Famous Quotes & Sayings

Augustus Hare

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

Arthur Miller

Today, [theatre's] more likely to be consciously not aimed at the public, but at a more sophisticated or educated public. . . . The result is that some of the sheer humanity has leaked out of the enterprise.

Arthur Miller

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Art Buchwald

People ask what I am really trying to do with humor. The answer is, "I'm getting even

Art Buchwald

The things that matter most are not things.

Conor McGregor

I’m cocky in prediction, I’m confident in preparation, but I am always humble in victory or defeat.

Coco Chanel

One should refrain from contempt for the baser specimens of humanity, for whom liberation amounts to shaving the heads of women who have slept with Germans.

Elizabeth Taylor

Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.

B. C. Forbes

The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...

Ashleigh Brilliant

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

Ashleigh Brilliant

My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.

Arthur Hailey

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

Bayard Taylor

Love's humility is love's true pride.

Humility is pride in God.

Ashley Montagu

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.

Bruce Oldfield

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

Brian Tracy

Manage by exception.Only require reporting when there is a deviation from the plan.

Brian Tracy

Reinforce what you want to see repeated.What gets rewarded gets done.

Brian J. White

The actor that taught me the most was Bernie Mac. I did my first big budget studio film with he and Angela Bassett, 'Mr. 3000' for Disney. Bernie taught me by example what creates success is humility and hard work.

Brian Boyle

How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton?

Brendan Coyle

You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.

Jane Smiley

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

Jane Smiley

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

Charles Fort

The ideal state is meekness, or humility, or the semi-invalid state of the old. Year after year I am becoming nobler and nobler. If I can live to be decrepit enough, I shall be a saint.

Charles Bukowski

Humanity, you never had it from the beginning." That was my motto.

Charles Bukowski

Humanity, you never had it to begin with.

Charles Bukowski

If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.

John Cassavetes

We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems.

Ayn Rand

Value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. Virtue is the act by which one aims and/or keeps it.

Ayn Rand

If you want to feel good, be rational.

Ayn Rand

Action without thought is mindlessness, and thought without action is hypocritical.

Ayn Rand

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.

Ayn Rand

I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.