Quotes with back-end

Quotes 41 till 60 of 1547.

  • William Wordsworth That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Ogden Nash The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Aristotle The end of labor is to gain leisure.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Socrates The hottest love has the coldest end.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • B. R. Ambedkar The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Samuel Johnson The Supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things - the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Wayne Dyer You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Horace You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Marilyn French ''I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,'' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.
    Marilyn French
    American radical feminist author (1929 - 2009)
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  • Bailey Chase 'Damages' was cool. It brought me back to New York for a little while, so that was a lot of fun, and I was obviously very excited about the opportunity to work with Rose Byrne and Glenn Close. I'd been a fan of that show before I started working on it.
    Bailey Chase
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Ben Platt 'Pitch Perfect 2' is about the Bellas and what happens to them as they get older. All your favorite characters are coming back. Chrissie Fit was great, and Hailee Steinfeld is such a pro - she fit right in. I had no idea she was 17! She's the most mature girl ever.
    Ben Platt
    American actor, singer, and songwriter (1993 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch 'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Baltasar Kormakur 'The Oath' seems like the perfect project for me, coming off the back of a big-scale adventure film like 'Everest.' I want to delve into an intimate, dark and psychological world where the characters are claustrophobic.
    Baltasar Kormakur
    Icelandic actor, theater and film director (1966 - )
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  • Ben Jonson 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Betty Ford ... a woman... told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I just keep showing up for my life. Showing up for life. Being blessed with the rebirth that recovery brings.
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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  • Carroll Quigley ...when a society is reaching its end, in the last couple of centuries you have... a misplacement of satisfactions. You find your emotional satisfaction in making a lot of money... or in proving to the poor, half-naked people in Southeast Asia that you can kill them in large numbers.
    Source: Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976)
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Mark Twain A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli A cashmere knit is like a book. It is something to save and go back to time after time. It is the feeling of an embrace.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Barbara Holland A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.
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  • Arthur Miller A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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