Recounted Synonym Quotes & Sayings

It's Sir Ben. I've not been a Mister for two years. — Ben Kingsley

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking. — Graham Coxon

Most of Marx's predictions have failed to materialize, and his labor theory of value and other ideas have been proven wrong. Marx failed to recognize the incentive system built into the capitalist model - consumer choice and the profit motive of the entrepreneur. The irony is that capitalism, not socialism or Marxism, that has liberated the worker from the chains of poverty, monopoly, war, and oppression, and has better achieved Marx's vision of a millennium of hope, peace, abundance, leisure, and aesthetic expression for the 'full' human being. — Mark Skousen

Inspiration is not purely passive, but does favor the prepared mind. — Scott Barry Kaufman

I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable. — Mario Cuomo

Hast thou attuned thyself to the suffering of humanity, O candidate for light? — H. P. Blavatsky

I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns. — Oscar Robertson

I never thought I'd go on a show like 'The X Factor,' simply because I didn't have enough confidence to do something like standing on a stage to have opinions thrown at me. — Ella Henderson

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favor. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say embrace trouble. That's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say, meet it as a friend, for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. — Aeschylus

I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value contemporary opera. — Robert Wilson

My agent didn't want me on Disney because I'm older. But honestly, I'm not ready for older roles yet, or even the things older girls do. I am still young. — Ashley Tisdale

I will describe my eyes and then begin the story. My eyes are blue and resplendent. Now I will begin the story. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Things from the heart don't have an explanation. — Pope Francis