Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Vento

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

Camille Claudel

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.

Bill Kreutzmann

I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

Edward Gibbon

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

Deborah Norville

'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.

Alan K. Simpson

Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

Charlotte Bronte

It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.

Cheryl Hines

It is weird. People will say, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And I'll say, 'Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you.' And the people who are walking around with me for the first time will say, 'I don't understand what happened. Somebody just told you they love you. I don't even understand what that means.'

Charles Lamb

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.

Charlie Morgan

Every time I say thanks or thank you to a random person they blush and say you're welcome.

Benjamin Netanyahu

And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, 'Thank you, America.'' And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East.

Bob Kerrey

The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.

Barbra Streisand

What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

Ayad Allawi

We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

Barry White

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

Ari Fleischer

I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make.

William Shakespeare

Welcome ever smiles, and farewell goes out sighing.

William Shakespeare

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.

Brendon Ayanbadejo

I think, at the end of the day, the most special thing is when a mother or a gay person comes up to you and just thanks you and calls you a hero. They say I'm a hero, but I'm just a concerned citizen and I'm just doing the right thing.

Jamie Foxx

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

Diane Keaton

That's what I learned. I learned I couldn't shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

Ben Stein

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

Brit Hume

We get a ton of email; everybody does now. It gives us a kind of a pulse that you can feel. We hear people saying, thank you for being fair, for being balanced.

Britney Spears

I think God has plans for everyone, and I'm just thankful this is his plan for me.

A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.

Augusto Pinochet

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

Rob Sheffield

Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.

Earl Nightingale

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.

Deepak Chopra

Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

Abraham Verghese

That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.

Aaron Paul

Thank you, Hollywood, for allowing me to be part of your group.

Aeschylus

Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.

Jane Austen

Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?