Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vladimir Nabokov

Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the first - a dull man writing broken English, the second - a broken man writing dull English.

William Story

On the broken stem of dreamsOnly disappointments grow.

William Story

On the broken stem of dreams Only disappointments grow.

Jose Gonzalez

On the one hand you have the need for this type of employee. On the other hand you have a flawed, broken immigration system that doesn't recognize there is a need for these types of workers.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Much of the marble coldness of Hester's impression was to be attributed to the circumstance that her life had turned, in a great measure, from passion and feeling, to thought. Standing alone, as to any dependent on society, and with little Pearl to be guided and protected- alone, and hopeless of retrieving her position, even as she had not scorned to consider it desirable, she cast away the fragments of a broken chain.

MSFT could feel modest selling pressure in near-term following 'shock value' of DOJ's proposal that Microsoft be broken up into two separate companies.

Mental health care in the United States is a broken system.

one facet of our probe is to determine whether any criminal laws were broken or implicated.

Richard Pombo

Obviously, we're approaching this differently than we have in the past, ... trying to deal with a broken system.

Of course it pushed some trees over and the ones that got righted back up, it might have broken the roots from where we pulled them back up, but I don't think there's going to be any real problems.

One year we had so many broken things we put in a punching bag, just to see if it would help. It was right down the stairs (from the dugout). I don't know how often the players used it, but we didn't keep it long.

Lauren London

I was 16 and got my boyfriend's name tattooed on me. Don't do it. 'Cause it hurts. The moment you do it, the next month, the next year, you'll be broken up - trust me - and cover-ups hurt. You can show your love in other ways. Ink is not it. Write it on a piece of paper and mail it to him.

I am trying to connect broken parts of the system.

James Williams

Cause that will probably be broken this year.

But the horse hasn't broken down or anything dramatic like that so we will fight another day.

But also it probably is not the easiest time to visit China. China, as you know, has broken off military-to-military relations temporarily with the United States and he feels that it may be better to go later.

My heart's broken at what's going on. I don't think these are isolated incidents.

Nancy Fox

Next week is going to be a challenge. We've broken ground on a new parking structure. And during this time, we'll be short about 800 parking spaces,

Obviously, these are well-orchestrated, well-organized rallies that are taking place, and they represent the views of the people who are out there, primarily people who have broken the law and want to be rewarded for it.

Richard Gephardt

Obviously, if he has broken rules or done something that's wrong, he will have to stand the consequences, ... Meet the Press.

Forrest served Mayor Daley well twice as chief of staff. And his proudest accomplishment is what he did with the parks. He did it with Mayor Daley's blessing. The mayor told him the parks were broken and needed to be fixed, and he fixed them.

I don't think you'll see a lot of change. It's not like John is moving into a situation that's broken and needs to be fixed.

I had just broken up with my wife so I was searching for another way to live.

I feel like we left a lot of points out on the field, but to be honest, I feel like a broken record saying that. I know I felt the same way last year.

Samuel Johnson

I have ever since (his wife's death) seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life, without any direction, or fixed point of view: a gloomy gazer on the world to which I have little relation

I have developed my eye as a cinematographer through the craft of operating. When I am not operating, I am often anxious, uncertain, restless, sometimes irritable. When I am in the position of working with Steadicam or remote cameras, I fly with a broken wing.

A.J. Burnett

I don't know what reason there is to be cautious anymore. Once the tissues have broken up and there's no pain or discomfort, I don't think it's going to come back ? unless I rupture more scar tissue. I'm just going to go out like I'm getting ready for the spring again.

I am deeply saddened by this tragedy. My broken heart goes out to the family involved for the loss of their son.

Ajay Devgan

Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken.

Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

Antonio Porchia

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

Antonio Porchia

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

Antonio Porchia

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.