Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Irvin

When I said 'That belongs to a brother of mine,' I guess he thought maybe he put it in, ... I don't know. I certainly don't want any problems with the police.

We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart.

Malala Yousafzai

Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.

Phillips Brooks

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.

We really need grassroots support to make this happen. The YMCA belongs to the community and is run by the community with a board of volunteers from the community.

We don't feel Universal belongs in the independent movie business,

Colin Trevorrow

I would just encourage people: your childhood belongs to you, and don't give anyone, especially me, the power to ruin your childhood.

Why would you give 22 per cent to your competition? I've never heard of it, where you have your competition making record profits south of the border and Canada has to give 22 per cent. This money belongs to the companies and their shareholders, and the Canadian government is giving it away.

That water belongs to our rate-payers. Our bottom line is any use of our water has to include compensation.

Orison Swett Marden

The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.

Zeresenay Alemseged

Selam is our most complete skeleton of a three-year-old girl who lived and died 3.3 million years ago. She belongs to the species known as Australopithecus afarensis.

We are delighted that the museum is coming to the Empire State Building. This is the center of all the great cartoonists, and the museum belongs in New York City.

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

To take what rightfully belongs to another, is like a Muslim eating pork, or a Hindu eating beef. Our Guru, our Spiritual Guide, stands by us, if we do not eat those carcasses.

Francois Mauriac

We do not know the worth of one single drop of blood, one single tear. All is grace. If the Eternal is the Eternal, the last word for each one of us belongs to Him. This is what I should have told this Jewish child. But I could only embrace him weeping.

Lewis B. Smedes

What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to you as a friend or partner. Each of us is bound to some special others by the invisible fibers of loyalty.

He was terrific tonight. I certainly would hope that this is a game he can build on. He doesn't have anything left to prove in the Minor Leagues. He has to prove that he belongs here, and I think he started to tonight.

Elizabeth McGovern

As far as I can see women who have facelifts don't look younger, just weirder. You see them on screen with these tight, little porcelain faces - then the hand goes up to the face and it looks like it belongs to an alien. I find it really freaky.

People forget sometimes that this money belongs to the hard-working people of this state. The governor has been very consistent that after all the trust and reserve funds have been repaid and money remains beyond what is needed for core services, the rest ought to go back to the people of this state.

Mohammad Khatami

The revolution belongs to all Iranians and nobody has the right to seize it in his own name or tendency.

Ryan makes plays because of his intelligence He knows where he belongs ... knows his assignments which helps him play faster.

RANSOM, n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.

Ray's generosity is helping upgrade the lake. We wish we had more neighbors like him. He's putting plant growth where it belongs -- in the wetlands. A guy who is so sensitive about nature is rare.

Thomas Merton

At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at our disposal, from which God disposes of our lives, which is inaccessible to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will.

This College of Agriculture was not established to serve or to magnify Cornell University. It belongs to the people of the State. The farmers of the State have secured it. Their influence has placed it here. They will keep it close to the ground. If there is any man standing on the land, unattached, uncontrolled, who feels that he has a disadvantages and a problem, this College of Agriculture stands for that man.

This excess money belongs to the Portola Valley taxpayer.

Oscar Wilde

A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.

You want a scoop? I will not run for County Council again. Any elected position, it really belongs to the people. You do some good things and move on.

You're impressed with the way he acts. He looks like he's a kid that belongs here and knows he can play here. He's not brash about it. He's got the quiet confidence that you see in good, young players.

They have all concluded that this 6-year-old boy belongs with his father, ... Any more delay would be unconscionable.

Benjamin Agosto

This medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of hard work and dedication. There were teams that came before us that were never able to break through, and we've always been inspired by them.

Charles Dickens

There is no wealth, she went on, turning paler as she watched him, while her eyes grew yet more lustrous in their earnestness, ""that could buy these words of me, and the meaning that belongs to them. Once cast away as idle breath, no wealth or power can bring them back. I mean them; I have weighed them; and I will be true to what I undertake.

Vince Carter

It's just getting him to believe, getting him to realize he's definitely an offensive threat. He's starting to realize he definitely belongs in this league.