Famous Quotes & Sayings

Usher

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't make them all yourself.

V. S. Naipaul

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

Usain Bolt

But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.

Usain Bolt

There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.

Tryon Edwards

Some persons are exaggerators by temperament. They do not mean untruth, but their feelings are strong, and their imaginations vivid, so that their statements are largely discounted by those of calm judgment and cooler temperament. They do not realize that we always weaken what we exaggerate.

Suzanne Brockmann

-When I was growing up, Lieutenant Uhura was a major role model for me, a strong black woman on the bridge of a starship… -In a miniskirt, answering the interplanetary telephone?

Sutton Foster

One of the things that I loved about when I met my husband was that he picked me up and he paid - I know that sounds old-fashioned but for me, most of my life, I always would split the bill or would always pay, or I would be very assertive about my independence and my financial responsibility. And I am a very strong woman and very strong-willed - but there was something really great about him taking care of me and treating me and opening the door and driving, and I am perfectly OK with that. And he still does it to this day.

Susanna Hoffs

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

Suzanne Collins

I knew it. In this way, Peeta's not hard to predict. While I was wallowing around on the floor of that cellar, thinking only of myself, he was here, thinking of me. Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.

Suzanne Collins

Okay, listen to me, you're stronger than they are. You are. They just want a good show, that's all they want. You know how to hunt. Show them how good you are.

Suzanne Collins

I press my ear against his chest, to the spot where I always rest my head, where I know I will hear the strong and steady beat of his heart. Instead, I find silence.

Suzanne Collins

Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.

Tarja Halonen

The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.

Taylor Swift

being fearless doesn't mean you have no fears. it means you're strong enough to face them

Stevie Wonder

Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong.

Steven Moffat

I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.

Steven Pressfield

We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.

Steven Chu

The ideal protective layer for a lithium metal anode needs to be chemically stable to protect against the chemical reactions with the electrolyte and mechanically strong to withstand the expansion of the lithium during charge,

Sun Tzu

If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.

Sun Tzu

In executing an Artful Strategy: When ten times greater, surround them; When five times greater, attack them; When two times greater, scatter them. If the opponent is ready to challenge: When fewer in number, be ready to evade them; When unequal to the match, be ready to avoid them. Even when the smaller opponents have a strong position, the larger opponent will capture them.

Sun Tzu

All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when far away, that you are to lure him; feign disorder and strike him. When he concentrates, prepare against him; where he is strong, avoid him. Anger his general and confuse him. Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Sun Tzu

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

Sun Tzu

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.

Sun Tzu

If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.

Sun Tzu

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Sue Naegle

You have to be a strong advocate of the shows you believe in. Sometimes those skills are very similar to agenting.

Sue Monk Kidd

I felt someone should personally thank every rock out there for the human misery it had absorbed. We should kiss them one by one & say, we are sorry, but something strong & lasting had to do this for May, & you are the chosen ones. God bless your rock hearts.

Stevie Nicks

I have my own life. And I am stronger than you know.

Robert Browning

Good strong thick stupefying incense-smoke!

Ridley Pearson

You will leave now," said Grdankl the Strong. "Go! Do not be afraid! If you die, it is okay!

Ridley Scott

Usually, when special effects get in the way, it's because the story isn't strong enough. If you don't start with a strong screenplay, it's easy to fall back on special effects, thinking it's going to carry you. But it never works. It's just tiresome.

Richard Hastings

We had a strong back-to-school season and discretionary spending on low-priced items has trended higher. These are good indications for Halloween, which typically sets the tone for the rest of the holiday shopping season.

Reese Hoffa

It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.