Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johnny Depp

Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost barely enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent.

John Selden

Marriage is a desperate thing.

James Russell Lowell

It is the vain endeavor to make ourselves what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left in the rough.

James Russell Lowell

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

James Q. Wilson

Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals.... Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply treating illness, so the police - and the rest of us - ought to recognize the importance of maintaining, intact, communities without broken windows.

James Q. Wilson

A particular rule that seems to make sense in the individual case makes no sense when it is made a universal rule and applied to all cases. It makes no sense because it fails to take into account the connection between one broken window left untended and a thousand broken windows.

James Q. Wilson

Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populated by window-lovers; rather, one unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.

James Q. Wilson

One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.

Friedrich Schiller

Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!

George Gilder

Poverty is less a matter of income than of prospects. While the incomes of the poor have steadily risen through Great Society largesse, their prospects have plummeted as families have broken into dependent fragments.

Jon Lovitz

Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.

Joichi Ito

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Because I don’t feel broken when you look at me.

Sheryl Crow

My first record had just broken, and these guys wanted my autograph. I thought, Oh, god, they recognize me. Turns out they thought I was Heidi Fleiss.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

You should be more careful. You could have broken your neck or as big as you are landed on someone and killed them. (Tory)

Nicolas Roeg

The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

Mignon McLaughlin

A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.

John Wilmot

Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover's fainting moan, Just in the happy minute.

John Woolman

My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me.

The guy on the phone told me I broke the old record by at least 30 minutes,

The guy helped me out. He broke up some scar tissue that was in my knee. It worked out great for everybody, I guess.

All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on responsibilities, broke down on close outs. It was by far the most 3s we've given up in a game. They were extremely hot, but at the same time, we didn't do anything to stop it. We just kept daring them to shoot it.

The main thing was, the horse broke good. You have to get close to the lead here, especially with so many horses. My horse was ready and feeling good.

The Innocence Project is thrilled to be the beneficiary of the band's generosity. The wave of post conviction DNA exonerations sends a message to all of us that the criminal justice system is broken and desperately needs to be fixed. Thank you Nine Inch Nails for joining us in the quest for meaningful justice.

The ultimate goal is to do as President Bush has urged a couple of days ago, to urge Congress to come to grips with solving the broken down immigration plan. We've talked with workers and they're responding positively, they want to communicate the seriousness of their purpose. Workers want to continue to produce a product and service that helps our economy.

The truth is that no internal reviews or congressional hearings will change the Secret Service's broken management culture. It needs better leadership.

The truth is I broke the law, ... disgraced my family.

These guys just broke the bank. There's a reason they got $11 million and $9 million just to sign on the dotted line. Because they're that good.

This has broken the daily record for marriage registration in the city.

This is a huge success, even if we just broke even. Just to have our players play in a venue like this is (great). It's a lot of work, but just watching the players walk in and seeing their eyes was well worth it.

Henry Ward Beecher

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

Eric Kripke

It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.

Peter Akinola

Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break.