Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Hoeven

Our Keystone legislation received strong bipartisan support in the Senate. Although it didn't receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, 56 senators - a majority - voted in favor of the bill. Despite President Obama's actively lobbying against the bill, we still won the support of 11 Democrats.

John Hawkes

I generally play strong people and scary people.

Ayn Rand

The man at the top of the intellectual pyramid contributes the most to all those below him, but gets nothing except his material payment, receiving no intellectual bonus from others to add to the value of his time. The man at the bottom who, left to himself, would starve in his hopeless ineptitude, contributes nothing to those above him, but receives the bonus of all of their brains. Such is the nature of the 'competition' between the strong and the weak of the intellect. Such is the pattern of 'exploitation' for which you have damned the strong.

Audra McDonald

I want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that I am standing on,

Aubrey McClendon

Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.

Benito Mussolini

Yes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman.

Benjamin Disraeli

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

Benjamin Disraeli

To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you

He was strong and quick. Everyone here is a tough wrestler. He just got me early. I'm not done yet.

Anna Jameson

In every mind where there is a strong tendency to fear there is a strong capacity to hate. Those who dwell in fear dwell nest door to hate; and I think it is the cowardice of women which makes them such intense haters.

Dikembe Mutombo

I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Then fear will grow pale and fade away, and you will be free, through your faith in our strong and living Savior, Jesus Christ.

Edgar Allan Poe

Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.

Edgar Allan Poe

As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

Edgar Allan Poe

Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.

Edgar Allan Poe

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.

Eleanor Mondale

We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and I didn't take steroids. I did it all on my own.

Eleanor Clift

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

Eleanor Roosevelt

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

Elbert Hubbard

Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion

Elbert Hubbard

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

Elbert Hubbard

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.

Elbert Hubbard

The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

O. Henry

The old rivalry, which may not have been so strong two, three years ago, is back, and it's marvelous.

George H. W. Bush

even better and stronger than before the storm.

Flexibility makes all the sense in the world (and Bush's proposal) has all the right-sounding words, ... will be strongly opposed.

Preposterous is a strong word, but it is warranted in this case.

Primetime has not been as strong as we'd hoped.

Cornell is an offensive-minded team that we have to play strongly against.

Anheuser-Busch fourth-quarter sales-to-retailers were better than trend but not strong enough versus expectations.