Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Viscott

Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! That is foolish and self-destructive. . . . But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes.

David Viscott

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

David Duchovny

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

David Duchovny

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

David Brinkley

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

David Brainerd

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

David Brin

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.

David Brin

The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

David Ulevitch

I think anything which promotes heterogeneity on the Internet promotes stability. Diversity in services, service providers, and separating the layers of the networking stack are all important.

David Walton

You can't be trying to be funny. As an adult actor, sometimes I'll muddle it up by over-thinking things.

David Walliams

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

David Walliams

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

David Walliams

We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

David Walliams

It was very exciting to see Alan Sugar, so I think I've peaked with excitement for the evening, because I'm a massive Apprentice fan.

David Walliams

I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like?

David Walliams

Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat I just feel really happy in the water.

David Remnick

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

Bear Grylls

My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.

Barbara Lee

It takes a variety of strategies and initiatives to address this pandemic. It's about life and death and the survival of humanity.

Bill Gates

There's life and death in every email.

Bodhidharma

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Brennan Manning

We are not cowed into timidity by death and life. Were we forced to rely on our own shabby resources we would be pitiful people in deed. But the awareness of Christ's present risenness persuades us that we are buoyed up and carried on by a life greater than our own.

Edgar Allan Poe

Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.

Edgar Allan Poe

Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.

Countee Cullen

Whatever lives is granted breath But by the grace and sufferance of Death.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.