12571 Quotes & Sayings

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise. — James Stephens

The man Jack was, above all things, a professional, or so he told himself, — Neil Gaiman

So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything." — Tim Vine

What is in the air there in Washington, what is in the water? What is wrong with them? This is not a rhetorical question. I think it is unspoken question No.1 as Americans look at so many of the individuals in our government. What is wrong with them? — Peggy Noonan

There are many cultural scenes in Lahore, just as there are in London. And there is a celebrity culture here, just as there is in London. But in Lahore, the celebrity scene doesn't drown out the rest quite so much. — Mohsin Hamid

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be. — Mahatma Gandhi

Whether necessary or not, they occur. When he begins fighting for his dreams, man has no experience, and makes many mistakes. But the secret in life is to fall seven times, and rise up eight times. — Paulo Coelho

A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist - moving an audience through a movie ... making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark. — Gordon Willis

A sudden powerful transition to the offensive - the flashing sword of vengeance - is the greatest moment for the defense. — Lawrence Freedman

We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more time, but we accomplished what we needed to in the two weeks. — Travis Barker

Lighten up. You're too intense. Don't take yourself so seriously. — Regina Brett

Ua maomao ka lani, ua kahaea luna, Ua pipi ka maka o ka hoku. (The heavens were fair, they stretched above, Many were the eyes of the stars.) — Robert Louis Stevenson

This young gentleman was like something from out of a leather-bound book! — Lindsay Eland

The leaves do not change color from the blighting touch of the frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the fruit has been ripened and their work is done. And their splendid change of coloring is but their graceful and beautiful surrender of life, when they have finished their summer offering of service to God and man. — Tryon Edwards

I broke off from my hummed rendition of "U Can't Touch This.""I'm a seraph," I reminded her happily."I'm supposed to sing constant praises."
"Not about yourself!"
"Doo be do do- demons can't touch this!" I sang again. — Helen Keeble