Famous Quotes & Sayings

Augustus Hare

The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true. When we wish to go to a place, we do not ask whether the road leads through a pretty country, but whether it is the right road.

Auguste Rodin

Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and indifferent destroy beautiful things merely by looking at the marble. Things that remake the soul of him who understands them.

Auguste Rodin

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.

Augusten Burroughs

Decisions are beautiful. They are the evidence of thought and care. Decisions are the polishing cloths of life.

Augusten Burroughs

Freshly brainwashed from rehab, I carry the bottle into the bathroom. I hold it up to the light. See the pretty bottle? Isn't it beautiful? Yes, it's beautiful. I unscrew the cap and pour it into the toilet. I flush twice. And then I think, why did I flush twice? The answer, is of course, because I truly do know myself. I cannot be sure I won't attempt to drink from the toilet, like a dog.

Augusten Burroughs

I think that the Internet is our most profound and beautiful achievement. It is magnificent. We have the Internet as a layer of our thinking that doesn't control us, we control it, yet we don't have to be aware of it. It will be like a suit that really fits well.

Arthur Miller

Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists of this entire period. MY MICHAEL is a beautiful work of great depth and in some indescribable way lingers in the mind as a lyric song to his country's people as much as a moving love story.

Arthur Miller

Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams are poured, and some vessels are simply worthier than others... A beautiful woman can turn heads but real glamour has a deeper pull... Glamour is the power to rearrange people's emotions, which, in effect, is the power to control one's environment.

Art Spiegelman

The technology that threatens to kill off books as we know them - the 'physical book,' a new phrase in our language - is also making the physical book capable of being more beautiful than books have been since the middle ages.

Art Linkletter

Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful.

Let the life of every Turkmen be as beautiful as our melons,

Humphrey Bogart

Louis, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship.

Lots of things made it special. It was the most current of the hotels, and it boasted 100 baths, some private and some shared. It was very sumptuous. The furniture was lavish; there were beautiful imported carpets; beautiful draperies and blinds; telephones; electricity; and all the latest innovations.

Look what a beautiful mechanism that is. It's obviously designed to do what it does. It must have been made that way.

Last year, we were 160 pounds, this year we're 200 pounds. It's a beautiful thing. Hopefully we can build on this.

Many opportunities are rewards. I am not so beautiful that people would want to see my photographs if I did not have the results.

Several tribal groups shared beautiful dances of friendship, which brought the crowds to their feet.

Seniors and young families on a fixed income are most affected. They are taking beautiful neighborhoods and transforming them into a bunch of beeping horns and people drinking.

Security won't matter to consumers, ... The benefits have to be compelling enough to outweigh the costs. What we've seen has not been a slam dunk either way. Both are beautiful formats but there's a lot of beautiful content out there. Frankly, most people don't care. They want to know what they are watching is watchable.

So far, we have closets full of beautiful things. All look like new - for girls and boys. Our members are delighted. Going through pretty things and working for such a lovely outcome is a pleasure.

She stated that she wanted a pastor to pray with her so she could thank God for saving her life, ... She's 8 years old. Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've ever heard?

She was a beautiful, beautiful person whom I will cherish for the rest of my life.

Edward Kennedy

She was the most beautiful rose of all.

She was simply a beautiful person and I'm so happy to honor her this way. I'd love to see others from the Gulf Coast participating and would love take as many people as we can to Tampa.

She was really a beautiful baby. That part was very evident the minute she was put in your arms.

She was both beautiful and a member of one of the 'first families' of San Antonio two qualities by which queens are still measured.

She was beautiful. I think she had beautiful hair; she wore it shoulder length. . . . I remember the smiles, the friendliness. She was easy to talk with.

She was a very vivacious young lady. She was exciting to be around, was a very good student and had a beautiful smile. She had a lot of close friends.

She was astonishingly beautiful as a young woman. She was the Princess Diana of her age,

She was as beautiful person, she was my sister, and I'm just as proud of her as I can be.

She's a very beautiful young lady. She's loved very much by my family, very much. And if she sees this, I just want her to call me or come home, if she's able.

She's graceful and dynamic, and has beautiful lines. The way she presents herself on the events is just incredible. She's a beautiful gymnast, but she's also a beautiful person, inside and out.

When I heard all these people -- the thousands of people -- shout my name, it was the most beautiful thing that I have heard in recent years,