Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ernest Hollings

Sending money to Washington to have it administered and sent back is like getting a blood transfusion from your right arm to your left arm with a leaky valve.

Vincent Van Gogh

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that the cafe is a place where one can ruin oneself, become crazy and criminal. Through the contrast of the delicate pink, blood red and dark red, of mild Louis XV and Veronese gr

If the judgment is that there's blood on Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) hands, ... there's blood on the FDA's hands as well.

It has to be regulated. It's not in the pre-hospital realm to carry blood.

It has been proven having a pet companion can lower blood pressure, so I think that's important as well. But mostly for companionship. It's great to have love waiting for you when you get home.

I think 20 years is a long time to serve in a legislative body. It's a stressful job actually -- and after 20 years, it's time to have some new blood come in with new ideas and that kind of stuff.

Stephen Young

It ended up to be thus far, and hopefully will continue to be, a bloodless transition,

I think next week will be dependent on the Iraqi elections, ... If things don't go too badly, there is little bloodshed and a clear winner, it will be another step forward for the country.

Chris Morris

I just feel tired now if people are shocked. If it's not for you, just don't bloody watch it.

I have to go with my brother. Blood is thicker than water.

I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky,And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.

I really do think snacking is the key to dieting. We know if you can steady your blood sugar, then your body will most likely burn fat.

Ruth Rendell

In 'The Blood Doctor,' I wrote about the history of haemophilia and the devastating effects of the disease at a time when there was no remedy.

If you're taking these over-the-counter medications at high dosages on a regular basis, make sure that you report it to your doctor and you're checking your blood pressure.

I get blood work done periodically throughout the year and normally test between 16.5-17.5.

Henry Miller

People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused.

Cassandra Clare

My blood in his veins." ~Jace

Cassandra Clare

Just be careful. When we arrive at the house, you can’t look to me for help or instruction. Remember, I am your human subjugate. You keep me about you for blood—blood whenever you want it—and nothing else.” “So you’re not going to speak tonight,” Tessa said. “At all.” “Not unless you instruct me to,” said Will. “This evening sounds as if it might be better than I thought.

Cassandra Clare

She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her tremble with mingled hatred and longing. It was like poison in her blood, to which Jem was the only antidote.

Cassandra Clare

Then forget Gabriel. Is there a particular reason you keep biting vampires?" Will touched the dried blood on his wrists, and smiled. "They don't expect it.

Cassandra Clare

Is there a particular reason you keep biting vampires?" Will touched the dried blood on his wrists, and smiled. "They don't expect it." "Of course they don't. They know what happens when one of us consumes vampire blood. They probably expect you to have more sense." "That expectation never seems to serve them very well, does it?

Cassandra Clare

Of course he loves me. I’m his sister.” “Blood isn’t love,” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter.

Cassandra Clare

Do you have a lot of other profound thoughts like that? Blood is blood? A toaster is a toaster? A Gelatinous Cube is a Gelatinous Cube?

Cassandra Clare

Will spread his arms wide. On his knees, grinning like a demon, blood dripping from his mouth, he barely looked human himself. “Come and get me.

Cassandra Clare

Family is more than blood

Cassandra Clare

Fresh is better. But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?" Simon raised his eyebrow in response. "Well, aside from mine of course," Jace said. "And I'm pretty sure my blood is fan-tastic.

George Eliot

We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves.

Geoffrey Chaucer

For many a pasty have you robbed of blood, And many a Jack of Dover have you sold That has been heated twice and twice grown cold. From many a pilgrim have you had Christ's curse, For of your parsley they yet fare the worse, Which they have eaten with your stubble goose; For in your shop full many a fly is loose.

Francesca Lia Block

You are in my blood. I cant help it. We can't be anywhere except together

Francesca Lia Block

I saw my own blood and I thought, how could I live in a world where this exists- where love can become death?

Forest Whitaker

Filming in Africa touched something really deep inside of me, really. It changed my matrix, my insides. My blood even feels kinda different. I don't know how to describe it. It's really kind of Eucharistic. I feel like I ate the place and now it's part of my system, part of my being. I'm not claiming that now I know what it's like to be African, but that now I have a deeper understanding of myself.

George Santayana

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

George Packer

You don`t have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood.