Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

Shimon Peres

In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.

Vanna Bonta

Thought has no gender.

Susanna Clarke

He screamed. Mmm?' inquired the gentleman. I...I would never presume to interrupt you, sir. But the ground appears to be swallowing me up.' It is a bog,' said the gentleman, helpfully. It is certainly a most terrifying substance.

Stephenie Meyer

Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn’t be passed on to another generation. Or maybe it was just that my life was a big, cruel joke, and there was no escape from the punch line. -Jacob

Marcus Aurelius

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

Marc Chagall

What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint.

Thomas A. Edison

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.

Sheryl Swoopes

Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.

Thomas Wolfe

I don't know yet what I am capable of doing, but, by God, I have genius -- I know it too well to blush behind it.

Thucydides

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

Robert A. Heinlein

Gentlemen, let's go row!

Thomas Watson, Jr.

There's a fine line between eccentrics and geniuses. If you're a little ahead of your time, you're an eccentric, and if you're too late, you're a failure, but if you hit it right on the head, you're a genius.

Tom Morello

I came late to the genre of folk music.

Tania Raymonde

I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.

Tamora Pierce

Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.

Tacitus

The persecution of genius fosters its influence.

Tacitus

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

T Bone Burnett

Music was the medium through which knowledge was passed from generation to generation.

Rosario Dawson

This future is ours to embrace. Whether we, the established generations, choose to accept that is in our court.

Tom Ford

You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

Steve Wozniak

In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by.

Tony Judt

How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the pursuit of material wealth and indifferent to so much else?

Tony Buzan

The Alexander Technique transformed my life. it is the result of an acknowledged genius. I would recommend it to anyone.

Steven Spielberg

Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.

Steven Erikson

Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.

Steve Martin

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

Steve Buscemi

It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.

Stephan Pastis

If you're from a certain generation, you basically learn to read with 'Peanuts.' It's sort of the template for the modern strip. Its influence ceased to be noticed because it's in everything.

Stendhal

It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one's generation.

Stanislaw Lem

The demand for absolute purity of genres is becoming nowadays an anachronism in literature.

Scott Weiland

To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.