Famous Quotes & Sayings

China Mieville

'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.

Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.

Emma McLaughlin

Valentine's Day: Rubbing singles' noses in their lack of a mate and the noses of couples in their lack of time.

Lionel Stander

Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.

George Bernard Shaw

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Phil Klay

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.

Menachem Begin

Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative.

Patrick Modiano

Recently, I looked back at my first manuscripts and was struck by the lack of space, of breath. That's exactly how it felt, back then... like I was suffocating.

Jason Alexander

You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind of stuck in the '50s. And no place had that better than Staten Island.

Ludwig von Mises

What is lacking to the underdeveloped nations is not knowledge, but capital.

We are really trying to respond to that lack of clarity.

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle.

Gwen Moore

It is very frightening to see a resurgence of the old mores, or lack thereof, regarding women's rights to their own bodies.

We are not where we want to be, not for lack of effort, but because the process simply takes longer to produce results than any of us would like.

The problem is they all have the same issue: lack of spending.

Lee H. Hamilton

What's lacking here is a sense of urgency, a political will to get these things done.

With the lack of support there last night to stop the A&P tax, I don't see the need to do anything further.

Keke Palmer

You're going to have to speak up for yourself - and I learned that after always being, for lack of a better word, crapped on.

Kelly Rowan

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.

Tony Stewart

We're ready. I don't feel like we're lacking anything or waiting on anything.

With these levels of inventories, we probably need to replenish inventories to a level that will support a - for lack of a better term - 'normal' level of sales,

Mark Shapiro

We lack upper-level, left-handed relief depth. (Heredia) could be a Major League alternative for us this year.

Ted Knight

I prefer what I remember to what is going on today. I don't like what I see today, the irresponsibility, the lack of moral values, permissiveness, lack of respect for the elderly, irresponsibility toward society. It depresses me.

Paulo Coelho

There is no sin but the lack of love.

We've seen late day short rallies on low volume that are exaggerated by lack of supply. The move has been overrated,

Andrea Bocelli

People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

Gideon Gono

One can never be prepared enough for anything. We always want to react late. We have become a nation of pointing fingers, a nation of perpetual moaners and a nation that lacks initiatives,

Democritus

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

What we lack in membership we make up in charm.

Rob Portman

Overall, our U.S.-China trade relationship today lacks equity, durability and balance.

Our beef, for lack of a better word, is with FEMA, not with the victims.

Reinforcement of imbalances and lack of saving in the United States is not dollar-friendly.

Kim Jee-woon

I think my tendency when working is to try and find what's lacking in my current project and then tackle that in whatever I do next.