I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.
~By Wade Boggs ~
The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific.
~By Albert Bushnell Hart ~
First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
~By Jack Kevorkian ~
My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.
~By Brian Austin Green ~
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop spending money we don't have. But, instead of cutting, we saw an unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt, unlike anything we have seen in the history of our country.
~By Michele Bachmann ~
Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.
~By Elvis Costello ~
If you increase taxes now on - at any level, it's going to make it harder to create jobs And we've lost 2 1/2 million jobs since the stimulus package passed. We're at 9.6 unemployment. So I don't think we tax too little, I think we spend too much.
~By Lindsey Graham ~
Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
~By Xavier Becerra ~
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
~By Oscar Wilde ~
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
~By John Ruskin ~
Your generation and mine have had very little real experience; we've been severed from the direct experience of war by some very good things. By the end of the draft, and by the defeat in Vietnam.
~By Michael Ignatieff ~
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.
~By Eugene O'Neill ~
I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.
~By Tim Berners Lee ~
Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.
~By Walid Jumblatt ~
Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total.
~By Bobby Jindal ~
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
~By Ronald Reagan ~
At the end of it, I'll maybe do a coaching badge but I'm not going to get forced into things.
~By Paul Gascoigne ~
Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.
~By Michael Burgess ~
Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real and the imagined, past and future, the communicable and the incommunicable, high and low, cease to be perceived as contradictions.
~By Andre Breton ~
There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
~By Ogden Nash ~
I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.
~By Lil' Kim ~
Solitude is independence.
~By Hermann Hesse ~
Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don't think that - would be right.
~By David Cameron ~
In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.
~By Griffin Dunne ~
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
~By Jane Austen ~
Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides.
~By Ferdowsi ~
I'm an awful driver. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm not a good driver. I tried for a long time to pretend that I was. There's a lot of road rage and a lot of times it's directed at something I've done on the road.
~By Kristen Bell ~
Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.
~By Peter Jennings ~
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.
~By E. B. White ~
A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.
~By Mercy Otis Warren ~
Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
~By H. G. Wells ~
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different.
~By George Santayana ~
These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd.
~By Joe Henderson ~
At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.
~By Charlize Theron ~
What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or the color of a particular human suffering.
~By Harold Bloom ~
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
~By Marcus Fabius Quintilian ~
We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world.
~By David Cameron ~
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
~By Solomon Ibn Gabirol ~
Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.
~By Phil Ochs ~
The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.
~By Sandra Day O'Connor ~
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
~By Mohandas Gandhi ~
You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the work that ends up on the screen, or I have to leave, and I have to be known to have left.
~By Trevor Nunn ~
The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and open manner.
~By Donald Evans ~
The one great thing about a continuing collaboration is that they know you. And if you're really lucky, they really believe in you and think that your talent has some unending bounds to it.
~By Mark Ruffalo ~
In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes.
~By Nigella Lawson ~
And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself.
~By Joshua Slocum ~
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men.
~By John Aubrey ~
As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.
~By James Forrestal ~
Some have said it is the easiest group at the World Cup, but we realize it won't be like that. Germany are a tremendous side, but to be honest I don't know much about Cameroon and Saudi Arabia.
~By Robbie Keane ~
So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.
~By Colin Quinn ~
My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.
~By Edward Tufte ~
There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
~By F. Murray Abraham ~
For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.
~By Kate Bush ~
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
~By Jean de la Bruyere ~
Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.
~By Mark Strand ~
It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.
~By Mike Davidson ~
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.
~By Guru Nanak ~
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
~By Alan Watts ~
This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers.
~By Ruth Ann Minner ~
People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.
~By Anthony de Mello ~
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.
~By Norman Lamm ~
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
~By Kenneth Branagh ~
I have very, very low expenditures, but still I manage to spend it all. I guess Hot Pockets are more expensive than I thought.
~By Robert Pattinson ~
I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.
~By Lara Flynn Boyle ~
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
~By Woody Allen ~
Aggressive and irresponsible steps endanger the peace and stability of the world, and the international community feels the need to protect itself from Iran.
~By Moshe Katsav ~
Democrats' attack on the Republican majority leader is nothing but a coordinated agenda to stop an effective leader from accomplishing the people's business.
~By Bill Shuster ~
It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat.
~By John Amery ~
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
~By Blaise Pascal ~
Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.
~By Pat Conroy ~
A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.
~By Lee Strasberg ~
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
~By Quintus Ennius ~
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
~By Joseph Addison ~
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
~By Ben Okri ~
One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.
~By King Albert II ~
My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends.
~By Joe Rogan ~
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
~By Alan Watts ~
I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball.
~By Fred Frith ~
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
~By Richard Cobden ~
The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want.
~By Todd McFarlane ~
I get readings, I sometimes get five a week. You'll feel like a schizophrenic by the end of that week. I don't know who I am any more. You'll be in conversation with a friend and start spitting out dialogue.
~By Josh Holloway ~
Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.
~By Anthony Weiner ~
A friend is nothing but a known enemy.
~By Kurt Cobain ~
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
~By Immanuel Kant ~
The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice.
~By Cindy Sheehan ~
Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match.
~By Stan Mikita ~
I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular.
~By Kristen Bell ~
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
~By Lascelles Abercrombie ~
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.
~By Grace Hansen ~
My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.
~By Sting ~
I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.
~By Iris DeMent ~
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
~By Plato ~
Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.
~By Austin Farrer ~
Country music has changed tremendously, so what now is considered country was not considered country at that time. We were doing stuff that probably could have been called country music today, but would certainly have not have fit in at that time.
~By Charlie Daniels ~
In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment.
~By Dennis Cardoza ~
I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way.
~By Lucinda Williams ~
If people suspect their Cattle Bewitched, if they be great Cattle, make the twelfth house their ascendant, and the eleventh their twelfth house, and vary your Rules with Judgment.
~By William Lilly ~
Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be good communication with the others, and I don't pretend for instance, to look for music that would be something that doesn't go with my personality.
~By Victoria de los Angeles ~
Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.
~By Arnold Schwarzenegger ~
I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.
~By Joe Garagiola ~
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