Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dorothy L. Sayers

In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.

I don't know if my father's alive or not.

I didn't think we were going to make it out alive and if it weren't for a perfect stranger with a boat, all I can say is thank God for him.

I didn't know if my mama was alive or dead for a couple of days. Then, last Thursday morning she called me from Montgomery. She evacuated at the last moment.

I didn't know if he'd even be alive at 37. He was different back then. Then something just clicked.

Greg van Eekhout

To act as though we have hope is to keep hope alive

Ray Stevenson

He sees the world in black-and-white. That allows him to drink and fight; it makes life alive for him.

James Austin

How do you keep something alive and make it commercially viable?

I don't think I'll be alive when we go to Mars, but that's how far out some of these things are.

Stuart Townsend

I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and I'm still so curious about the bigger world. It's grand to be alive in a time when mobility is so accessible.

I don't know if any team in the country team did that (schedule). We needed to get through that alive and I think we are.

James Stewart

I'm running my own races now and having fun winning. I just want to keep winning races, that's my goal right now and I'm not thinking that much about the points. If I can keep this streak alive then maybe at some point I'll have a shot.

If Lincoln was alive today, he'd roll over in his grave.

If Mozart were alive today, I don't think there's any question he'd be writing for the movies. This was a guy who was always looking for ways to make money, and soundtracks can be a very lucrative field.

Donald Rumsfeld

I have not seen the tape. I do not know if that is on the tape.. whether or not he was dead or alive when whatever took place did take place, ... It seems to me that one ought to be willing to allow some time to pass over something like this so that the people who are looking at these things can come to some conclusions.

I had no control over what was happening. It was really dangerous. I'm glad I'm alive and not injured.

I guess God kept me alive then. He's been the one who has kept me strong all these years. I did what I had to do.

Stephen Kinzer

In 1984, showing extraordinary courage, a group of Guatemalan wives, mothers and other relatives of disappeared people banded together to form the Mutual Support Group for the Appearance Alive of Our Relatives.

I must learn to walk this long unlovely wintry way, looking for spectacles, shunning the cruel looking-glass, laughing at my clumsiness before others mistakenly condole, not expecting gallantry yet disappointed to receive none, apprehending every ache of shaft of pain, alive to blinding flashes of mortality, unarmed, totally vulnerable.

I'm not sure what happened, I expected our bats to come alive at any time. It was mind-boggling. We scored 10 runs on this pitcher the last time we played them, but tonight it was a different story.

I'm happy that we got another quality pitching performance. The offense came alive and there's a 0 in the error column. If we don't get in our own way this team has a chance to do good things. Today was an example of them putting all three facets together and we came out with a good result.

Laura Hillenbrand

I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I've never been more alive as when I worked on this book.

Inside are people who are alive but have broken limbs or other injuries. We can't use any heavy equipment.

Edith Wharton

In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive log past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

Javier Solana

in order to support a diplomatic, political solution that we very much hope will come alive in coming days at the meetings taking place.

Kwame Kilpatrick

I know him. I know his father. There isn't anybody alive who hasn't done something they've regretted. He's a good man.

I know he was fighting to stay alive for his family because his family was his No. 1 priority.

Edward Gardner

By him just being alive is inspiration enough.

Clearly the new paradigm is alive and well, ... While (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan downplayed the policy significance of CPI in his remarks last night, it is still a major positive for investors that core inflation remains benign.

Being alive is the best thing that can happen, because all there is to happen, is happening in life!

Roger Williams

His brain is active, his pupils are reactive, ... We are not keeping people alive that aren't alive and we certainly wouldn't do that.

His imagination conceived and bore - worlds; but nothing in these worlds became alive until he discovered its true and living name. The name was the breath of life; and, sooner or later, he invariably found it.

Keith Richard

Hey, Bernie, if ya hadn't come into me bedroom and did what ya did to me, mate, I wouldn't have decided to turn me life around the way I did as a result of it, and it's why I'm still alive today.