Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cheryl Strayed

Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me.

Arthur Balfour

Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.

Booker T. Washington

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

Brian Kernighan

Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.

Kenneth Branagh

I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.

Kenneth Cranham

I've always liked texts that you immediately understand. I suppose the playwrights who really speak to me are Edward Bond, Joe Orton and Harold Pinter. I've been in six different Pinter productions - I love the clarity of his language. He has this way of using words - there's a thrill to them.

She had a strength and clarity in the things she said. And a consistent vision of what whole justice looks like.

Antisthenes

The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.

Charles Bukowski

there's no clarity. there was never meant to be clarity.

Harry Reid

led the federal judiciary with great dignity and clarity ... Through it all, he displayed honor and conviction, a love of the law and a love for his country.

Sandra Tsing Loh

Many men today can cook, or at least order takeout, and know where and how to hire domestic help, perhaps with refreshing clarity and less anxiety than ever-conflicted mothers.

Kate Michelman

We still do not have clarity on his views.

I get so many big ideas while I'm running and such clarity while I'm lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy and positive.

Colum McCann

I think we need stories, and we need to tell the stories over and over and over not only to remind us, but to be able to have that clarity of experience that changes us, so that we know who we are now because of who we have been at some other time.

Tom Shales

Revisiting 'Leave It to Beaver,' and seeing it in the pristine visual clarity of digital restoration, are mood-altering if not quite mind-altering experiences, very much for the better.

Khloe Kardashian

I genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. My workouts are not all about vanity. They are about clarity for my mind and soul.

I (and) other ministers fully respect the fact that parents want clarity on what is going on and secondly that it isn't going to go on in an indiscriminate fashion.

Gary Ross

My guess is that OPEC will get a deal by the end of the week, but their lack of clarity has led to this thing taking longer than it should have.

I have been in contact with HUD on more than one occasion. I'm going to meet with them in the next few months, and I hope to gain a little more clarity as to what HUD expects of us.

if only to get as much clarity and transparency as possible.

I don't expect the market to gain momentum in either direction until it gains new clarity about the possibility of a May rate hike. The overall trend in housing demand remains relatively weaker compared with 2005.

Carl von Clausewitz

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Alan Lightman

Time is the clarity for seeing right and wrong.

Guy Spier

For most people, attaining the intellectual clarity and emotional detachment that investing requires is tough.

Ambrose Bierce

Least said is soon disavowed.

Sam Donaldson

He can take a story, compress it into nine or 10 words, and have a greater clarity and punch then when I write two paragraphs.

What you really need for the yen to strengthen is some clarity on when ZIRP will end. ZIRP is key.

I think we received some clarity there. I think we are done with the Greenspan hangover.

You aren't seeing enough investments, higher taxes and, in many cases, lack of clarity on what the rules are.

Until we move out of this transition period, and get some clarity on these issues, the market is going to remain very volatile.

Until we get more clarity for further resolution to the investigation, it will be difficult for the stock to move forward. Our net view is that we expect it to trade in a pretty tight range now.

People are looking for more clarity in terms of Iraq, interest rates, oil prices and the dollar.

Our proposal seeks to provide stability, clarity and predictability in moving the Yucca Mountain Project forward as quickly as possible. It is good for national security, it is good for the environment, it is good for the economy, and we think it is very good for America.