Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.

Charles Caleb Colton

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.

Charles Dickens

Eccentricities of genius.

Charles Dickens

"Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir," replied the little gentleman. "Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a legal fiction, my dear sir, nothing more."

Charles Dickens

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.

Charles Spurgeon

Giving is true loving.

Alan Moore

Life isn't divided into genres

Alan Bleasdale

It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.

Dave Chappelle

My generation is under-entertained.

David Shields

Genre is a minimum security prison,

David Guterson

I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.

David Rakoff

Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving.

Caitlin Kittredge

He's no kind of gentleman. That's all right. I'm no kind of lady.

Cesare Pavese

The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.

Camille Paglia

The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.

Camille Paglia

Sappho and Emily Dickinson are the only woman geniuses in poetic history.

Caleb Cushing

Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I have done, in a calm review of facts and of principles.

Catherine the Great

If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman ...

Chita Rivera

You know I've got a generator that's still popping.

Cheryl Richardson

Ask for help. Receiving is an act of generosity.

Charles Baudelaire

The immense profundity of thought in vulgar locutions, like holes dug by generations of ants.

Charlie Kaufman

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

Bob Riley

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

Bob Barr

The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.

Billy Wilder

The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.

When you think of the military that's generally what you think of, green style uniforms and green style armory.

The owner's job is to hire the general manager. The general manager's job is to run the hockey team.

Rick Adelman

We're not going to sit back and let this continue. We're not happy about what's going on, and I know Mr. Geoff Petrie (the general manager) is not happy either. We have too much talent for this.

John Greenleaf Whittier

God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds.

Your social networks may matter more than your genetic networks. But if your friends have healthy habits you are more likely to as well. So get healthy friends.

When I was a kid, I read many of my mom's books. Sometimes, there were mysteries, but there were no delineations, and my mother never talked about book genres. Nor did we differentiate genres in school.

We're so much interested in seeing the younger generation helping the next generation because that generation has been so helpful in the past.

Bill Maher

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority.