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QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

Famous Quotes by Famous People

3 December 2020 Bryan Clay

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

3 December 2020 Mark Kennedy

This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future.

3 December 2020 Walter Scott

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

3 December 2020 Benjamin Jowett

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

3 December 2020 Florence Scovel Shinn

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

3 December 2020 John Burroughs

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

3 December 2020 Irving Babbitt

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

3 December 2020 Bob Marley

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

3 December 2020 Joseph Roux

Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.

3 December 2020 Tori Amos

There are older men with younger women but you don’t see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.

3 December 2020 Bode Miller

My daughter’s name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born. The mother is a good friend of mine who I was seeing a while ago. We are no longer together.

3 December 2020 George McGovern

My dad was a Methodist minister.

3 December 2020 Talib Kweli

We’re in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.

3 December 2020 Joe Manchin

In West Virginia, the most vulnerable people we have are people who get up every morning and go to work.

3 December 2020 Harri Holkeri

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.

3 December 2020 Josh McDowell

I’ve never had anyone define purity. You probably can’t define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.

3 December 2020 Flannery O'Connor

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

3 December 2020 Julie Burchill

One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me – that of going up to town and ‘doing a show.’

3 December 2020 Bill Frist

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they’ve shown in making these elections so successful.

3 December 2020 Lord Byron

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

3 December 2020 Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

3 December 2020 Chris Rock

A sense of humor is great – it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

3 December 2020 Plato

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

3 December 2020 Giacomo Casanova

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.

3 December 2020 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

3 December 2020 David Suzuki

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

3 December 2020 Warren G. Bennis

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

3 December 2020 Rafer Johnson

The main thing is that it’s nice to see these young people – 9 to 14 years old – take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.

3 December 2020 Tori Spelling

There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work.

3 December 2020 Perry Como

We also own a little boat and I’m like a kid with it. I take off early in the morning, fishing rod in tow, and just drift about the ocean all day.

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