Famous Quotes & Sayings

Seth Godin

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

Theodore L. Cuyler

Exalt the Cross! God has hung the destiny of the race upon it. Other things we may do in the realm of ethics, and on the lines of philanthropic reforms; but our main duty converges into setting that one glorious beacon of salvation, Calvary's Cross, before the gaze of every immortal soul.

Terry Pratchett

The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.

Michael Bloomberg

If it wasn't for O'Flanagan's Pub on Manhattan's Upper East Side, I don't know where I would have spent my Friday nights as a young man.

Ravi Zacharias

It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good.

Ray Bradbury

Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan.

Ranbir Kapoor

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actorThe word 'superstar' these days is used for anybody who delivers a Friday hit. Amitabh Bachchan and the Khans have worked for many years. They have also given back to society. I am just 14 films and six years old in the industry. I know I'll achieve it in a few years from now and I'm arrogant enough to say that,but now isn't the time.

Emraan Hashmi

You never compete with the people in your crew; you have your own team. Competition is only with those people whose film is releasing alongside on Friday and never with one's own team.

James Belushi

Doing a sitcom is like doing a play - you rehearse for three or four days, and then you shoot what you rehearsed on Friday night in front of an audience. An hour-long drama is like shooting a movie. You're shooting 13-14 hour days. The endurance itself is different.

Henry Rollins

Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult.

Patricia Cornwell

I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.

Lisa Kleypas

On Monday they went out for a private picnic. On Tuesday they went for a carriage drive. On Wednesday they went to pick bluebells. On Thursday they fished at the lake, returning with damp clothes and sun-glazed complexions, laughing together at a joke they didn't share with anyone else. On Friday they danced together at an impromptu musical evening, looking so well matched one of the guests remarked it was a pleasure to watch them. On Saturday Matthew woke up wanting to murder someone.

John Sununu

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.

James Johnson

If my boss knew how unproductive I am on Fridays, he wouldn't want me here either.

James Joyce

Bury the dead. Say Robinson Crusoe was true to life. Well then Friday buried him. Every Friday buries a Thursday if you come to look at it.

James Green

Then one day along come a Friday and that a unlucky star day and I playin' round de house and marster Williams come up and say, "Delis, will you 'low Jim walk down the street with me?" My mammy say, "All right, Jim, you be a good boy," and dat de las' time I ever heard her speak, or ever see her. We walks down whar de houses grows close together and pretty soon comes to de slave market. I ain't seed it 'fore, but when marster Williams says, "Git up on de block," I got a funny feelin', and I knows what has happened.

Nicole Ari Parker

If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.

N. T. Wright

I am convinced that when we bring our griefs and sorrows within the story of God's own grief and sorrow, and allow them to be held there, God is able to bring healing to us ans new possibilities to our lives. That is, of course, what Good Friday and Easter are all about

Elizabeth Smart

Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men. And they had some children who were just like all children. And it rained all day. The woman had to skewer the hole in the kitchen sink, when it was blocked up. The man went to the pub every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The other nights he mended his broken bicycle, did the pool coupons, and longed for money and power. The woman read love stories and longed for things to be different. The children fought and yelled and played and had scabs on their knees. In the end they all died.

Max Lucado

Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want to be finishing it on Friday before they preach it on Sunday, but our worship team really likes me to get it done way in advance.

Max Lucado

On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.

Max Lucado

No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours, one Friday-Christ firmly planted in bedrock three solid anchor points that we can all cling to. For the heart scarred with futility, that Friday holds purpose. For the life blackened with failure, that Friday holds forgiveness. And for the soul looking into the tunnel of death, that Friday holds deliverance.

Anthony strained his hamstring on Friday and it hasn't responded to treatment.

Chris Carter

On this show, every day is Friday the 13th, actually.

After the first period on Friday we played some very solid hockey. We did a lot of the little things right.

After having Friday off, it was good to come back and get a victory. The most important thing is we were 18-of-22 from the free-throw line.

Now on Friday nights, Lance can kind of hone in on that job.

There's been an occasional Friday where I'll study. But that's rare.

This game is huge. We're refusing to lose Friday night.

Chris Morris

I told the guys tomorrow is our most important practice and Friday is our most important game.

It's not like wearing your jersey on Friday and letting everyone know you're a player, ... and going to pep rallies. There's no pep rally.

There was quite a sell-off on Friday and it may have been overblown.

Ron Paul

The Cap and Trade Bill HR 2454 was voted on last Friday. Proponents claim this bill will help the environment, but what it really does is put another nail in the economy’s coffin.