Famous Quotes & Sayings

Frederick Saunders

True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or cupidity; in either instance, they are under the blinding influence of passion, and consequently but little subject to the control of reason.

William Shakespeare

In nature's infinite book of secrecy A little I can read.

William Shakespeare

The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.

William Shakespeare

We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name.

William Shakespeare

The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.

William Shakespeare

Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.

Alan Jay Lerner

Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.

Alan Jay Lerner

Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.

Alan Jackson

The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.

Arthur Holly Compton

My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd.

Alan Chadwick

We need to create the beauty and the quality first. The quantity will follow.

Alain Resnais

My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.

Alan Ball

I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.

Alan Alda

I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.

Al Ries

It's better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.

Al Pacino

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

Al Pacino

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

Akon

It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

Paul Alioto

We're getting boards and picking up loose balls. We've been playing well of late. You always hope to be peaking at this stage of the season.

Dave Joseph

We're balanced and deep. We don't have great size, but I think we will be all right on the boards if we really hustle and work on position. We're going to change our style somewhat, but we will still be a running team. We'll look to create opportunities and run when we can, but our season will depend on how well we can defend. If we can do that, our offense will be more effective.

Akon

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

Jay Wright

We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good.

Charlaine Harris

I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.

Chaka Fattah

At his Philadelphia alma mater, Temple University, Cosby gave commencement addresses and attended games. He served on the university`s board of trustees for more than three decades.

Charlie Munger

I think it would be a great improvement if there were no D&O insurance . The counter-argument is that no-one with any money would serve on a board. But I think net net you'd be better off.

Charlie Munger

We don't have an isolated group [of senior managers] surrounded by servants. Berkshire's headquarters is a tiny little suite. We just came back from Berkshire's board meeting; it had moved up to the board room of the Kiewit company and [it was so large and luxurious that] I felt uncomfortable.

Charlie Munger

A board member should be perfectly willing to leave at any time and willing to make the tough calls.