Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Paul

The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.

Jean Paul

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?

Jim Garrison

The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Paul Konerko is one of the greatest players in White Sox history, not only for his strength and performance on the field, but also for his heart and leadership off the field.

Jerry Sloan

Heart is what makes a difference

Jerry Rubin

Our strategy was to give Judge Hoffman a heart attack. We gave the court system a heart attack, which is even better.

Jerry Spinelli

This was the start of a period that blurs as I try to recall it. Incidents seem to cascade and merge. Events become feelings, fellings become events. Head and heart are contrary historians.

Jerry Spinelli

It was different with you, Leo. In the eyes and ears of my heart, you and the magic are one and the same.

Jerry Spinelli

So," he said, "we ourselves will be the candle flames." He put his hands on his chest. "Feel your hearts, how warm they are.

Jerry Spinelli

When bad things turn good, the reason can usually be found in the human heart—sometimes in the hearts of great masses of people, sometimes in the heart of a solitary soul.

Jerry Spinelli

Heart and head are contrary historians.

Jerry Saltz

'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh thought in color or felt with his intellect, the radical color, dynamic distortion, heart, soul, and part-by-part structure in these paintings make him a bridge to a new vision and the vision itself.

Jerry Seinfeld

Let's face it, the human body is like a condominium apartment. The thing that keeps you really enjoying it is the maintenance. There's a tremendous amount of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly work that has to be done. From showering to open heart surgery, we're always doing something to ourselves. If your body was a used car, you wouldn't buy it.

Jeffrey Gitomer

The secret to climbing up is to put your heart into your work.

Jeffrey Eugenides

He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Words, words, word. Once, I had the gift. I could make love out of words as a potter makes cups of clay. Love that overthrows empire. Love that binds two hearts together, come hellfire & brimstone. For sixpence a line, I could cause a riot in a nunnery. But now -- I have lost my gift. It's as if my quill is broken, as if the organ of my imagination has dried up, as if the proud -illegible word- of my genius has collapsed.

Jeffrey Eugenides

She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else.

Jeffrey Eugenides

The time has to be right and the heart willing.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.

Jim Elliot

Surely those who know the great passionate heart of Jehovah must deny their own loves to share in the expression of His.

Jim Elliot

What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?

Jim Elliot

Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.

Jim Berg

Every trial that ever burdened a mortal man, every temptation that ever stormed a human heart, and every blessing that ever delighted a needy soul have been skillfully designed by the Creator for one purpose: to draw men to Himself.

Jesse Jackson

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

Jesse Jackson

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

Jennifer Lee

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

We have to be very careful about what we say out there to the masses in the entertainment industry because people are listening to every word, and they take it to heart.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.

Jeffrey Steele

Kristofferson was writing what was really in his heart and saying it in ways we hadn't heard up till that point.

Jeff Foxworthy

We're a heart attack away from losing the right to bear arms.

Jeff Foxworthy

It seems like movies that have heart to them always do well, and they find their audience.

Jean Giraudoux

All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose them to the light of the sun.

Jean Ingelow

I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.