Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ignacio Bunye

We respect the views of the former general, appreciate his sense of nationalism and share his concerns about the plight of our people. But this quixotic declaration is pathetic and unfortunate.

Anne Finch

Did I, my lines intend for public view,How many censures, would their faults pursue,Some would, because such words they do affect,Cry they're insipid, empty, uncorrect.And many, have attained, dull and untaught,The name of wit, only by finding fault.True judges, might condemn their want of wit,And all might say, they're by a woman writ.

Kenzo Tange

In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.

Robert Dowling

When we first had him he was very aware of his limited survival of his own mortality, and I think every day that he has he views as a blessing, ... We had a video conference with some of the other surgeons and nurses that are involved in the project, and his one message to them was 'Life is wonderful.'

Peter Capaldi

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

Pat Toomey

Unless and until they actually manage to repeal the First Amendment itself, we are going to find a way to give voice to the tens of thousands of people who share our views and want to have a voice in the political process.

Nigel Harris

Universities by their very nature encourage debate, question and challenge of conventional wisdom and existing theories. We are places where knowledge is discovered. We advance existing precepts and understandings by which society currently runs. And in that context, academic staff will time to time have views that are different from the government's.

Byron Dorgan

Very few people know anything about this nominee's views about a wide range of subjects, ... This is a very important seat because it's a swing vote.

Fouad Siniora

We expressed our views that the presence of armed personnel and armaments outside the camps is not necessary and not helpful, ... As for the presence of armed personnel within the camps, this is going to be looked at in order to organize it.

Carl Jung

No dream symbol can be separated from the individual who dreams it, and there is no definite or straightforward interpretation of any dream.

Carl Jung

No language exists that cannot be misused... Every Interpretation is hypothetical, for it is a mere attempt to read an unfamiliar text.

Byron Katie

Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.

Benedict Cumberbatch

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

Bridget Riley

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.

Bill Crawford

To find the true cause of how you think and feel, find the 'sponsoring thought' that created the interpretation that created your experience of life.

Antonin Scalia

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Edwin Meese

Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government.

Dana Gioia

Paradoxically, the simpler poetry is, the more difficult it becomes for a critic to discuss intelligently. Trained to explicate, the critic often loses the ability to evaluate literature outside the critical act. A work is good only in proportion to the richness and complexity of interpretations it provokes.