167251l Quotes & Sayings

Faith is 10% talk and 90% work. — The Prolific Penman

To be frank, my belief is if you just keep your head down and work, and you have the fortune to be successful, there really aren't moments that change you. — Mark Walter

The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation. — Chiang Kai-shek

We shouldn't compare the success of two kings knowing that one was born in the palace while the other in the street... — Assegid Habtewold

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive. — Bertolt Brecht

It is said that the Messiah will come at the end of the world." "But it was not the end of the world," Grandfather said. "It was. He just did not come." "Why did he not come?" "This was the lesson we learned from everything that happened - there is no God. It took all of the hidden faces for Him to prove this to us." "What if it was a challenge of your faith?" I said. "I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this." "What if it was not in his power?" "I could not believe in a God that could not stop what happened." "What if it was man and not God that did all of this?" "I do not believe in man, either. — Jonathan Safran Foer

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian. — Philippe Perrin

I don't think anybody, actor or marine, is ever going to enjoy boot camp. It certainly wasn't at all enjoyable. Informative and educational, yes, but it was pretty tortuous. — Ashton Holmes

As I passed a market, I thought I saw Devera, Aliera's daughter, looking at me. I almost stopped, but when I looked again she was gone, so I decided I was either imagining it, or she didn't want to talk to me. She is a very unusual child, but I guess now isn't the best time for that conversation. I put it out of my head and kept walking until I reached the Imperial Palace. — Steven Brust

Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Unfamiliar insects produced a soft but insistent chirp; a crisp whir like the sound the earth itself might make rolling through the darkness if we all kept quiet enough to hear it. The lights of the condominium complex shone. They were not far away. Still, they looked almost too real and close to touch. They were like holes punched in the night, leaking light from another, more animated world. For a moment I could imagine what it would be like to be a ghost - to walk forever through a silence deeper than silence, to apprehend but never quite reach the lights of home. — Michael Cunningham

Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which love has spread To curtain her sleeping world. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

We do it for the fun and the fact it makes us feel closer to loved ones both living and dead. — Robert Tinnell

When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more? — Ray Kroc

There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific. — Harvey Weinstein