Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kurt Eichenwald

When it came to dire warnings about Obamacare, the Republicans were the kings of 'swing and a miss.' People would flee the health care industry to avoid Obamacare? Nope - according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, health care gained about 1 million new jobs in preparation for increased demand.

Anne Sullivan

I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

William Shakespeare

O King, be loyal to the royal within you.

William Shakespeare

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

William Shakespeare

Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.

William Shakespeare

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies.

William Shakespeare

When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy, over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

Al Sharpton

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

Al Sharpton

Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.

Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld

When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Religious externals may have meaning for the God-inhabited soul; for any others they are not only useless but may actually become snares, deceiving them into a false and perilous sense of security.

Chinua Achebe

Many writers can't make a living. So to be able to teach how to write is valuable to them. But I don't really know about its value to the student. I don't mean it's useless. But I wouldn't have wanted anyone to teach me how to write.

Charles Baudelaire

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.

Charles Inglis

If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or should be laid aside; but just the Reverse.

Lord Lyttelton

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; / Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

Louis C. K.

I'm bored' is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of.

Kurt Vonnegut

Women are so useless and unimaginative, aren't they? All they ever think of planting in the dirt is the seed of something beautiful or edible. The only missile they can ever think of throwing at anybody is a ball or a bridal bouquet.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Truth is, only the useless get to the top in this country.

Paul Karas

We're sort of quiet out here, doing our thing. But we are ... going to be in a position to claim the title of third commercial airport for Chicago.

Anne Finch

Thirst of wealth no quiet knows, But near the death-bed fierce grows.

Javy Lopez

When we'd lose a game we acted like nothing happened, not the end of the world. We'd leave quietly and come back like nothing happened the day before.

Tyrus Thomas

We're not an uptight bunch. We just like to have fun. A lot of coaches like the team to be quiet and focused before a game. The way we focus is to clown around. We think about the task at hand. But we don't worry. We like to have fun, study and practice hard.

Mahmoud Abbas

We're back to square one. Now we need time to regain calm. Our people need a quiet life and to make a living.

Chris Copeland

When I see things, I speak my mind. But I'm a quiet leader, if anything.

Chris Bohjalian

Dead … might not be quiet at all.

Cheryl Strayed

Acceptance is a small quiet room.

Cherie Lunghi

I just want a quiet life. I think that's what everybody says when they get older.