Famous Quotes & Sayings

William John Wills

The country up here is beautiful; everything green and pleasant; and if you saw it now, you would not believe that in two months' time it could have such a parched and barren appearance as it will then assume.

Victoria Hanley

The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.

Vitruvius

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

Mary McCarthy

Old money is fully as moronic as new money but it has inherited an appearance of cultivation.

Katherine Harris

The appearance doesn't matter as much as the content.

Bosco Tjan

When you're multitasking, you get the appearance that you are working on several things at once, but if you stop and finish one thing, and then the other, you'll get them done faster.

James Roberts

Whereas women generally value their appearance more than men, which can lead to 'retail therapy,' men value social recognition. Even though they're both trying to build self-esteem, they're coming at it from two very different directions.

Mike Nichols

That seems to me the great American danger we're all in, that we'll bargain away the experience of being alive for the appearance of it.

Margaret D. Nadauld

Our outward appearance is a reflection of what we are on the inside. Our lives reflect that for which we seek. And if with all our hearts we truly seek to know the Savior and to be more like Him, we shall be, for He is our divine, eternal Brother.

Abraham Lincoln

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

Ellen G. White

The more we talk of Jesus, the more of His matchless charms we shall behold.

L.A. Reid

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.

Rig Veda

Those who are misers shall never part with their money.

Ronald Reagan

Today we have done what we had to do. If necessary, we shall do it again.

John Donne

Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay?

Yani Tseng

I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.

Bulgarian Proverb

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water

Pat Paulsen

Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.

Ray Liotta

My wife read Narc as well and was really into it.

Troy McMahan

We were going to go this October, but my wife got pregnant.

Bill Harris

We didn't see it happen, but my wife did see a young man... before this happened... but he was on my property.

William Shakespeare

I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.

Baz Luhrmann

My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business.

Alan Titchmarsh

I never get bored of my wife. It's lovely.

Charles Caleb Colton

Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.

Alan Jackson

I've been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants. I'm more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel. Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I'm making.

Akshay Kumar

Why bother with Google when I have a wife who knows everything about everything!