Marcanet Quotes & Sayings

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it. — Harry S. Truman

But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness. — Francis Bacon

For example, people often say "Be quiet," but they don't tell you how long to be quiet for. Or you see a sign which says KEEP OFF THE GRASS but it should say KEEP OFF THE GRASS AROUND THIS SIGN or KEEP OFF ALL THE GRASS IN THIS PARK because there is lots of grass you are allowed to walk on. — Mark Haddon

I just want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be on a show like 'The Newsroom.' I've always dreamed of being on something this important and being on a show that really resonates with a lot of very, very intelligent people in the world, and I've gained such a loyal fan base. — Terry Crews

What is style? It is an effortless confidence in being yourself, it is a way of putting yourself together according to your mood and what you want to project. Personal style appears to come naturally for some, but for others it can take a while to find it! — Diane Von Furstenberg

I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m. — Natalie Coughlin

Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting. — Steve McQueen

A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45. — Vivien Leigh

I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't. — Lily Tomlin

What was it you told me, Jesus?" she asked him softly. "Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain. Knowledge is knowledge. It doesn't matter what shape or form it takes, what matters is how you use it, what you do with it, and if you can accept it with some measure of grace. If you can, it's the most beautiful thing in the world. If you can't ... — Shannon Noelle Long

I am not good at dealing with the modern media. I have not felt I have been as effective as I should be. — Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris Of Yardley

As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I can't think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads. — Rupert Everett

Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk. — Fujiwara No Teika