Famous Quotes & Sayings

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.

Ellen Key

On the question of marriage, as in all other respects, Lutheranism is a compromise, a bridge between two logical views of the universe: the Catholic-Christian and the Individualistic Monist. And bridges are made to go over, not to stand upon.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this.

We plan to start with one program, Bridges for Newborns, and develop others as we go. We're depending on the generosity of the community for initial support.

One of the most important priorities for me is to make sure all rails, roadways and bridges are secure.

Jane Bryant Quinn

Auto insurance is a toll bridge, over which every honest driver has to pass.

There is a sense of urgency because of the possibility of another similar (weather) system starting next Wednesday. They'll focus on getting culverts, bridges and so forth cleaned.

But by March we expect to have a system of boardwalks and bridges completed so most hikers can keep their feet dry.

Because we have so many bridges in this state, most times the need for repairs is greater than the means we have to do it. Every year, we update the condition of each bridge to make sure the money is there for repairs.

Four bridges might not seem like a lot, but two of them are complete replacements.

Four thousand deaths is too many. Building walls is not the solution, but building bridges of communication is.

Bryant H. McGill

Hope meets you halfway on a bridge called faith.

Elif Safak

Yeah, we should all line up along the Bosphorus Bridge and puff as hard as we can to shove this city in the direction of the West. If that doesn't work, we'll try the other way, see if we can veer to the East. It's no good to be in between. International politics does not appreciate ambiguity.

Annie Lennox

If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.

Czeslaw Milosz

Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist.

Dale Carnegie

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

Cory Booker

For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure.

Dylan Moran

I don't have lungs anymore! Just two spare bags that flew in under a bridge one day.

Anatole France

What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols.

Amelia Warner

The views from Waterloo Bridge are amazing - you can see so much of London.

Amy Waldman

Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.

Dinah Shore

I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.

Claude Monet

I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found - the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.

Daphne du Maurier

The trouble is, walking in Venice becomes compulsive once you start. Just over the next bridge, you say, and then the next one beckons.

David Levithan

I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin.

I wrapped the world around my fingers, taking control through the electron and the baud, burned your bridges and the protocols. So why you turning back? I'm still the same talent and watching as well.

Robert Anderson

Harry Bridges was very famous in his day. And Connie had given him favorable coverage.

Robert T. Bakker

Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases.

Bitsie Tulloch

When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a civil engineer. No joke. I would come home from school and build bridges out of toothpicks and see how much weight they would hold before falling.

The reason they'd be moving is ownership has burned its bridges in Charlotte. Wherever they go will not be as good as staying in Charlotte.

but Seattle is growing fast and we're going to need a lot more than roads and bridges to handle the population that's already there.

Tom McCarthy

We will be working with Metra on getting those bridges replaced, too, ... But the bridges in the worst shape are on the southern end, which we own.

Paul Simon

When I first heard Elvis perform "Bridge Over Trouble Water" it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?