Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Thor

I had been fascinated with Islam since college - particularly how it could inspire such fervor in our modern age and move a significant number of its followers to horrific acts of violence. That invisible hand moved me to study more and more about Islam.

A.J. Burnett

I'm definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you're not having fun here, you shouldn't be here.

As a longtime follower of our state university system, we're always behind the curve. We always react to problems. We don't look to solve those problems before they occur.

Carl Sandburg

Sandburg's retelling of Lincoln's attendance at an evangelist rally led by Peter Cartwright in 1846, in response to accusations by Cartwright's followers that he was an "infidel" - Cartwright was his opponent in his race for Congress:

Mia Hamm

This is emotional, and I'm truly speechless, ... I was expecting to be a follower tomorrow night, just to go wherever I was pointed, and now I'm carrying the flag. It's a tremendous honor and I thank my fellow Olympians for thinking of me.

This behavior is beautifully simple. If one experimentally removes the follower and taps the leader with a hair at a rate of two times per second or more, the leader will continue.

Elaine Pagels

Once you start to look at the gospels one by one, you realize that followers of Jesus were trying to understand what had happened after he was arrested and killed. They knew Judas had handed him over to the people who arrested him.

Gary Roberts

There were three world champions during the 1990s that came from America. The U.S. riders do very well in Europe and there's probably as many followers of Fast Fridays outside of this country than there are in this country.

There were some kind white people out there who provided a loan here or there, or a little bit of land. But Booker T. Washington and his followers knew that they were going to have to draw from their own resources and they knew that the larger white world was looking at them, every day, closely monitoring them.

Mikhail Gorbachev

devotion to his followers is a remarkable example to all of us.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: / That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

During his lifetime, when he was insulted or encountered offensive behavior, he did not respond with rage or violence. Instead he taught his followers to respond with mercy and best behavior.

We had a few leaders in the group and a couple of followers that did not, and were not interested in, going back to school.

There's no doubt in my mind that Kirk is a Great Britain player in the making. He's developing from a follower into a player who leads others. He has great presence and I'm just pleased he's in my team and I don't have to work out ways to stop him.

Ehud Barak

I see myself as (Rabin's) follower and the one to continue his legacy,

To be given a nine seed, the highest ever for a team from the Patriot League, shows that our program earned the respect of the selection committee and college basketball followers across the country.

Pete Carroll

It would be awesome to go a couple more games and have a chance to be in a position like that. I know their fans and their followers have just got to be loving it.

William Shakespeare

Discharge my followers; let them hence away, From Richard's night to Bolingbrooke's fair day.

Reza Aslan

Whether or not you believe that after three days of being dead and entombed, Jesus got up and walked out of his own accord, what you cannot argue about is the fervent belief of the followers that this happened.

Rodney Stark

Had the followers of Jesus remained an obscure Jewish sect, most of you would not have learned to read, and the rest of you would be reading from hand-copied scrolls.

We need followers who are engaged and supportive, not just resistant.

He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the followers of the Book to go forth from their homes at the first banishment you did not think that they would go forth, while they were certain that their fortresses would defend them against Allah; but Allah came to them whence they did not expect, and cast terror into their hearts; they demolished their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers; therefore take a lesson, O you who have eyes! / And had it not been that Allah had decreed for them the exile, He would certainly have punished them in this world, and m the hereafter they shall have chastisement of the fire.

There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks.

I would have to say yes, just because the time I spent with him, he's such a nice person. I think he just fell into trouble a lot of times where he was more of a follower than a leader, and wouldn't say no to things he probably should have. It's unfortunate. So I guess in that sense you leave yourself open for something like this to happen. It can so easily be avoided.

Mahatma Gandhi

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

We'll make that decision in the morning. I told my followers tonight just what I told my husband Tom this morning. We win either way. I win because I get to go back to Austin and get to work on solutions, or I win because I get my family back. I got to spend a lot of today with my grandson, who is 16 months old, and I had forgotten how wonderful that is.

Ella Wilcox

Who is the wise? Not he who from the startWith Wisdom's followers has taken part;But he who looks in Folly's tempting eyes,And turns away, perceiving her disguise.

Anthony de Mello

To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, "You may live with me, but don't become my follower." "Whom, then, shall I follow?" "No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth .

Ambrose Bierce

adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

Ambrose Bierce

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

Annie Besant

A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

Annie Besant

It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

David Platt

If you claim to be a follower of Christ, I encourage you to consider your present commitment to a local church.