Famous Quotes & Sayings

Terry Eagleton

Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

Najib Razak

It so happens, in Malaysia, the people who are in a way not doing as well constitute the majority of the people - the Bumiputeras.

Eugene Kennedy

We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.

Peter R. Grant

Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.

Jeff Neal

We are looking into whether this lawsuit may constitute a SLAPP suit.

Ernst Mach

In fact, sensations of pleasure and pain, however faint they may be, really constitute an essential part of the content of all so-called emotions.

Timothy Noah

The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an exaggeration to say that Maryland suburbanites and Virginia suburbanites constitute two mutually hostile tribes.

Adam Ereli

Obviously what we want to see, what the Russians want to see, I think what the EU-3 want to see, what the IAEA want to see, is Iranian cooperation. To the extent that they do that, it's a good thing. Does this statement by this one person constitute that? At this point, it's just hard to say. We'll have to see.

Ben Bernanke

Sector-specific price declines, uncomfortable as they may be for producers in that sector, are generally not a problem for the economy as a whole and do not constitute deflation.

Barack Obama

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.

Natalie Massenet

My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.

Nikki Sixx

Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well.

Eugene O'Neill

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

Alexa Von Tobel

I'm proud that LearnVest is creating content that helps expectant moms tackle their finances. As much as possible, we hope to lessen the stress during what is said to be such a life-changing time.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Lyor Cohen

Content that's generated out of America, whether it be film or music, has, in my opinion, much greater impact in sustaining our credibility and our place as a cultural capital. This is our great export.

John Sculley

The Mac defined 'personal technology', and the iPhone defines 'intimate technology' as a convergence of communications, content and location.

Paul Reddick

When we put something on our customer's bill, they should feel that it is money well spent. We also want to make sure that the content has had proper rights secured.

William K. Sessions

The goal is justice, not executions. We all want to make sure the process is fair and that the right person is punished. These recommendations are essential to that goal.

David A. Bednar

Total immersion in and saturation with the Savior's gospel are essential steps in the process of being born again.

Charles Koch

Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for getting us back on the path to long-term prosperity.

Lysander Spooner

A contract for the establishment of government, being nothing but a voluntary contract between individuals for their mutual benefit, differs, in nothing that is essential to its validity, from any other contract between man and man, or between nation and nation.

Christy Martin

We're kind of traveling gypsy musicians. We stopped paying rent in 1998. We love touring and we love being on the road, and to do what we're doing it would be impractical to have a home anywhere. So, we had a big garage sale, sold everything but the essentials and that allows us to do about 200 shows a year in 45 states and Ireland.

Ray Comfort

Faith is as essential to the spiritual realm as oxygen is to the natural realm.

Richard Engel

I think it's really important to start thinking about infrastructure as essential national security.

Kenny MacAskill

Transparency is essential ... what we need now is the implementation of the commission's recommendations but they need to be matched by resources from the Executive.

Ludwig von Mises

The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism.

Delores Conway

Investing overseas is not for the faint of heart. You have to be willing to move with changes.

Walter Johnson

I've had people swing at me, ... I've had people faint on me. I had one man, he just kept pushing me. He just wanted to make sure he wasn't having a dream.

Dot Matthews

That's not a level for the faint of heart.

Ken Macha

A lot of drama. Not for the faint of heart.

David Cole

This is not a place for weaklings or the faint of heart. It's a rugged part of the business.

Joan Skaaland

I'm not sure where we're going to go from here. We've already spent well over $100,000. ... The legal system is not for the faint of heart, financially.

Eric Ripert

I don't think I have an obsession, however I do eat chocolate every day.

Gary Bettman

We plan to play a season however it happens.

Kat Graham

I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.

Tom Hering

We had to work for this one, but that's fine. However you get it, just keep moving on.

Nick Saban

Would it be better long-term for him so that he can get better and just not be an every week thing for the next however many more weeks if he doesn't have an opportunity to get some rest and get it a little better than what it is right now?

Helen Sharman

Is a one-way trip to Mars ever really seriously going to happen? Surely that's morally reprehensible. However old people are, however much they say they want to go on a one-way mission, people should be thinking about the possibility of returning.

Heinrich Pierer

Our first quarter results are better than we expected, however we stand by the overall outlook we provided in December,

Karl Lagerfeld

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

Paul Mason

I'm shocked, there's nothing to justify the prices we're paying before Katrina, however there's a little more to justify the prices we're paying now,

Alan Alda

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.

Aristotle

The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.

Alan Bennett

One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.

Baltasar Gracian

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.

Diana Vreeland

Pleasure is everything.

Agnes Repplier

To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.

David Brooks

Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure

Nora Roberts

If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.

George Farquhar

The shortest pleasures are the sweetest.