Famous Quotes & Sayings

William J. Clinton

We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century. Yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of controversy, we don't see our own time for what it truly is - a new dawn for America.

William Gilmore Simms

Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

Sarah Addison Allen

But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat it outside. Ironing my vintage tea towels while watching old black-and-white film noir movies and sipping one martini with extra olives - a quirky combination, but it works.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Being Grateful. That is the first step on the path to Joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Sara Bareilles

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

Warren Haynes

My personal time is limited, more so than I wish. However, my wife and I have talked about the fact that there are opportunities right now that won't be there forever. For example, when the Grateful Dead offered me to tour in 2004, my first reaction was to say no, I just can't do it. Then my wife said, "Well, let's rethink this. You don't want to look back down the road and say, I could've done that, but I said no." So, we made it work.

Ronald Reagan

Elvis epitomised America, and for that we shall be eternally grateful. There will never be anyone else like him. Let's all rejoice in his music.

Valerie Harper

Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully.

Valerie June

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

Richard O'Brien

I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.

Richard Paul Evans

You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.

Thomas S. Monson

Each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.

Robert Kazinsky

I've never had a day at work where I wasn't thrilled and grateful to be there, wherever that might be.

Robert Knepper

I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.

Robert Knepper

I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

Rebecca Pidgeon

Contemplate the good things in your life and be grateful for them.

Rob Bell

The interactions I have are with people who are very kind and very grateful and they say very overwhelming things to me. Somebody who doesn't like what I do or doesn't understand it, then it wasn't for them.

Trey Anastasio

Jerry Garcia was a great American master and the Grateful Dead are not just a genuine piece of musical history, but also an important part of American history,

Tracy Kidder

I am grateful to Stacy Schiff first of all because she can write a sentence-because she offers us her scholarship with wit, clarity, and grace. Once again, she has done what only the best writers can do: she has made the world new, again.

Sarah Dessen

I'd seen another shade of him, and if it had been light where we were now, he'd have seen the same of me. So I was grateful, as I had been so often in my life, for the dark.

Sandra Bullock

At this critical time, I am grateful to Sandra Bullock for once again demonstrating her leadership, compassion and belief in our global humanitarian mission. Sandra continues to enable our lifesaving work and is a model for personal generosity.

Rod Taylor

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

Robin Quivers

I, quite frankly, am grateful for every day. I don't take anything for granted.

Robin Roberts

I want people to know there are infinite possibilities in life to be grateful for. I love that people feel comfortable coming up to me and telling me stories about things they have gone through.

Sarah Wayne Callies

I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found out I had conceived. My delivery was not easy - they call it 'labor,' not 'a vacation!' - but I was incredibly grateful that I did it that way.

Sarah Waters

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.

Sara Gruen

I'm truly grateful for my microwave, which allows me to easily clarify butter, steam vegetables, and - when I am really lazy - feed my three kids in less than five minutes.

Vivien Leigh

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.

William Stafford

Once we have tasted far streams, touched the gold, found some limit beyond the waterfall, a season changes and we come back changed but safe, quiet, grateful.

Vladimir Putin

I assume most people trust me, if they vote for me in elections. And it is the most important thing. It places great responsibility on me, immense responsibility. I am grateful to the people for that trust, but I surely feel great responsibility for what I do and for the result of my work.

William Zinsser

Be grateful for every word you can cut.