Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gertrude Stein

There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.

Gerard Way

I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.

Gerard Way

I drink juice when I'm killin' cause it's f**king delicious!

Gerard Way

No matter what anyone says, dont take their F**king Bulls**t. Coz you're better then them, faster than them and god damn it, YOU'RE MUCH BETTER LOOKING!!

Gerard Way

I thought if we made an album that tried to change the world, or give it hope, it would really happen. But all people found was death and destruction and misery and self-hate. I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.

Harry Houdini

Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.

Hans Christian Andersen

Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.

Greta Gerwig

I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.

Gretchen Rubin

You really have to begin by figuring out what kind of person you are. The tip is to really take a look at yourself.

Gordon B. Hinckley

... the whole design of the gospel is to lead us onward and upward to greater achievement, even, eventually, to godhood. This great possibility was enunciated by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the King Follet sermon. It is this grand and incomparable concept: As God now is, man may become!

Gordon B. Hinckley

He whose birth we commemorate this season is more than the symbol of a holiday. He is the Son of God, the Creator of the earth, the Jehovah of the Old Testament, the fulfillment of the Law of Moses, the Redeemer of mankind, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas means 'compassion and love' and, most of all 'forgiveness' How poor indeed would be our lives without the influence of His teachings and His matchless example. "He whose birth we commemorate this season is more than the symbol of a holiday. He is the Son of God, the Redeemer of mankind, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace.

Glen Campbell

You've got to try a little kindness, yes show a little kindness Just shine your light for everyone to see. And if you try a little kindness, Then you'll overlook the blindness Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets.

Giuseppe Zangara

I kill kings and presidents first, and next all capitalists.

Giuseppe Zangara

I want to kill the president because I no like the capitalists. I have the gun in my hand, I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists.

Geraldine Brooks

My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal.

Herman Cain

Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a daunting problem that I had to solve. And I used the same business principles to approach the problem and, more importantly, solve the problem in every one of the situations.

Herman Cain

I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career.

Herbert Spencer

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Herman Melville

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

Herman Melville

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

Henry David Thoreau

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

Henry David Thoreau

True kindness is a pure divine affinity, Not founded upon human consanguinity. It is a spirit, not a blood relation, Superior to family and station.

Henry David Thoreau

Do we call this the land of the free? What is it to be free from King George the Fourth and continue the slaves of prejudice? What is it to be born free and equal, and not to live? What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

Henry David Thoreau

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Henry David Thoreau

Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.

Henry David Thoreau

We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of us were of so pure and lofty a character that they passed over us like the winds of heaven unnoticed; when they treated us not as what we were, but as what we aspired to be.

Gyorgy Ligeti

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

Jean Paul Gaultier

There are many kinds of beauty, and you can find it where you least expect.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A born king is a very rare being.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.

Jilly Cooper

I think we ought to have a kindness year, or a kindness century.

Jill Scott

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.