Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)

When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger, there is also the greatest help from Him who wants to be called our 'Help' in times of peace and in times of tribulation.

Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.

Allah is in Himself the non-being and the being, the inexistent and the existent. He is at the same time that which we designate by absolute non-being and by absolute being; or by relative non-being and relative being. . . . All these designation come back to God alone, for there is nothing which we can perceive, know, write or say which is not Him.

The absolutely Non-Manifested cannot be designated by any expression which could limit It, Separate It, or include It. In spite of this, every allusion alludes only to Him, every designation designates Him, and He is at the same time the Non-Manifested and the Manifested.

I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.

Christopher Nolan

The film that really struck me was Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. That was a film I watched many, many times and found endlessly fascinating in it's density. I think the density of that film is primarily visual density, atmospheric, sound density, moreso than narrative density.

Christopher Nolan

I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he'll miss me, but he's never been particularly sentimental.

Steven Morrissey

I think I'm a realist. Which people who don't like me consider to be pessimism. It isn't pessimism at all. If I was a pessimist I wouldn't get up, I wouldn't shave, I wouldn't watch Batman at 7:30 a.m. Pessimists just don't do that sort of thing.

Barack Obama

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

Barack Obama

I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law

Banksy

People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.

Banksy

I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it,

Banksy

It's impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won't. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I'd picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn't like the attention.

Banksy

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.

Banksy

I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.

Banksy

Stencils are good for two reasons; one - they're quick; two - they annoy idiots

James Keller

Some time ago I took a trip on the Hudson and Manhattan Transit System. Not being familiar with the names of the various stops, I asked the man next to me the name of the station where we had just stopped. He replied, "I've been riding this line for fifteen years and I only know two stops: where I get on and where I get off."

James Keller

The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors, painters, and artists in allied fields. The award for the best painting went to the canvas of an Illinois artist. It was described as "a macabre, detailed work showing a closed door bearing a funeral wreath." Equally striking was the work's title: "That which I should have done, I did not do."

James Keller

As she read the ten commandments for the first time, a Chinese woman said, "I don't see how anyone can very well get on without them."

James Keller

Some time ago we heard a strange story. The pilot of a small plane said that he had been caught in a one hundred fifty mile gale, which held his plane perfectly still. The motor was roaring, he claimed, but the plane was not moving. "It was weird," he said , "to be going one hundred fifty miles an hour and yet not be going anywhere at all."

Bram Stoker

Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh. I have learned not to think little of any one's belief, no matter how strange it may be. I have tried to keep an open mind, and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, the things that make one doubt if they be mad or sane.

Larry King

I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.

Laura Linney

If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.

I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.

Lee Smolin

If string theory is a mistake, it's not a trivial mistake. It's a deep mistake and therefore kind of worthy.

Sharon Jones

I'm not trying to be a pop singer.

Aesop

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.

Vidya Balan

I take one day at a time. I am not someone to define my goals.

Vidya Balan

Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!

William Penn

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

H. L. Mencken

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

Cam Newton

Word of mouth travels faster than anything else.