Derivation Of English Quotes & Sayings

CAMILLO Swear his thought over By each particular star in heaven and By all their influences, you may as well Forbid the sea for to obey the moon As, or by oath remove, or counsel shake The fabric of his folly, whose foundation Is pil'd upon his faith, and will continue The standing of his body. — William Shakespeare

The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through the pursuit of practical and effective efforts to promote human rights that we show our real commitment to the welfare of individuals and society. — Alexander Downer

The thing that I want to do, the most important thing to me is winning. How we do it, I really don't care. — Mike Singletary

I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district. — Greg Walden

Your mission is to find a product or service that can positively impact the lives of 1 billion people because that's the game we're playing today. — Peter Diamandis

His eyes held hers. Because I knew, ten seconds after walking into this office and meeting you, that we had this in the bag. — Julie James

The fights for media justice and racial justice have been intertwined since the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. — Marvin Ammori

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write. The regard of the public is not to be kept but by tribute, and the remembrance of past service will quickly languish unless successive performances frequently revive it. Yet in every new attempt there is new hazard, and there are few who do not, at some unlucky time, injure their own characters by attempting to enlarge them. — Samuel Johnson

For him the tragedy of Homo sapiens is that the least fit to survive breed the most. — John Fowles

If our goal in legislating against carbon releases is not simply punishing the West and its power companies but truly trying to reduce the accumulation of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, the main event will be in the developing world. We must use the smartest possible economics, and that means investing in China and India. — Gregg Easterbrook

Hate smolders and eventually destroys, not the hated but the hater. — Dorothy Thompson

Only if a Chinaman presents proof of affiliation with the West, has Western patrons vouch for him, and writes in 'pure' English, may he present his 'submission' to Western publishers. — Thorsten J. Pattberg

It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history, in order to arrive at an understanding of humanity as it is at present. — Emile Durkheim

I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards. — Albert Camus