Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alain de Botton

He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing more or less than a superior capacity for dissatisfaction.

Alain de Botton

Someone who has thought rationally and deeply about how the body works is likely to arrive at better ideas about how to be healthy than someone who has followed a hunch. Medicine presupposes a hierarchy between the confusion the layperson will be in about what is wrong with him, and the more accurate knowledge available to doctors reasoning logically. ... At the heart of Epicureanism is the thought that we are as bad at answering the question "What will make me happy?" as "What will make me healthy?" ... Our souls do not spell out their troubles.

Alain de Botton

These inventors were elevating the formulation of entrepreneurial ideas to the status of a visionary activity. Though forced to justify their efforts in the pragmatic language of venture capital, they were at heart utopian thinkers intent on transforming the world.

Alain de Botton

We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.

May your love be added, may it never be subtracted, may your household multiply, and may your hearts never be divided!!

May your hearts be as warm as your hearthstone.

May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart

One of our missions is education. I've been at a lot of their performances, which are really heart warming, to see these kids use their talents.

Nancy Lieberman

Of any opportunity, my heart would be in Phoenix,

No one had the heart to get rid of it. To us it's a historical artifact.

My heart was pounding like I was a rookie or something,

Stephen King

My heart was pounding, and I was sweating like I was there.

My heart wasn't in it. It wasn't what I really wanted to do.

Ben Howland

My heart sunk watching Steele even get a shot off.

My heart stopped. I didn't see what happened, but I saw him holding his ankle.

My heart still wants to stay here. So it's tough.

My heart starts to palpitate when I see an open sign at a thrift store. Especially, an uncharted one I've never seen before.

My heart sank. I could see all the confusion.

William Shakespeare

My heart prays for him, though my tongue do curse.

William Wordsworth

My heart leaps up when I beholdA rainbow in the sky.

My heart just about exploded. I am so proud of her. She is just a wonderful young woman and such an asset.

My heart is with the pilgrims right now.

My heart is still very much a part of the Sting, ... and while I can no longer be on the court, I will support the team in every way possible.

Tom Aldredge

My heart is in the theater, of course,

Elizabeth Dole

The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.

Elizabeth Dole

It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.

Elizabeth Blackwell

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.

Elizabeth Edwards

My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn.

Elinor Glyn

Staying far never breaks relation, staying near never builds relation. Its a link between hearts, which never allows us to forget each other. Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

Eleanor Smeal

I think that we're just fortunate that you have an experienced legislator: 26 years of fighting for our issues in line. I mean, there's nobody, there's no man, nor woman that is being mentioned that has the legislative experience that she has and the passion in her heart for advancing the cause of women.

Deepak Chopra

I think the time has come for us to embrace spirituality as a domain of awareness where we all experience our universal nature, where we all experience our inseparability, where we all know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.

Deepak Chopra

Love is who you are. Your true self is pure love, infinite awareness, and unbounded joy...As you realize this, you will feel a small light in your heart. At first it will be the size of a spark, then a candle flame, then a raging bonfire.

Deepak Chopra

Life is a never ending miracle unfolding in every moment, and if we turn our attention to that silent presence in our heart, we can participate in that miracle.