Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even if we win out now, that's no longer likely.

Mike Powell

Even storms that are no longer hurricanes can give just as much rain as a hurricane,

Everything's going great. He'll get a little longer one (workout) next week. We'll ship the 23rd, the way it looks now.

It's now in its second year; it's no longer a juvenile. But this one particular whooping crane doesn't know where Aransas is. Its parents never showed it.

It's the longest residency we've ever had. He's going to be all over Carrollton. He'll stay in Carrollton for six days.

Hal Sutton

Jim played - he had a great stretch in the middle of the round there, and Chad made that long putt on 16. Almost got that match. We ended up losing, but we almost won it, too.

Greta Garbo

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

Gretchen Rubin

[S]tudies show that one of the best ways to lift your mood is to engineer an easy success, such as tackling a long-delayed chore.

Gordon B. Hinckley

We can begin ever so modestly. We can begin with a one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months. I am speaking now of food to cover basic needs. . .I fear that so many feel that a long-term food supply is so far beyond their reach that they make no effort at all. . .Begin in a small way, ... and gradually build toward a reasonable objective.

Gordon B. Hinckley

There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.

Gladys Taber

As long as you have a window, life is exciting.

Gerard Butler

As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.

Georgette Heyer

You must not imagine that Papa or I have the least notion of compelling you to marry anyone whom you hold in aversion, for I am sure that such a thing would be quite shocking! And Charles would not do so either, would you, dear Charles?”(Elizabeth Ombersley) “No, certainly not. But neither would I consent to her marriage with any such frippery fellow as Augustus Fawnhope!” “Augustus,” announced Cecilia, putting up her chin, “will be remembered long after you have sunk into oblivion!” “By his creditors? I don’t doubt it.

Georgette Heyer

Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?

Harriet Walter

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

Horace

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Herman Cain

We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate answer, in my opinion, is the fair tax, which is a fair tax for everybody, because as long as we still have this messed-up tax code, the politicians are going to use it to reward winners and losers.

Herman Melville

...that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever and for aye. Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.

Herman Melville

truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.

Herb Caen

I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long...

Henry David Thoreau

As long as there is satire, the poet is, as it were, particeps criminis.

Henry David Thoreau

We must look a long time before we can see

Henry David Thoreau

As long as I have the friendship of the sesasons life will never be a burden to me.

Henry David Thoreau

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

Henry David Thoreau

The moose is singularly grotesque and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head? Why have no tail to speak of?

Henry David Thoreau

Every sentence is the result of a long probation.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

Jilly Cooper

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

Jessica Ennis

To unwind after training, I love to have a long hot soak in the bath, then veg out on the sofa with a box set. I'm a box-set junkie! I absolutely love 'Grey's Anatomy.'

Jessica Chastain

It takes me a LONG time to make a big purchase.

Jeremy Brett

To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long ago. I hope the series shows how important friendship is.

Jeremy Grantham

The pure administration of Graham-and-Doddery really needs a long-term lock-up like Warren Buffett has, or it will have occasional quite dreadful client problems.