Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

Francis Spufford

God doesn't want your careful virtue, He wants your reckless generosity.

Francis Schaeffer

To fail to exhibit that we take truth seriously at those points where there is a cost in our doing so, is to push the next generation in the relative, dialectical millstream that surrounds us.

Horatio Nelson

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

Horace Walpole

One of the greatest geniuses that ever existed, Shakespeare, undoubtedly wanted taste.

Horace Mann

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

If he is smart, he will do this quickly, be generous and move on.

Joan Armatrading

If I'm at home and something comes I might try to write it down, but generally out and about I wouldn't write it down, I'd just hope I'd remember it.

Will Rogers

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

John Abizaid

I do think there is a general lack of understanding in the United States as to how it's going,

Ron Perlman

I don't think anything is ever going to replace the human heart and what that generates in terms of performance.

Tom DeLay

I am a target, ladies and gentlemen, ... But I am nobody's victim.

I am not going to budge as long as there is no response from the United States. We have already made a generous offer.

Sasha Alexander

I am not even part of this whole microwave generation that is my generation, Gen X. I'm right in the middle of it.

Prince Royce

I feel blessed to even be able to put out an English album. Not too many Latin artists get the opportunity to come out and record another genre that's so different to Bachata.

I don't think the kids know how loved they are. It's just overwhelming the generosity people have.

He's no certainty, and I'd rate him a genuine 50-50 chance.

Barry Zito

I can never really get to a level that will satiate me. I think in general it's hard to find that. I can do it with my family.

Robert Greenblatt

Comedy is king for me; it's the genre that everyone loves.

Howard Cosell

Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is burning.

Honore de Balzac

As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

Honore de Balzac

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

James D. Watson

I am thrilled to see my genome.

James Branch Cabell

No lady is ever a gentleman.

Jake Shimabukuro

You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.

Jacques Audiard

What interests me about genre is that the public connects immediately with it, it has certain rules, certain codes the audience recognizes. I can use that to create something very big.

James Buchanan

I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them.

Isaac Disraeli

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Before Mr. Spencer unveils his grand plan for winning the general election, he should make sure he gets there first.

Peter Capaldi

Before 'Local Hero,' I'd been knocking about Glasgow in rock bands, drinking too much and generally being 21. My opinion of actors was that they were straight and boring, so you see, I was completely unprepared for being one.

Charlie's joy was in the work. He had virtually no need of self advertisement or need to insinuate himself. He was very shrewd but very understated. He genuinely seemed happy for others who succeeded.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.