William Falconer Quotes
The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
Quotes to Explore
-
Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
-
Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
-
I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
-
For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
-
My daughter passed away in 2003.
-
It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
-
Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
-
When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
-
I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
-
Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
-
My experience with music, I'm not going to say extremely negative, but it's definitely been a grind; it's been grimy - it hasn't been a pretty process. It's left me crying, you know, on the carpet in my tiny apartment with, like, no money. But it's been worth it, it's my passion, my dream, it's what I love to do.
-
The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
-
Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
-
There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.
-
It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
-
The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
-
It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.
-
Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
-
Il y a plus d'une sagesse, et toutes sont nécessaires au monde; il n'est pas mauvais qu'elles alternent.
-
I like to think of myself as the running LT. I like to run up the middle and wear defenses down. It's more exciting in between the tackles.
-
The moon glows on the river, wind rustles the pines.
-
The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
