Famous Quotes & Sayings

Idries Shah

From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths – outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone.

Gloria Steinem

During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was quite condoned. The attitude has diminished, but it's still there.

The world does not have to change.... The only thing that has to change is our attitude.

Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life

Harry S Truman

I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department.

J. Paul Getty

In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.

Nathan Fillion

I think that acting can be a very pressurized existence. So when I'm not working, I spend very loose and un-pressurized time and I like to meet people who have a similar attitude.

Nancy Pearcey

In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.

Kendall Jenner

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Katherine Paterson

We humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it. And in ancient thought the name itself has power, so that to know someone's name is to have a certain power over him. And in some societies, as you know, there was a public name and a real or secret name, which would not be revealed to others.

Katherine Paterson

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

Karl A. Menninger

Attitudes are much more important than facts.

Keith O'Brien

In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.

Keith Richards

There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend, for all I know. And so whenever you pick up the guitar it's not so much the sound of the instrument itself, it's like the ting that you add onto it-the attitude.

Katrina Kaif

Actually even at the beginning of my career, I never felt rejected. I was still working hard and believed in myself. I wasn't in a hurry and was picking and choosing projects carefully even then when I was just a newcomer. My attitude towards films hasn't changed even after these years.

Katrina Kaif

I have a very positive attitude in life. My insecurity, fear and need to know about tomorrow has fortunately eased. What is going to happen will happen anyway. So why break my head over it?

Kirstie Alley

I developed a nutty attitude where I'd think, If some guy really loves me he doesn't care if I'm fat. I'd come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.

Kim Harrison

His attitude, though always bad, has changed since he helped me prep the Pandora charm for Morgan. He thinks I'm falling for her, as ridiculous as that sounds, and he might be tempted to take matters into his hands.

Kerry King

I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a 'Forward, march!' kind of attitude.

Kenneth Koch

One trouble with a kind of falsely therapeutic and always reassuring attitude that it is easy to fall into with old people, is the tendency to be satisfied with too little.

Ken Follett

I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they don’t necessarily take that attitude. They feel they’re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.

Ken Blanchard

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond.

Kay Redfield Jamison

The assumption that rigidly rejecting words and phrases that have existed for centuries will have much impact on public attitudes is rather dubious.

There's a race to the bottom going on. Because of the 'just say no' attitude in Congress, you have lawmakers trying to get to 'yes' by negotiating compromises so great they no longer offer meaningful climate solutions.

There's an exciting revitalization attitude in Leadville. I think a lot of people would love to see it as a return to the old days, but that would never happen.

There's a new attitude up here. We see that there is a clear and precise direction that the administration wants to go. Things are upbeat and that feeling is contagious. Just like in the past when the negative behavior was here, that was contagious. We don't have to live up to the negative perceptions that were here before.

Ray Allen

At certain times, the whole 'Let's play hard and leave it all on the floor' conversation is corny. I hate saying it, but I have to because that's what we do in sports. That's how we exist. That's how we motivate each other to be better every night. If you don't believe in the team system, that's the look guys gave me a lot of times. 'This is corny. I'm not going to be part of it. This is just me.' And that attitude isn't going to help any team.

As research and development (R&D) can push forward the booming economy, a sense of the overall situation and a pragmatic attitude can bring substantial results to the development of Sino-US relations.

As networks become more open-ended, IT has to be even more concerned that proprietary information can now be accessed by unknown individuals. IT is taking more of a big brother attitude and this is frustrating users.

David Harsanyi

As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family.

Marianne Williamson

All of us wish we'd had perfect childhoods, with a mother and father who modeled ideal parental attitudes and taught us to internalize the tenets of self-love. Many of us, however, did not.

John Varvatos

A black suit can be classic and timeless and certainly for most occasions. But remember, it's not so much the color of suit as it is about the fit, cut, style, and, of course, attitude you have when wearing it.

The more you play top-10 players, the more you get used to just being out there, getting used to the atmosphere. The mental attitude has a lot to do with it, and that's what has improved with me.