Famous Quotes & Sayings

Otto von Bismarck

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

John Searle

The general nature of the speech act fallacy can be stated as follows, using "good" as our example. Calling something good is characteristically praising or commending or recommending it, etc. But it is a fallacy to infer from this that the meaning of "good" is explained by saying it is used to perform the act of commendation.

Martin Luther

To comfort a sorrowful conscience is much better than to possess many kngdoms; yet the world regards it not; nay, condemns it, calling us rebels, dissturbers of the peace.

Paul Hawken

At present we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product.

Matt Damon

If your movies don't perform, they just stop calling you.

Neal A. Maxwell

I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific calling.

Patrick Ness

I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.

Patrick Ness

Viola? Keep calling for me– And I’ll keep searching for you– And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come.

Patrick Ness

Viola? Keep calling for me– And I’ll keep searching for you– And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come.

Government calls on all South Africans, especially in the Western Cape, to co-operate with the energy authorities in implementing immediate measures aimed at preventing load shedding.

Robin Cook

grateful to all those friends in the international community who have supported our calls for the men's swift release.

For the kid with low self-esteem, we make that kid a hero. Fathers call me with tears in their eyes when they hear it. We combine two big passions - kids and sports teams.

For the longest time, I had no idea what to call it.

For the last two years everyone's been calling the peak, and everyone's been calling it down, but it just continues to go on.

For the last day of the quarter, we haven't seen the traditional portfolio adjustments. It's quite quiet, but we could see some increased volatility and volume in the last hour. But we're still ending on what I'd call a superb quarter.

For the most part we executed really well. Our game plan was to slow it down. We had to. We were in a what we call five-high until we called a special (play).

For the most part, I think they've been pretty good. The crew we had the first and second nights were professional-looking. There were a few ball-strike calls I didn't like, but that's going to happen in the big leagues or anywhere.

For the most part he gets all the line calls right.

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

J. K. Rowling

Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus.

Kit Harington

When I'm applying for a new passport, or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher.

Kevin O'Leary

Don't call me, I'll call you... I'm out.

Chris Stewart

There's confidence on (Wichita's) side; there's a wake-up call for us.

Jerome Bettis

There's always a time when you have to call it quits. I'm a champion. The last stop is in the city of Detroit.

Richard Jefferson

There's a lot of ups and downs to every playoff series. We didn't really get dominated. It was a game that was back and forth. They got (a questionable foul) call with 0.9 seconds to go that put them on the free throw line. That was the difference in the game, 0.9 seconds. So we weren't that far off.

Theodore Parker

There is what I call the American idea. . . . This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a democracy,--that is, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people. For shortness' sake I will call it the idea of Freedom.

There is strong money flow, which is boosting sentiment, but we are seeing a lot of churn, as investors are taking a call on earnings.

There is strong money flow, which is boosting sentiment, but there is likely to be a lot of churn, as investors take a call as more earnings come in.

Jim White

There's an insult that you would give to your nearby Northern town. Mancunians call their neighbors in Bolton pie-eaters. People from Blackburn call people from Burnley pie-eaters. It is generally regarded as a low-rent kind of food.

There was a lot of speculation last week about the end of rate hikes. Now we've come back to what I would call normal expectations, and that has supported the dollar.

George Miller

At least those wages will be protected where federal money is involved, and that's very important to the economy of that region. This is why we couldn't understand how the president could take such a callous position immediately after the hurricane to just decimate the protections for the wages of people who are trying to rebuild their families, their communities, their lives.

At halftime, I gave the team a little wake up call like I haven't all season. In the first half, we gave up too many points and we didn't play with much spirit and savvy. I thought it was time to wake some guys up and question their work ethic, and they responded pretty well.

At first I was shy. Now, I call her friends all the time.