Knowledge From Famous People Quotes & Sayings

I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could. — E. G. Marshall

One day is enough for a man to know all happiness. My dear ones, why do we quarrel, try to outshine each other and keep grudges against each other? Let's go straight into the garden, walk and play there, love, appreciate each other and glorify life. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In Hebrews 12:2, 'the race set before us' is not a sprint but a marathon. We are promised popularity, ease, and fun if we will pursue the lifestyles presented to us by the world. We are promised easy credit, 250 channels, unlimited minutes, all you can eat, no-fault divorce, free wireless, confidential abortions, and safe sex.
Those are the 'joys set before us' by the world, and most people trust these promises to deliver joy apart from God. But notice what is happening. The pursuit of the excellence of Jesus Christ is replaced by the pursuit of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The knowledge of Jesus Christ is replaced with the ratings of what or who is most popular, and self-control is traded for self-indulgence. Consequently, there is no foundation for endurance. Even God's people quit jobs and marriages at the same rate as the world. More tragically, many of God's people quit trusting God. They have been stripped of Christian character. — Jim Berg

My first thought after waking up, since the first time we met, has always been you... — Yuli Pritania

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. — Livy

I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make. — Isla Fisher

Love is easy, and I love writing. — Ray Bradbury

It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another's nakedness; but the rule did not apply to newchildren or the Old. Jonas — Lois Lowry

On the last day, the bad days seem so difficult to recall. — John Green

Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety ... But there remains to be mentioned a positive advantage ... I allude to the circumstance of uniformity in the time of elections for the House of Representatives. It is more than possible, that this uniformity may be found by experience to be of great importance to the public welfare; both as a security against the perpetuation of the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction. — Alexander Hamilton

What you see is when the government gets involved, you run out of money and health care gets rationed. — Rick Scott

And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know. — Jack London

You are always looking for already-felt emotions, just as you like to get an old pair of trousers back from the cleaners, which seem new when you don't look too closely. Artists are cleaners, don't let yourself be taken in by them. True modern works of art are made not by artists but quite simply by men. — Francis Picabia

Mayweather likes to say he is better than Sugar Ray Robinson, but I think it is more important for him to keep the zero on his record than it is to fight Manny. We hope the opportunity comes for a fight with Mayweather, but Manny is going to continue to fight, even if it means moving up in weight to go after nine titles. — Freddie Roach

This is a book about questioning what others believe to be true, not accepting ideas just because famous people say they are right. I think knowledge is more like a wave than a switch. Only very rarely do we go from being totally wrong to totally right
as a light turns off and on. Instead, what we learned before allows us to move on to what we can see next. We can surf ahead, but there will always be another challenge, another crest, another setp. We must always keep thinking and asking new questions. — Marc Aronson