Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oprah Winfrey

You know that old joke about the guy who lives to be 104? The punch line goes something like 'If I knew I was gonna get this old, I'd have taken much better care of myself.' Well, guess what? We actually are living longer, and the time to start taking care of ourselves is right this minute.

Olivier Megaton

Taken is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody.

Oliver Ellsworth

All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves. The only possible step that could be taken towards it by the convention was to fix a period after which they should not be imported.

Oliver Herford

There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

Oliver Goldsmith

It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.

Margaret Atwood

How furious she must be, now that she's been taken at her word.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing can be taken from it, and the name of virtue be left.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

Kinky Friedman

In six days the Lord created the heavens and the earth and all the wonders therein. There are some of us who feel that He might have taken just a little more time.

Kid Rock

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

Kelly Clark

Instead of thinking about building up my image or building up my brand or building up my career, I've turned it and taken the approach of focusing on what I can give instead of what I can get. It's been a very enjoyable process for me. That's more of a heart position that I've taken. It's been one of the greatest things I've ever done.

Margaret Thatcher

Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.

Margaret Thatcher

(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is really listening. Europe's reputation as a serious player in international affairs is unenviable. It is a feeble giant who desperate attempts to be taken seriously are largely risible. It has a weak currency and a sluggish inflexible economy, still much reliant on hidden protectionism. It has a shrinking, ageing, population and, with the exception of Britain, rather unimpressive armed forces and, not excepting Britain, muddled diplomacy.

Margaret Thatcher

It is recorded how towards the end of the eighteenth century a Muslim visitor to England was taken to see the House of Commons at work. He later wrote of his astonishment at finding the that the British Parliament actually made laws and fixed punishments for their infraction - because unlike Muslims the English had not accepted a divine law revealed from heaven and therefore had to resort to such unsatisfactory expedients. Muslims still understand the expression 'the rule of law' very differently than do most Westerners.

Margaret Thatcher

The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.

Mark Twain

Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant; and if it can be baked in a cake and palmed off on the unwary, it dies happy.

Mark Twain

Our inner strengths, experiences, and truths cannot be lost, destroyed, or taken away. Every person has an inborn worth and can contribute to the human community. We all can treat one another with dignity and respect, provide opportunities to grow toward our fullest lives and help one another discover and develop our unique gifts. We each deserve this and we all can extend it to others.

Mark Twain

Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW is only a small step and quickly taken.

Mark Twain

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

Leonardo da Vinci

When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.

Oscar Wilde

Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.

Oscar Wilde

Just be your self. Everybody else is already taken.

Paul Prudhomme

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

Paul Ricoeur

So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm.

Paul Reiser

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

Patrick Rothfuss

I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage of in that field. I'd like to experiment with telling a truly non-linear story.

Paloma Faith

No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.

Lily Collins

How women dressed every single day back in those days is seen as kind of incredible - it must have taken so much time. But there's something so romantic about that because it's so different to how we dress. That aesthetic is so appealing, it's not what we're used to nowadays.

Lee Whitnum

The Jewish community has always taken care of its own.

Lauren Oliver

It's an incredible thing, how you can feel so taken care of by someone and yet feel, also, like you would die or do anything just for the chance to protect him back.

Lauren Oliver

They’d already taken her from me once. I didn’t want to lose her again.