Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arthur Rimbaud

. . . be absolute moderne.

Auguste Comte

Everything is relative; and only that is absolute.

Suzanne Fields

The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against.

Mary Schapiro

There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always be people who set out to deceive the regulators and even deceive their own senior management.

Mario Testino

There are never any absolutes in the fashion business: one day you may like black, and the next day you like colour. I think it's a good lesson that we should never believe too much in any one thing - because the next day it's out, and if we're stuck to it, we're out, too.

Berkeley Breathed

Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.

John Ruskin

Absolute and entire ugliness is rare.

Colleen Dolan

They're the ones drawing a line in the sand as to what the absolutes are. We've already brought in consultants to help with some of this stuff. Once (the investigators) give their response, once we have a more defined conversation with DCFS, we'll be in a better position to make that decision.

Swami Vivekananda

The Absolute can never be thought of.

Pope Shenouda III

We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church.

Vincent Nichols

A Catholic understanding of priesthood is so strongly rooted in the historic actions of Jesus and in all their antecedents in the place of sacrifice in life. And those things... they are rooted to the role of the man.

Vincent Nichols

One of the things I regret is that too often in our society a person's whole identity is shaped by their sexuality, or by their sexual orientation. In good Catholic eyes, a person's sexual orientation does not matter.

Vincent Frank

I've also committed my time and resources to many local organizations like Christmas in April, Catholic Community Services, and Hudson County Meals on Wheels.

Richard Morris

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.

Lord George Gordon

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people.

Eugene Kennedy

The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life.

Natascha McElhone

My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.

English Proverbs

We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?

Billy Graham

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

Ellen G. White

It is labor that keeps the strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil and burden-bearing, is what will give strength to the church of Christ.

David A. Bednar

I will go where the Lord and the leaders of His Church want me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become.

Source Unknown

The only cure for seasickness is to sit on the shady side of a church in the country.

E. B. White

The politicians have focused so much on the mega-churches in the county from a land use perspective until they have not looked at the contributions being made by the smaller churches. Our church has a partnership with Longfields Elementary where we provide textbooks, school supplies and even shoes for the children.

Eric Wallace

The pastor at my church says that in everything you say or do you're teaching someone else.

Nancy Gibbs

The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the '60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in race relations, gender roles, generational conflict, the clash of church and state - so many values and vanities tossed on the bonfire, and no one had a concordance to explain why it was all happening at once.

Richard Cecil

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

Rick Pitino

Football is only once a week. NASCAR is once a week. Those sports are insanely popular. Horse racing is oversaturated. Unless tracks cut back to three days a week of full fields, a lot of people will really hurt down the road. Horse racing, to survive, has to go to that. Let's face it: Churchill Downs only does well on Derby Week.

Wesley Schultz

I think the death knell for any musician is getting a job that you like and pays enough that you just stay there forever.

Chuck Palahniuk

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

Yann Martel

You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time.

Clark Gregg

The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.

Bruce Jackson

You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images.

Christina Baker Kline

For years I'd understood that publishing in paperback was the kiss of death.

Citium Zeno

No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

Ninon Lenclos

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion

Nat King Cole

For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.

Elizabeth Warren

There are lots of families who - who make irresponsible purchases. There are also a lot of families who have debt on credit cards because they use those credit cards to pay for medical bills.

John C. Calhoun

What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another - to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own?

John C. Calhoun

He is blind indeed who does not see, in the signs of the times, a strong tendency to plunge the Union as deep in debt as are many of the States, and to subjugate the whole to the paper system.

Paul Krugman

When they eliminated the bond, it was already obvious that the prospect of paying off the debt was evaporating before our eyes.

Lisa Caputo

Go out and interview people to find a partner whom you can trust. Find somebody who subscribes to the same view that you do. I'm happy to tell you that I practice what I preach. I would have never thought I'd end up in financial services. I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.

Lisa Caputo

I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.

Agost Benard

The ratings on Sri Lanka are vulnerable due to the country's high government debt and ongoing large fiscal deficits.

Stanley Ho

We have always said that for the projects we look for 65%-35% debt-to-equity. From an equity point of view, we are already fully funded,

Robert Reich

Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt with tax increases, even with tax increases on the wealthy, because a tax increase doesn't reduce the size of government.

Cory Simons

We have a good relationship with people of other faiths ... they're very nice to us.

Sathya Baba

All faiths are inter-related and mutually indebted to each other for the principles they teach, and the disciplines they recommended. 

Sathya Baba

Let the different faiths exist; let them flourish and the glory of God be sung in all the languages and in a variety of tunes.

Sathya Baba

Respect the differences between the faiths and recognize them as valid so far as they do not extinguish the flame of unity.  

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

IRRELIGION, n. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Amisha Patel

Cleaning is therapy for me. I'm not ashamed of holding the duster or broom.

David Pratt

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

David Eagleman

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

Lynda Barry

My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.

Drew Forbes

We are just kind of washing around here. As it stands right now, we are just in a holding pattern.

Sandra Tsing Loh

There's an image that some of us have of Jackie Onassis, stepping out in the rain, and Maurice Tempelsman is holding her umbrella. We want that man. We want the man to be the concierge and the masseur and the travel booker.

Marla Maples

I was holding a reserve inside all along. When you're with someone as powerful as Donald, you have no choice. You can get lost within that power if you're not careful.

Thomas Brooks

You have some more things you do in district. Whatever we need to get done, we're going to do it. There's no sense in holding back.

Gary Edwards

We were just holding on. When we tried to get that push, we just didn't have it.

Don Yaeger

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Drew Goddard

If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.

Brandon Flowers

U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.

Clint Hill

President Kennedy knew every agent by name. President Johnson knew many of us, but not as many as President Kennedy, probably.

Clive Granger

I was born in Swansea in the Principality of Wales in September 1934 and named Clive William John Granger. The 'William John' names were traditional Granger boy's names, and my mother liked the name Clive because some popular musician at the time had it.

Scott Brooks

I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen.

Howard Hawks

John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.

John Entwistle

Wow, I sure do miss John hey, groupies!

Jai Courtney

Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.

Yelawolf

I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.

Chino Moreno

The Butcherettes are led by a female singer, and they're sort of wild.

Chelsea Clinton

For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.

Beeban Kidron

Arguably, it was the introduction of international non-proliferation treaties in the late '80s that finally led to the missiles being removed from Greenham Common.

Nikki Sixx

I know when I wear a Led Zeppelin shirt, I am happy to put that Led Zeppelin shirt on. It's not, 'Well, they kind of suck.'

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When I was about to turn 50, I went into a kind of personal revision and observed my own priorities and what led those priorities in my life. And many things that, in a way, were profound.

Malcolm Speed

We have led the world in terms of the processes we have put in place.

Vitruvius

The temple of Ceres should be in a solitary spot out of the city, to which the public are not necessarily led but for the purpose of sacrificing to her.

Lia Ices

I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore and that I could make my own songs.

Christine Gregoire

We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.

Noreena Hertz

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.

Jim Arnold

We played Niles defense. We pride ourselves on that.

Lesli Priebe

We pride ourselves on our defense. You should never have an off-night on defense.

Don Eckerle

We pride ourselves on how well we play defense.

Richard Sanchez

We pride ourselves on how well we finish,

Bob Spencer

We pride ourselves in being a well-rounded, blue-collar group.

Lamar Alexander

I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.

Miroslav Volf

For any victim, particularly us Americans, it is difficult to see ourselves through the eyes of our offender. But for any victim it is the most salutary thing to do.

Bill Hader

Paul Rudd is a huge 'Hot Rod' fan.

Nat Wolff

Paul Rudd is too perfect. He's super talented, super nice and super calm. I just think he's a robot.

Steny Hoyer

My friend Paul Ryan talks about fiscal responsibility, but voted to put two wars on a credit card.

David Tennant

Paula Milne was really the first thing that drew me to 'The Politician's Husband.'

Doc Rivers

We have to make sure that Wally and Paul have shots at the end of the game. I'm disappointed in the loss. We played hard, but we're not playing smart.

Eugene Levy

And I'm doing a pilot for TV Land, called 'I Did Not Know That.' It's co-produced by Paul Reiser.

Mike Scioscia

You could toss a coin, ... on whether Paul went around.

Jeff Howard

Mrs. Scheele, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Paul got together and thought it up.

Chris Squire

Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.

Charlotte Bronte

I was no pope - I could not boast infallibility ...

Bob Odenkirk

You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.

Martin Luther

Personally I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist.

Terry McAuliffe

I would like to be Pope if I could.

Frances Kissling

He will go down as a fifth-century pope in terms of who women are.

Pope John XXIII

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Gilbert Levine

There's a tremendous statement there about the universality of man. It's who the pope is.

Dino De Laurentiis

The pope dies, you get another pope.

Pat Schaumann

Every pope has had his own chef, so there are volumes of recipes in the Vatican's records.

Paul Harvey

Now you know the rest of the story.

Scott Adkins

I'm always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in 'El Gringo;' it shows in the new 'Universal Soldier.' You can't rest on your laurels; you've got to keep improving.

Andrew Klink

We are going to win the rest of our games.

Peter O'Toole

There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross.

Fred Jacobs

We need to take steps to restore credibility to the administration and accountability to the university, and we have to do it tangibly.

Ludwig von Mises

Every restriction of trade creates vested interests that are from then on opposed to its removal.

Eric Brown

We're not trying to say these things aren't available. We didn't want to restrict the player.

Tassos Papadopoulos

We are satisfied with the terms. The rest is procedural.

Lee Humphrey

We've got some time to rest up. I think we'll be fine.

Ranbir Kapoor

'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'

Colin Wilson

When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.

Halle Berry

I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself.

Ann Voskamp

The real romantics imagine greying and sagging and wrinkling as the deepening of something sacred.

Andrei Codrescu

New Orleans reminds me of Romania because New Orleans is very corrupt politically.

Mike Elliott

Yeah, but it's not as romantic or as theatrical as that. It's very low-key.

Allison Williams

I want to play a villain. I want to play a romantic heroine.

Tony Benn

I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.

Oscar Isaac

I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.