Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michelle Paver

If you get a sense that your writing isn't quite working, change it. Or cut it out. Don't just tell yourself it'll do, because it won't.

Miguel Syjuco

With 'Ilustrado,' I set out to change the way we read literature, and I think I failed spectacularly. In fact, I know I failed. In reaching further than I could, I may not have produced a life- or literature-changing book, but I did produce one I am proud of.

Michael Nutter

Philly is a place where people love change as long as things stay the same for them.

Paul Watson

Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change.

Peter Hain

It's been fascinating watching all those pictures of me with a lot more hair Jeremy, and looking very young. And we've all got things we've said, twenty, thirty years ago, indeed the whole world has changed since then.

Philippa Gregory

If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.

Preston Manning

I was dissatisfied with the status quo back in the 80's, particularly how the West was represented in federation. I wanted to try to change it.

Paul Arden

If you get stuck, draw with a different pen. Change your tools; it may free your thinking.

Mike Huckabee

Marriage has historically, as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?

Marina Abramovic

To really change the way society thinks, you have to give your entire being to it until there's nothing left.

Scott Walker

Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.

Lindsey Harding

You can't really go by that going into this game, because that was so early in the season. I know we've changed as a team, and I know they have as well.

You can't really change anything game to game so you just try to go in relaxed.

Penn Jillette

You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.

The market had been on a bearish trend. This (data) does little to change any views.

The market expects that one snowstorm is not going to change the bearish (negative) inventory (data) in the US.

The market changed as it often does. Frequently, that means Detroit gets left behind. It never fails.

The major change we saw over the quarter was that investors were getting more optimistic about the economic growth outlook globally . . . The mood has swung from: 'What's next after Russia and Brazil?' to: 'Just how far is the U.S., the world's largest economy, going to grow?,'

Willie Anderson

The majority of the Scottish players were fantastic. They wanted to change and wanted to learn,

The majority of the countries claimed that they had cleared the debts, while others have no information of such debt due to changes of governments.

The life insurance industry squandered its leadership. It failed to recognize fundamental changes in the marketplace.

Simon McBurney

'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness.

The luxury market seems to be more resilient to changes in the economy, whether its gas prices or (other) things like that.

Andrew Luck

I think in any situation, so much of effective leadership is when it comes from your own personality. And I feel very fortunate to be comfortable in the Colts locker room, where people can be who they are, and they don't have to change it when they show up to work that day.

Angelina Jolie

I've learned that we all change constantly. It's rare to find that person who is growing with you in the same way at the same time, who encourages you to grow.

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.

Barack Obama

I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver.

The key was when we went to our full-court press. It led to some turnovers, but more importantly it kind of changes the tempo of the game when things weren't going so hot.

The key is to embrace disruption and change early. Don't react to it decades later. You can't fight innovation.

The key is that for the guys still here, the philosophy doesn't change drastically. If you have shakeups in the front office or with the coaches, you can change the whole makeup, character and philosophy of your team.

The justice system, we believe, needs to be changed in the way it sentences offenders.

The initial plans have changed some, but we are still dedicated to the core restaurant design.

The underlying news is suggesting some continued strength in the economy. There's nothing to suggest any change from the Fed. Rates are going higher.