Famous Quotes & Sayings

Talib Kweli

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

Suzy Kassem

Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

Suzy Kassem

A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and die of hunger when he no longer has any food -- instead of cheat or steal from others to survive. Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

Swami Vivekananda

I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there.

Thucydides

Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

Robert Agostinelli

I'm a big believer in human nature.

Robert A. Heinlein

Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being.

Robert A. Heinlein

The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.

Thomas Brooks

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Tim Allen

Why go to a church to worship God? A church is man made. God never said, "And let there be aluminum siding." Climbing a tree to talk to God sounds like a better idea since only God can make a tree. And if that tree's on a golf course, all the better.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Steven Wright

I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.

Steven Wright

A metaphor is like a simile.

Steven Wright

I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way through elementary school, all the way through junior high, all the way through high school, through college and after college, I was thinking of the same kinds of things that I say in front of an audience now.

Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.

Toni Morrison

Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?

Tommy Douglas

The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare of humanity.

Tom Morello

Poverty is curable, but it's just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity.

Toby Young

I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some proper reporting, but keep it on sort of a humorous level. I've always had a very happy experience writing for them.

What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda.

Tichina Arnold

I call myself taking control of a situation, but sometimes you really have to learn to humble yourself and to submit yourself. I'm not really good with submission, so that's the part of marriage and relationships that I've found very hard to deal with.

Sam Houston

I humble myself before God, and there the list ends.

Sam Harris

The second commandment is "Thou shall not construct any graven images." Is this really the pinnacle of what we can achieve morally? The second most important moral principle for all the generations of humanity?

Tanith Lee

The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?

Tamora Pierce

Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

Taiye Selasi

How can I come from a nation? How can a human being come from a concept?

Tabitha Soren

At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

Tab Hunter

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.

Roscoe Conkling

The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble.

Ron White

People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.

Ron Glass

I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project.