Gownd Quotes & Sayings

To be practical in life means to take everything seriously and nothing tragically. — Arthur Schnitzler

In a just cause it is right to be confident. — Sophocles

I've always felt that I need to be somebody in the middle of the lineup that's going to drive in runs and come up with big hits. — Mark Teixeira

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. — Albert Camus

The family we're born into is important, sure, but they're not all we have. They're not all we are. A part of life is making your own family. That's the beauty of it all." I smile softly. "Do you have a big family?" "I do," he says, "but most of us aren't blood related. — J.M. Darhower

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. — William Howard Taft

Where life ends, peace begins! — Debasish Mridha

One to be a murderer, the other to be martyred, One to be a monarch, the other to go mad. — Marissa Meyer

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I found the road to wealth when I decided that a part of all I earned was mine to keep. And so will you. — George S. Clason

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve. — Kevin McCloud

We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together. — Victoria Osteen

I love watching people, and that's what I do; just go for a walk at about 4 o'clock, and go down a busy street, where you see people coming out of school and you get a glimpse of their lives, what they're talking about. — Andrea Corr

But for some reason, those rocks made lonely feel good. Those clouds made you dream big. Not big like you could make a lot of money or like you could have a good job. Bigger than those things. It was complicated. I mean, big like you were part of the sky, which also made you feel small. — Cynthia Kadohata

I remember nothing about it except a philological fact. My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say 'a green great dragon', but had to say 'a great green dragon'. I wondered why, and still do. The fact that I remember this is possibly significant, as I do not think I ever tried to write a story again for many years, and was taken up with language. — J.R.R. Tolkien