George Washington Quotes

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

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• I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • People
  • Happy
  • Proud

• I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.

  

  Edgar Mitchell
  • Trying
  • Value
  • Moon

• As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Law
  • Government
  • Decision

• Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God's grace.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • God
  • Important
  • Live

• I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.

  

  Idi Amin
  • World
  • Myself
  • Powerful

• People used to think of me as a comedy actor.

  

  Rami Malek
  • People
  • Think
  • Me

• The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio – it sent me a bit mad.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Time
  • Me
  • Experiences

• It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Government
  • Struggle
  • Nickel

• My giving story started with my parents - my late mother, Frances Arrillaga, who dedicated her life to philanthropic and community service, and my father, John Arrillaga, whose daily generosity of heart, mind, and hands-on contributions make him one of the most extraordinary philanthropists I know.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Heart

• There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Want
  • Boxing

• I do loads of squats with weights. It's great for your bum and legs.

  

  Fleur East
  • Great
  • Legs
  • Weights

• I never thought that I'd be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partner, I was like, 'Does he even dance?' He doesn't, really, but he's such a sweet person.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Dance
  • Thought
  • Sweet

• I want to be treated like a musician.

  

  Halsey
  • Want
  • Like
  • Musician

• One way to quantify the immigrant contribution to the overall economy is to measure their share of the U.S. economic output. One such examination for the years 2009-2011 found that immigrants contributed 14.7 percent of the total economic output.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Immigrants
  • Immigrant

• If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

  

  Karl Rove
  • American
  • Want
  • Politics

• Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

• The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Words
  • Boat

• That fabulous polymath Samuel Johnson maintained that no man in his right mind ever read a book through from beginning to end.

  

  Daniel Bell
  • Mind
  • Book
  • Beginning

• You can get excited and feel unstoppable, but every week presents a new challenge. Each week, you have to work and get better.

  

  Antonio Brown
  • Work
  • Challenge

• I don't get as much female attention as you'd think, because I never go out.

  

  Matthew Morrison
  • Attention

• People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.

  

  Banana Yoshimoto
  • People
  • Overcoming
  • Defeat

• I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious message, it will reach out to maximum people through films. But through theatre, you can hardly reach out to about 3,000 audience at a time.

  

  Om Puri
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea.

  

  Jane Velez-Mitchell
  • Heart
  • High
  • Health

• Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

  

  George Washington
  • Serious
  • Manners
  • Graves