Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hume

Liberty is a blessing so inestimable, that, wherever there appears any probability of recovering it, a nation may willingly run many hazards, and ought not even to repine at the greatest effusion of blood or dissipation of treasure.

David Duchovny

I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.

David Brenner

What we want to do is raise the bare minimum amount that will give us a large enough microphone to effectively convey our message. Unfortunately, $20 million is critical mass in terms of running an effective campaign in New York.

David Brenner

You could place one product in a first-run telecast, a second product what that program is rerun, and a third product when the show goes into syndication, and another product when it goes on cable.

David Brooks

Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations, are a net benefit for us, too.

David Brooks

When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be around the living room as a pleasant experience, they're not going to vote for you even if they agree with you.

David Brooks

When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got to stay interesting.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's the most important decision I've had to make since 1978 when I decided to get abikini wax. [On his running for California Governor]

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

Ben Stiller

I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners.

Benedict Cumberbatch

It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.

Benedict Cumberbatch

You let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.

Benedict Cumberbatch

You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.

Beatrice Webb

Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an Ego that denies.

Beau Bridges

Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.

Bear Grylls

To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.

Bear Grylls

I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.

Bear Grylls

Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.

Bear Grylls

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

Bear Grylls

I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, "I watch your show, I'm not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it's about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times." That for me was a great liberator to realize that the show isn't about me running around, jumping off stuff and flexing muscles, it's about inspiring people. That makes me really happy.

Bear Grylls

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

Bear Grylls

I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.

Barry Diller

The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.

Barry Diller

It's not that you don't want to earn as much money as you can - it is your obligation, of course - but companies have obligations beyond that and they certainly have obligations beyond that at certain times, in the times in which they operate. And they also certainly ought to know that meeting and beating expectations is probably yesterday's game and it will be increasingly so, which would be by the way very healthy for companies. Running a company that meets and beats expectations, and that runs their company accordingly, are companies that I would question why anyone would invest in.

Baron Davis

People compare me to Isiah Thomas because of my quickness and change-of-direction, the way I change speeds and run the team.

Barry Bonds

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run

Barry Commoner

In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it.

Barney Frank

I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.

Audrey Tautou

I've never sent a Tweet. I think I have an account but I don't know who runs it. I've never done one in my life.

Audrey Hepburn

Whatever you love most, you fear you might lose, you know it can change. Why do you look from left to right when you cross the street? Because you don’t want to get run over. But, you still cross the street.

Ato Boldon

When the gun shoots, you got to go.

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

Arthur Scargill

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.