Sam Houston Quotes
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!Sam Houston
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
Vince Lombardi -
Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
Harlan Ellison -
I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
Valentino Rossi -
If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
Natalia Tena -
Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
Cara Delevingne
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
Salman Rushdie -
I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
Vince Vaughn -
Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
Safra A. Catz -
It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.
Barbara Cooney -
One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
Carlene Carter
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
Sam Walton -
I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
Karen Finerman -
I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
Calvin Johnson -
I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
Laura San Giacomo -
I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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'Await Your Reply' by Dan Chaon. I've always been obsessed with the idea of disappearing and becoming someone else. Even if you don't share that obsession, I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Lisa Lutz -
Am I a gangster or a murderer? Of what crime do I stand Condemned? I made the whole world weep At the beauty of my land.
Boris Pasternak -
Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
Victor Hugo -
I saw Substance D growing. I saw death rising from the earth, from the ground itself, in one blue field, in stubbled color.
Philip K. Dick -
What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction.
Oprah Winfrey -
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!
Sam Houston