Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Whichcote

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

We are already conforming to and becoming a partner in the global non-proliferation regime,

There doesn't seem to be any real urgency for firms to start hiring, precisely at a time we're seeing a reemergence of people becoming interested in looking for a job, ... Put the two together, and you have a formula for higher unemployment.

Women were becoming more sassy and finding a voice for themselves. I can relate to that a lot.

With this event, we're trying to open the door to people so they understand the whole idea of becoming a host family. This is about getting families interested in other cultures.

Eric S. Raymond

Worse, by the early 1990s it was becoming clear that ten years of effort to commercialize proprietary Unix was ending in failure.

Jennifer Dunn

We're still in a long-term drought, but short-term-wise, yes, the drought conditions have been eased. You can tell everything is greening up, and the fire threat is becoming very low.

Alex Smith

We're still close, ... I know the scores sometimes don't show that, but I think we're close to becoming a competitive team in the league.

We're starting to show the world. Nevada in particular is really becoming a serious renewable energy state.

We're seeing escorted tours becoming more popular in other destinations, but for us, they are declining in Hawaii.

Kofi Annan

Today, the world has taken a step toward becoming a safer and more humane place, ... will have far-reaching implications for both mine-affected and mine-producing countries.

Dennis Hastert

Today, the hopes and dreams of millions of Iraqis are closer to becoming an everyday reality -- a free, democratic government is literally at hand,

Time is becoming a bit of a challenge.

Marina and the Diamonds

You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.

We have known that kids who are overweight or obese have a higher risk for being overweight or obese as adults. But in this paper, we show that even children in the high normal weight range have an elevated risk of becoming overweight or obese as adults.

Jon Anderson

We've been going through some growing pains getting established, but I think it will continue to get better. I could see it becoming very successful.

Helene D. Gayle

As many as half of Ethiopia's girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference.

We get involved in long-term representation of people. Which means becoming very involved in their lives and offering ongoing representation even when works aren't selling.

We get a lot of browsers. Browsers sometimes end up becoming my best customers.

We have unmistakable signs that households are becoming more cautious about spending.

Rebecca Solnit

The exercise of democracy begins as exercise, as walking around, becoming familiar with the streets, comfortable with strangers, able to imagine your own body as powerful and expressive rather than a pawn.

Scilla Elworthy

This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child.

Paul Hawken

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming the most coherent and are rising to the top as minority or plurality powers. But they do not represent either the shift, the change, or the future.

I'd done all the things I thought a person had to do in order to be successful and fulfilled, like getting a great education and becoming a lawyer, and yet there was zero spark in my life. But there was no light-bulb moment. It was gradual. In the early 1990s, I decided to experiment and try some new ways of living.

Marco Rubio

The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.

Malala Yousafzai

I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.

We had under invested in the marketing efforts of X-Fi as we focused on becoming No. 2 in the MP3 segment.

We've learned more about the book this way than we would by just reading it. We can better understand the book and each character by actually becoming the characters. It's made the lesson a lot more fun.

We have tons of marinas that weren't insured. The problem is that marina insurance for storm surge is becoming non-existent. Either the insurance company won't offer it to you or it's so expensive that it's cost prohibitive.

We're talking about 10 percent of the screens in the United States becoming digital. This makes it a very sizable toe in the water.

We're talking about 10% of the screens in the United States becoming digital. This makes it a very sizable toe in the water.

Megan Fox

I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.

Philippe Petit

My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.