Famous Quotes & Sayings

Josiah Gilbert Holland

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

Nick Clegg

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

Herschel Walker

One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe be on the karate team for the Barcelona Olympics. I'm debating whether I want to do that. I just love to compete, and I want to win.

Ricky Williams

One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.

Emanuel Cleaver

One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time. They have to make a choice. Either they are going to be a stinger or a honey-maker, and I contend that honey is a symbol of legislation and, the nuclear language used by members is the stinger, and you can't do both.

William Kamkwamba

One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters.

Greg Mortenson

One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence. They grew up in war. They were taught to hate. They were, they grew up in very ignorant cultures where they didn't learn about the outside world.

Yael Stone

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American cultures influence on the rest of the world.

Mike Rounds

One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward.

NeNe Leakes

One thing to avoid is trendy stuff, though - you gotta go timeless. Even if you want a little luxury in your life and you want to splurge on a Gucci bag, pick a great black one you can wear all the time.

Steve Southerland

One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.

Terry McAuliffe

One-third of Americans have already been forced to change their lifestyle because their disposable income is gone. A guy can't go to the corner bar after a rough day at work to have a beer, that's gone to oil!

Edward Coke

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

Edward de Bono

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Stephen Chow

One very important element for me to make a movie is, it has to be unique and different from any other.

Jerome K. Jerome

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

Neel Mukherjee

One writes what one can, or has to, write.

Richard Roeper

On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game.

Peter Straub

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.

Erma Bombeck

Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.

Tom Lantos

On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Timothy Olyphant

On 'Justified,' we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky.

Ellen Terry

Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.

Yvette Clarke

Only by acknowledging the success and sacrifice made by those who came before us can we fully understand what we must do to ensure the liberty of those who will succeed us.

Piet Mondrian

Only conscious man can mirror the universal: he can consciously become one with the universal and so can consciously transcend the individual.

Ferdinand Lassalle

Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.

Ronald Knox

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Steven Wright

Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at.

Ludwig von Mises

Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.

Laurence Sterne

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

Margaret Fuller

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

Karl Jaspers

Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.

Stefan Zweig

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Konrad Adenauer

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

Marcel Proust

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

Daniel Ellsberg

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.

Richard Powers

Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.

Paul Tonko

On Medicare, I would suggest ridding the system of fraud and bulk purchasing of prescription drugs, to begin with.

Ric Keller

On my recent trip to the Mexico border, Border Patrol agents in California told me they have arrested the same coyotes 20 times, but they are not prosecuted.

Dylan Lauren

On really hot days, I try to motivate friends and family to come into the pool for an aqua jogging session which I teach. Aqua jogging is a great way to avoid the impact of regular walking or jogging on land. This is especially beneficial for those who have joint pain or who are healing from an injury.

Leonard Slatkin

On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.

Alfred de Vigny

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

George Colman

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

Victor Koo

On the monetization front, our strengthening leadership in internet user base and broadening reach of our platform have already positioned us as a must-buy platform in online video for brand advertisers to reach a nationwide audience within China.

Annie Jacobsen

On the morning of January 17, 1966, a real-life dirty bomb crisis occurred over Palomares, Spain. A Strategic Air Command bomber flying with four armed hydrogen Bombs - with yields between 70 kilotons and 1.45 megatons - collided midair with a refueling tanker over the Spanish countryside.

Charles Vest

On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.

George Stephen

On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance.

Henry Lawson

On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account.

Willow Bay

On the Web no subject is sacrosanct. No one, from icon to unknown, is off-limits.

Norman Cook

On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.