top quotations of all time
september-11 important development
Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future. Jurgen Habermas
time anger dark
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. Georg C. Lichtenberg
wall lying trying
Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. Charles Dudley Warner
jobs mistake understanding
Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job. Nicolas Sarkozy
creativity games makers
Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers. Wesley Snipes
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buy dresses shop time track whenever
Personally, I'm a simple dresser. I usually buy my own clothes. Jeans, T-shirts, summer dresses and track pants. Whenever I get the time or see a shop that catches my fancy, I buy something. Katrina Kaif
actors method peter
Peter Mullan is the least method actor around. Harry Lloyd
philosophy home wish
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home. Novalis
strong philosophy philosophical
Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. David Hume
photography opportunity giving
Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself. Peter Lindbergh
Top Happiness quotes
art emotional piano
Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience. Jon Bon Jovi
soul yardsticks picks
Pick up a yardstick to measure your life against anyone else's, and you've just picked up a stick and beaten up your own soul. Ann Voskamp
bunch pictures power text
Pictures have a lot more power than text. Text is just a bunch of little symbols. You have to actually read it and imagine it, and even that can be censored. With pictures, it's a lot more immediate. Robert Crumb
pipeline way truck
Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail. John Hoeven
Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance. Harmon Killebrew
Top Life quotes
cutting play theatre
Places like the National Theatre or Sheffield, these great engines of theatre, make us cutting edge because they can be experimental. They can do plays that nobody else can afford to do in ways nobody else can afford to do. Toby Stephens
friends luxury world
Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. Max von Sydow
decided definitely playing regretted retired season toll took
Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision. Alan Hansen
girl fun boys
Playing girls is cool, but its a lot more fun playing boys. Chris Lilley
clever smart winning
Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow. Sholom Aleichem
Top Positive quotes
movie play tvs
Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season. George Takei
running romance political
Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering. George H. W. Bush
call charles downtown experience god hope love next please stick theater wait weird
Please God, I hope my experience in downtown theater isn't over, because I'd love to keep making weird plays. I can't wait for Charles Isherwood to call my next play 'sit-com-y' and tell me to stick to writing television. Elizabeth Meriwether
children support cost
Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can't support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars. Steve Israel
piano house plus
Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it Vanessa Carlton
Top Travel quotes
change social
Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. Hal Sparks
reality hands giving
Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time you don't keep reality from the population. Dwight Schultz
political henry-kissinger satire
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. Tom Lehrer
real government roots
Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend. Wilbur Smith
mean breathing-space history
Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means. Arthur Koestler
Top Beauty quotes
strong boards boring
Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards. Max Weber
victory events remorseless
Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events. Robert Harris
people serendipity pool
Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to. Eleanor Clift
achieving art conditions given political politics possible situation
Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits. Adam Michnik
country fear frightened polling public trusts truth works
Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of retribution. Rick Perlstein
Top Hope quotes
culture pop-culture pops
Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times. Aisha Tyler
trying theme amount
Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money. Harold E. Varmus
apply businesses jobs pay unemployed
Our businesses can't create jobs when they're losing revenue, and the unemployed can't apply for jobs when they can't pay their phone bill. Chellie Pingree
choices reform fundamentals
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. Ibrahim Babangida
children responsibility choices
Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously. Maggie Q
Top Love quotes
constitution
Our constitution got built around the idea of minority protection. Eula Biss
country firsts corruption
Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. Thomas Jefferson
country lynching insane
Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. Ida B. Wells
country believe enemy
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. Horatio Nelson
inspirational karma attitude
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. Earl Nightingale
Top Romantic quotes
husband taken gone
Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside. Tracey Gold
father taught-us work-ethic
Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well. Donny Osmond
build determined existed historic japan overcome simply
Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge. Yoshihiko Noda
ignorance history literature
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. Gustave Flaubert
kids past games
Our kids are actually doing what we told them to do when they sit in front of that TV all day or in front of that computer game all day. The society is telling kids unconsciously that nature's in the past. It really doesn't count anymore, that the future is in electronics, and besides, the bogeyman is in the woods. Richard Louv
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