India's unity and integrity.

These days, acts of racism are furtive. And, all too often, they happen in our own back yard.

The security system is 10-15 percent better. I would have liked to have seen the system 50, 60, 70 percent better. After all, we have had 12 months to get our acts together and do something about it.

Michael Gudinski

It wouldn't surprise me if a few acts don't come to either Australia or just to Melbourne because Rod Laver Arena isn't available.

Ariel Sharon

They are acts of self-defense against the same forces of evil and darkness bent on destroying civilized society.

Oscar Wilde

The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence.

The wrong way is to open a Linux company that acts as a wall between the developer and the user,

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet.

Gary Gordon

These are up-and-coming acts from the greater St. Louis area.

We will not tolerate their ineptitude, turn a blind eye to their failures or ignore acts of terror. They will not be able to shirk their responsibility.

When it detects a chaotic heartbeat, the ICD gives her a shock. It also acts as a pacemaker.

The strategy of putting justice on hold for an elusive peace settlement has emboldened human rights abusers on both sides of the conflict. This approach has fueled a pervasive culture of impunity that has led to ever-increasing acts of violence against civilians.

Tim Robbins

The story (is) about the common person who is able to rise to those acts of freedom, ... and oddly enough, history has not celebrated them.

The socialist-oriented market economic does not hamper the emulation movement. Instead, it acts as a catalyst to the movement,

The slowest time for touring is right after Christmas, January and February so we thought we could invite some of our Christian friends to come out with us and have a special guest or two. It grew from that to now we have six or seven artists on the show and there are plenty of acts that are a lot bigger than we are.

Ten or 20 years ago, the acts that sold a lot of records were also the big concert ticket sellers. You don't see that correlation today.

Sometimes she acts like maybe she's all done, but if you keep after her, she'll give you a lot more. We just threw out her last race on turf.