Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

We have been requesting the Centre for long to hold talks with the ULFA. Since the outfit has now showed its interest for dialogue, we are hopeful,

Ben Ainslie

The organization is great, I liked the sailing centre but the race conditions were very difficult. I am very happy that I could cope with the wind and win.

To be an Indian writer is to write, necessarily and inevitably, about politics, so it was a given that the story of the Ghoshes, the family at the centre of 'The Lives of Others,' should have a political soul.

I think they are very strong in the centre so we put some extra player there.

Such a centre may also involve other countries, which seek to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Michael Brown

Paula, the federal Government did not even know about the convention centre people until today.

Scilla Elworthy

Your 'hara' is here, where your uterus is if you're a woman, where the tummy sticks out if you're a man, the centre of gravity of the human body. It is the synthesis of our intellect, body and spirit, and by developing our consciousness of it, we can become incredibly rooted.

Olivia Newton-John

It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.

Rafael Benitez

We have three or four months to get through. In January we need to reinforce the squad. We were thinking about a right-winger and centre half, everyone knows that, but when people say we left it until the last minute, that's not true,

One might say that the novel is the genre that most predisposes one to a profound insight into the tremendous life around us, instead of putting forward one's own tiny ego as the centre of the universe.

We had him here at the centre before, with other songwriters for A Country Evening ,

My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I am attacking.

Ottawa Congress Centre is one of a kind in the City of Ottawa. The wage comparisons that we use, we think we pay fair wages and we think we've made a fair offer.

Brian's trained all week and picked things up very quickly. Coming in at centre would have been more difficult but he's picked up things on the wing.

David Alpay

A script is so word-heavy, after trying to communicate so much verbally, I think you need a different outlet to give the verbal centre of your brain a chance to cool off.

Craig Cameron

As a centre half-forward and a key-position player, he deserves that sort of money.

John Hancock

RSPCA Dog of the Year is an opportunity for dogs which were once unwanted to take centre stage with their new owners and show just what fun and loving pets rescue dogs can make,

Helen Zille

Press reports that there has been a staff purge at the Civic Centre are incorrect.

Howard Thurman

Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve centre of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.

David Murphy

The whole idea of this development is to get people back into the city centre because after 6pm there is no one in the city.

Matt Giteau

A lot of people say it is cliche, that I don't mind where I play. But it's true. I do enjoy playing inside centre and I like the responsibility of flyhalf.

Zhao Ziyang, on the other hand, was very much at the centre of that particular storm, and thus will be harder to rehabilitate.

There were lots of good performances, particularly up front, while Matthew Watkins looked sharp in the centre and full-back Lee Byrne did a couple of special things, so there were a lot of positives,

He's trained with the others for the past couple of weeks, and now could be the time to play him in the centre of midfield.

Once you're out of the city centre it's important to do something to turn a few heads and give yourself some presence, rather than just going through the motions.

The things which have been happening in the detention centre show you how desperate these people are. The trouble stems from the detention.

Jake Epstein

The very first concert I ever went to was a Green Day concert when I was 12 years old, at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont., and I remember right after seeing them perform I started a band, and I wanted to get up in front of people and start performing. Ten years later, to be on the Green Day 'American Idiot' tour is really awesome.

Emmy Rossum

When I talked to Joel about it I said that the one important thing for me was that she is the one real centre in all this theatricality.

Around the city, whether it's from the RCA Dome, to Circle Centre Mall, to Monument Circle, the planning has been in earnest for more than a year now.

Maria Valverde

In Madrid, there's a big street in the centre called Callao. I remember being there with my mum and pointing to one of the big film posters and saying, 'I want to be up there.' That was my dream, and I got it.

Jason Spezza

It's out of your control, so it won't be crushing (if he's not picked). It will be disappointing. All you can do is go out and play. I feel good about how I've played and how the team's done. The most important thing is the team's winning and I'm the top centre on the first-place team in the league. That's what's most important. It definitely won't faze me so much that it would hinder my play.

The next round of talks between the Centre and PCG will be very crucial as likely outcome of the meeting may decide the future of the peace process.