14851 Quotes & Sayings

We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us. — Maria Edgeworth

Pittsburgh felt like the perfect size of a city to me. There's enough to do, but it's not like living in a circus. I also really loved how sports-enthusiastic Pittsburgh people are: how proud of their sports they are. — Joel Edgerton

In point of fact there are a certain number of values and of forces which are of decisive importance in our world civilization: the primacy of production, the continual growth of the power of the State and the formation of the National State, the autonomous development of technics , etc. These, among others far more than the ownership of the means of production or any totalitarian doctrine are the constitutive elements of the modern world. So long as these elements continue to be taken for granted, the world is standing still. — Jacques Ellul

But something always went wrong, and the relationship would end precisely at the moment when she was sure that this was the person with whom she wanted to spend the rest of her life. After a long time, she came to the conclusion that men brought only pain, frustration, suffering and a sense of time dragging. — Paulo Coelho

What can I do to improve my personal appearance?" "Start by bathing," her father said. — William Goldman

One thing I have learned during these past few terrible years is that our grief and sorrow should be shared, not carried alone. — Lynn Austin

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur. — Katharine Hepburn

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason. — Noah Webster

People don't eat nutrients, they eat foods, and foods can behave very differently than the nutrients they contain. — Michael Pollan

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What's necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from there. You can't balance the budget in the short term because to do that would be to ratchet down the economy. — David Axelrod

We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope. — Merle Haggard

A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. — Philip Sidney

Of course the Japanese and Peruvian fish are different, but it's the same Pacific Ocean. They are different, but I know fish. — Nobu Matsuhisa