Famous Quotes & Sayings

Frederica Mathewes-Green

Like an animal caught in a trap, trying to gnaw off its own leg, a woman who seeks abortion is trying to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss. Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.

George F. Kennan

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.

Fernando Pessoa

I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost.

Francis of Assisi

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.

Francis Bacon

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Francis Bacon

We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished?

Erma Bombeck

One meal a day is enough for a lion and would be for all of us if all we did all day was swat flies.

Erma Bombeck

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

Erin O'Connor

I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical.

Fernando Torres

I've always been a sad person. I'm a happy person too, but it's a thing in my brain or my spirit or something, I'm just sad and really acutely aware of mortality and loss.

Helen Keller

Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

Brian Billick

Nothing rocks a team more than the loss of a starting quarterback.

It's quite a loss with him gone. I didn't meet a person who didn't like him.

It's tough to take a loss like that. Physically, it seemed like they outmatched us.

It's tough to take a loss like that, ... Physically, it seemed like they outmatched us.

It was a very important win. After (Thursday's) loss we were kind of down all night. Nobody was talking.

It was a real tough loss to swallow, but you can't put it on one guy. We had a lot of penalties and mistakes.

It's a disappointing loss because I thought we could take these guys. It was a frustrating game.

Frank Lloyd Wright

It's a question of disappearing into the background. We would suffer the loss of dilution.

It's a tough match-up for us. That's why this loss (to Louisiana Tech on Saturday) was so big. We win and we're playing (No. 6) Boise State instead.

It's a tough loss to take, but we had our chances. We played well most of the way.

Bobby Cox

It's a tough loss because we pitched so well.

Ivica Dacic

It's a big loss for Serbia and for the Socialist Party.

It wasn't a win, but it wasn't a loss either.

That's a big loss there, and it's disappointing for him, too. It's his senior year.

That's a costly loss and we'll miss him.

Joe Gibbs

That's about three of the toughest losses I've been through, ... This is going to be a real test for us. We'll see what we're made of here.

It's to mourn the loss of our checkbooks.

It's not three losses in a row. It's 15 in a row. It is painful. It is ugly. It hurts. It is tough on everybody.

It's a loss for the voters of Florida.

Jared Padalecki

I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

The diversity of our cultures is Europe's greatest asset. We have to preserve this asset. And any political intervention that reduces this diversity is a loss to Europe.

Ethan Hawke

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money.