Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oliver Goldsmith

Silence gives consent.

Margaret Atwood

Kill what you can't save what you can't eat throw out what you can't throw out bury What you can't bury give away what you can't give away you must carry with you, it is always heavier than you thought.

Margaret Atwood

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

To-morrow will give some food for thought.

Marcel Achard

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

Marcel Carne

I don't know what they'll say when I die. I don't give a damn, but they'll probably cry.

Marc Benioff

Nothing is going to make you happier in your life than giving

Kiefer Sutherland

I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.

Kid Cudi

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.

Ken Livingstone

The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.

Ken Livingstone

Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

Kelly Jones

A performance is only as good as the audience you are playing to. A lot of times you feed off of the audience, and we always try to give them all we've got and sometimes you don't get a lot back, but we've never been dead whenever we've performed.

Kelly Cutrone

I overcame my fears and troubles simply by praying and learning to calm down when scary things were happening - I formed certain mantras which helped me become pro-active vs. reactive, such as : What's the problem? What's the solution? Time Energy Money What do I get? What do I give? Shrink It. Fix it. Grow it.

Katie Cassidy

To me, giving back is so important. It makes others feel good which then in return makes me feel good.

Katie Davis

I have learned to accept it, even ask for it, this 'more than I can handle.' Because in these times, God shows Himself victorious. He reminds me that all of this life requires more of Him and less of me. God does give us more than we can handle. Not maliciously, but intentionally, in love, that His glory may be displayed, that we may have no doubt of who is in control, that people may see His grace and faithfulness shining through our lives.

Margaret Thatcher

They [Federalist European Politicians] divide their time between court room, prison and debating chamber - giving a whole new meaning to the term 'conviction politician'.

Margaret Cho

Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.

Mark Twain

Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.

Mark Twain

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

Mark Twain

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten

Leonard Slatkin

We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling.

Leonardo DiCaprio

It was invaluable to have a dear friend who you have known for over a decade, be a partner in a film like Titanic. To have somebody that talented to work against, who's also your friend and who you know you have the best intentions for and vice versa, and who you intrinsically trust to give you their forthright honest opinion about what we're both doing - all that's something you can't really buy.

Leonardo DiCaprio

To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.

Oscar Wilde

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

Oscar Wilde

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.

Paul Ricoeur

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Paul R. Ehrlich

The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.

Paul R. Ehrlich

You take the huge income that comes with a big gas tax, and you use it to pay off regressive taxes like the FICA [Federal Insurance Contributions Act] tax. You can help the poor in other ways besides giving them cheap gas. You want to send the message that people want to be as efficient as possible using gasoline until we can transition away from that need entirely.

Paul George

First and foremost, I just want to give a huge thanks to the fans who have been behind me.

Patrick Ness

Librarians open up the world. Knowledge is useless if you don't even know where to begin to look. How much more can you discover when someone can point you in the right direction, when someone can maybe even give you a treasure map, to places you may not have even thought you were allowed to go? This is what librarians do.

Patrick Rothfuss

However, while being able to think about two things at the same time is a terribly convenient, the training it takes to get there is frustrating at best, and at other times rather disturbing. I remember one time I looked for the stone for almost an hour before I consented to ask the other half of me where I'd hidden it, only to find I hadn't hidden the stone at all. I had merely been waiting to see how long I would look before giving up. Have you ever been annoyed and amused with yourself at the same time? It's an interesting feeling, to say the very least.