Famous Quotes & Sayings

Theodore Roosevelt

Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds, that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recognition of all their rights.

Theodore Roosevelt

Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of state aid, therefore, we as strenuously insist that the public schools shall be free from sectarian influences, and above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

Theodore Roosevelt

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

Theodore Roosevelt

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Theodore Roosevelt

Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference.

Theodor Herzl

In Paris ... I achieved a freer attitude towards anti-Semitism, which I now began to understand historically and to pardon. Above all I recognise the emptiness and futility of trying to 'combat' anti-Semitism.

Theodor Herzl

It goes without saying that the Jewish people can have no other goal than Palestine and that, whatever the fate of the proposition may be, our attitude toward the land of our fathers is and shall remain unchangeable

Margaret Sanger

Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a human being which, because of ignorance and the lack of printing presses, had become exaggerated. He maintained that religions served their purpose; some people depended on them all their lives to make them honest. Others did not need to be so held in line. But subjection to any church was a reflection on strength and character. You should be able to get from yourself what you had to go go church for.

Margaret Murray

Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.

Margaret Halsey

the psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life ... requires yieldingness, generosity, sympathy, altruism, tenderness-all the qualities, in fact, which lead straight to bankruptcy. ... the American family is tragically out of gear with the profit structure which has mushroomed up around it.

Margaret Halsey

The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love.

Marcus Buckingham

In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won.

King Vidor

The quickest way to correct the other fellow's attitude is to correct your own.

Kevin VanDam

A positive attitude and an open mind are true characteristics of all good fishermen

Michael Finley

To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.

Michael Fox

Tragically, some people are genetically more susceptible than others to agripoisons and industrial pollutants. Genetic engineering to correct these medical problems is a narrow (reductionistic) and instrumental (mechanistic) response to a problem that is fundamentally conceptual: namely, our attitude toward life and our mistreatment of the Earth, plants, and animals-and ourselves in the process.

Michael Foot

[There are] judges who stretch the law...to suit reactionary attitudes.

Michael Biehn

I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself in the mirror saying, 'You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Who the hell else are you talkin' to?' That's the scene that changed my life by changing my attitude about acting.

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

One of the things I find very little of in America - and certainly not on Broadway - are plays with political attitudes.

I think all of the guys like him, and given the things he's seen and where he's come from, he has a very positive attitude and always comes here with a smile on his face,

I think our guys have an attitude about them (heading into the bowl) to play tougher than what they've shown.

Peter Kropotkin

I read the Social Democratic newspapers, I saw their disgusting attitude towards anything that bore even the slightest revolutionary character, and I realized that there could be no reconciliation between a revolutionary party and a party trying to e

I'm probably the only guy in Chicago who doesn't have the luxury of relishing in the sentimentality of what happened last season. The defeatist attitude that we'll always be Chicago's second team doesn't fly with me.

I'm sorry to lose her. I've really liked the vigilant attitude that she has taken toward Chapter 11 cases.

I'm so proud of these guys. They came a long way. We'll regroup. We've got great kids with great attitudes and we'll be back next year.

Ken Hitchcock

If Jon had the attitude he has now he would have been a 30-goal scorer. He was unable to sustain the level of play necessary to keep him in the lineup.

Nicolas Massu

I have not had any problems with Guillermo. I never felt we had a rivalry. But he was showing an attitude I didn't like. He should know if he did right or wrong. I hope it was just a misunderstanding, and if it was, we can talk about it later. If he wants to apologize, that's fine.

Mario Cuomo

I guess a psychiatrist would say there's some good to the venting process, but it does also promote an attitude of saying, 'Hey there's nothing wrong with being filled with hate; there's so much of it around.' I don't like that.

Brad Wilkerson

I'm very surprised about the attitude and the stuff that's happening. The willingness to give it all you've got is just not there. We need to go out with more willingness, more heart, more effort.

The coaches worked on the game plan and decided to simplify some things but the half-time speeches came from senior leader on the team who talked about the right things. They mainly talked about the attitude we are going to play with.

The concrete attitude toward the environment is more important then symbolic gestures.

Norman Vincent Peale

Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.

Neale Donald Walsch

The question 'Who am I?' is not an idle one. How you answer the question will determine how you live the rest of your life. It will determine the quality of your life.