Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oscar Wilde

Foxhunting... the unspeakable pursuing the inedible.

Oscar Wilde

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.

Maeve Binchy

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.

Macaulay Culkin

I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things.

Lydia Ko

Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

L'Wren Scott

One should always try to do the best you possibly can. I'm not in a race to the finish line - I won't put anything out until it's completely ready. You want to keep it special and unique for the customer.

Lucinda Williams

Theres so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

Lucretius

Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.

Lorrie Fair

Michael Jordan always wore his Carolina shorts under his Bulls' uniform.

Lizz Winstead

Since we are made up of comedians and filmmakers and writers and improvisers, we have the unique opportunity to bring joy to people who are sometimes buried in their own lives or are subjected to the bullshit that clinic workers are subjected to every day.

Margaret Mahy

I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.

Margaret Sanger

Woman was and is condemned to a system under which the lawful rapes exceed the unlawful ones a million to one.

Michael Dell

If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

Michel de Montaigne

This notion [skepticism] is more clearly understood by asking "What do I know?"

Michel de Montaigne

Their [the Skeptics'] way of speaking is: "I settle nothing. . . . I do not understand it. . . . Nothing seems true that may not seem false." Their sacramental word is . . . , which is to say, I suspend my judgment.

Michel de Montaigne

We must not attach knowledge to the mind; we have to incorporate it there.

Michael Ruse

In other words, science tells us that Adam and Eve are fictions. That Saint Paul or Uncle Tom Cobley and all thought otherwise is irrelevant. They were wrong.

Michael Schumacher

I have been a huge fan of America, as I find their way of life there is pretty unique, and I have enjoyed a lot of good times over there.

Michael Klare

Oil is essential for a modern, industrial society. It's unique, first of all, because it's the primary source, at 40 percent, of the world's entire supply of energy, and it's irreplaceable in the transportation field; it provides 98 percent of world transportation energy.

Michael Kinsley

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

Markus Zusak

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.

Mark Twain

It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve

Mark Twain

If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.

Marianne Williamson

I do think that every generation has its unique story.

Marianne Williamson

To me, hope is a moral imperative. I have hope and faith in forces unseen.

Marianne Williamson

Imagine any problem you have to be a huge, locked door standing in front of you. Now see yourself taking a golden key out of your pocket. You brought the key here with you when you arrived on this planet, but you sometimes forget to use it. See yourself putting it into the keyhole, then watch the door swing open. On the key are inscribed these words, "Unconditional Love."

Marianne Williamson

The universe takes us as seriously as we take it.

Marianne Williamson

The universe is not only self-organizing, it is also self-correcting.

Mikhail Bakunin

The organization of society is always and everywhere the unique cause of the crimes committed by individuals.

Marian Wright Edelman

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

Maria Canals Barrera

One of the hardest obstacles I've had to overcome in my life was not understanding how to draw healthy boundaries. I finally learned it's perfectly OK to say no.

Maria Canals Barrera

Understanding what you're OK with and what you're not OK with is so important to learn.

Margrethe II of Denmark

We, the monarchs, are undoubtedly constants in a constantly changing world. Because we have always been there, but also because we do not get involved in everyday politics. We are aware of the political changes in our societies, but we don't comment on them. This is where we assume a unique position.