Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Twain

It is plain that there is one moral law for heaven and another for the earth. The pulpit assures us that wherever we see suffering and sorrow, which we can relieve and do not, we sin, heavily. There was never yet a case of suffering or sorrow which God could not relieve. Does He sin then?

Marian Keyes

How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.

Nicholas Stoller

I remember like that scene with Pharrell where they're at the music video shoot, we have this on camera actually, Pharrell's confused because we weren't doing the script. We were doing all this improv and then Diddy says to him... Pharrell's like I don't understand what's going on and Diddy goes, "We do a lot of improv". (laughter) I remember being we just made him into a comedy nerd. We somehow turned Sean Combs into a comedy nerd, so.

Nicholas Stoller

And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's never a moment that you want to write about an Erickson cell phone but you have to. And that's really important you know obviously for the...like if you really want to write, you have to write every day no matter how you feel or you know. And then, yeah, and then I ended up working in TV and then from TV into movies and then directing, so.

Nicholas Negroponte

National law has no place in cyberlaw. Where is cyberspace? If you don't like banking laws in the United States, set up your machine on the Grand Cayman Islands. Don't like the copyright laws in the United States? Set up your machine in China. Cyberlaw is global law, which is not going to be easy to handle, since we seemingly cannot even agree on world trade of automobile parts.

Nicholas Negroponte

The laptop brings back a more seamless kind of learning.

Nicholas Sparks

It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.

Nicholas Sparks

In the eulogy by the graveside, I told everyone how my sister and I used to sing to each other on our birthday. I told them that, when I thought of my sister, I could still hear her laughter, sense her optimism, and feel her faith. I told them that my sister was the kindest person I;ve ever known, and that the world was a sadder place without her in it. And finally, I told them to remember my sister with a smile, like I did, for even though she was being buried near my parents, the best parts of her would always stay alive, deep within our hearts.

Nicholas Sparks

People plan, God laughs.

Ndamukong Suh

I've always been in love with Land Rovers and Range Rovers. I own one and was able to make it a little more exclusive.

Neal A. Maxwell

The doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will draw out of them the last full measure of devotion. It is a doctrine for the deep believer but it will bring only scorn from the skeptic.

Neal A. Maxwell

The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.

Neal A. Maxwell

Your task is to conquer yourselves, not ships, lands and castles. This battle is the one in which you especially are to 'come off conqueror.' It is fought every day. In fact, it is a continuing process which commenced a long, long time ago.

Natan Sharansky

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.

Muhammad Ali

I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.

Mitch McConnell

The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law in the early part of his first Administration.

Mitchell Hurwitz

We started gearing our content more to what makes us laugh and stories we wanted to tell, and we had to decide, early on, to not be precious about it.

Mitch Hedberg

I type a 101 words a minute. But it's in my own language.

Oscar Wilde

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.

Oscar Wilde

What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.

Oscar Wilde

The study of law is sublime, and its practice vulgar.

Oscar Wilde

I love the French language... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk.

Oscar Wilde

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Oscar Wilde

To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life.

Oscar Wilde

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

Maeve Binchy

In Ireland every place you visit and every person you meet has a story. And they love to tell you their stories. Everyone is interested in everything; in a land of storytellers, you will never be bored.

Maeve Binchy

I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.

Mae West

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Madonna Ciccone

Isn't it amazing that there are laws of the universe that you can actually find out about, live your life according to and change the world for the better?

Lyman Trumbull

Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial.

Lyman Beecher

We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.

Lyman Abbott

Conscience is what? It is putting together a moral act and a moral ideal, and measuring the act by the ideal. It is putting this moral act which you do alongside the eternal laws of God, and seeing how it stands by those laws of God.

Lykke Li

I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop.