Shymane Quotes & Sayings

Every great man is unique. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ballet. I saw in the fugitive beauty of a dancer's gesture a symbol of life. It was achieved at the cost of unending effort but, with all the forces of gravity against it, a fleeting poise in mid-air, a lovely attitude worthy to be made immortal in a bas-relief, it was lost as soon as it was gained and there remained no more than the memory of an exquisite emotion. So life, lived variously and largely, becomes a work of art only when brought to its beautiful conclusion and is reduced to nothingness in the moment when it arrives at perfection. — W. Somerset Maugham

I don't sing to people. I sing for them. I told that once to Elvis Presley. He bought it. After that Elvis sang not to but for the audience. A subtle difference. — Tony Martin

I'm not looking at an action movie as something where I just jump around and look beautiful and show my muscles. Since there are so few people that do this and have that pedigree, people disregard their contribution. — Wesley Snipes

My husband is actually Italian-American, and he thought I was Italian when he first met me. — Andrea Navedo

One of Lincoln's intimates as a presidential candidate urged him to make no promises and not to part with those kind words which could be interpreted as promises. — Harold Holzer

If you only live to regret your past, you'll never live to love your future. — Edward Grey

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. — John F. Kennedy

It has to be said that the bad guys are often more interesting than the good guys because you get to indulge part of your nature that hopefully gets subsumed most of the time. But I just like playing interesting characters, and variety's the spice of that, as it is with life, I suppose. — David Tennant

Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals. — Jeff Sharlet

God wants to hear about our cares, not because he needs to hear but because we need to tell him. — Pam Farrel

If you can see the handwriting on the wall ... you're on the toilet. — Redd Foxx