Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm's length, and not remember spite. He has neither friends nor enemies, but values men only as channels of power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the gatherer gathers too-much, Nature takes out of the man what she puts into his chest; swells the estate, but kills the owner. Nature hates, monopolies and exceptions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

How we hate this solemn Ego that accompanies the learned, like a double, wherever he goes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The people fancy they hate poetry, and they are all poets and mystics.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

Saul Kripke

I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.

Scarlett Thomas

I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.

Lin Yutang

I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings.

Liam McIntyre

A lot of actors say that no villain wants to be a villain, generally. They don't might being evil, maybe, but they have an agenda that they can justify. Otherwise, a little bit of that tension goes, if you're just a villain and everyone hates you because you're mean.

Liam Gallagher

Yeah, I've mellowed, but not in the sense of liking Radiohead or Coldplay . I don't hate them, I don't wish they had accidents. I think their fans are boring and ugly and don't look like they're having a good time.

Les Miles

I'maa tell you right now as an experience, dammit, I'm going to enjoy that one as much as I hate to admit it.

Lena Horne

I really do hate to sing.

Lee Iacocca

No matter how I'm doing financially, the Depression has never disappeared from my consciousness. To this day, I hate waste. When neckties went from narrow to wide, I kept all my old ones until the style went back to narrow.

Laurie Helgoe

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.

Laurie Helgoe

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Laurie Anderson

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I need to see my bones or I will hate myself even more and I might cut my heart out or take every pill that was ever made.

Natalie Portman

I've always tried to stay away from playing Jews. I get like 20 Holocaust scripts a month, but I hate the genre.

Natalie Portman

I couldn't be anorexic because I like food too much, and I couldn't be bulimic because I hate throwing up too much

Natalie Portman

I really hate being self-conscious—and being conscious of being self-conscious

Taylor Swift

The haters just got to hate so just shake it of.

Taylor Swift

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.

Taylor Swift

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion. Why make life miserable for someone when you can use your energy for good? We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.

Tatjana Patitz

I would hate to be on a plane every day.

Tavi Gevinson

I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.

Tatiana Maslany

'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.

Tanya Tucker

Love should be simple, but it's not. Hate should be hard, but it's easy.

Taraji P. Henson

I hate when things get labeled as "black movies." I don't say, "Oh, this weekend, I want to see an all-white movie," or "I want to see a black movie." I just go to a movie because I saw the previews and I relate to it. I want to see it because the previews look interesting.

Tara Reid

I know this sounds ridiculous but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that does not turn me on.

Tara Reid

I hate being tickled. Sure, it makes me laugh, but when I get tickled, I get pissed off. I'm like a monkey when I get tickled - woo-hoo!

Tallulah Bankhead

I have three phobias ...: I hate going to bed, get up and hate hate being alone.