Best 3043 quotes in «said quotes» category

The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English.

The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

The less said the better.

The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.

The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war...

The life of faith is not the perfect life; it is the life which clings on to what God has said he will do.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

The makeup person said oh my God what happened to you? I looked like I was in a car accident.

The manager could not even talk to us at the interval. He said we were bad.

There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar.

The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but speech to things. Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words.

The minute he spoke Spanish, I said, "I'm home.

Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

The name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.

Then I said it. He said it too. I love you. And everything that went before meant nothing.

Then why are you getting dressed?” “Maybe I don’t like being the only naked one in the room,” I said sarcastically. And immediately regretted it. “That is easily remedied,” he told me, and pulled off his sweater.

The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything.

The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.

The only thing true about what you just said was the storybook damsel part - and that only because you're pretty enough to be one.

The only thing we can't buy more of is time." she said. "And dodo birds. We can't buy any more of them. they're extinct. And dinosaurs.

The people have spoken, but it will take a while to determine exactly what they said.

The pessimism that protests and defends itself cannot be truly said to be pessimism.

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

The point is that if there is no God, then objective right and wrong do not exist. As Dostoyevsky said, “All things are permitted.

The preacher asked her and she said I do. The preacher asked me, and she said yes he does, too.

The Queen sniffed. "I rather miss your Jace," she said. "Of all of you, he was the prettiest and the best-mannered.

The question was asked, how can you be a mother and a congresswoman? I said, I have a brain, I have a uterus and they both work.

There are cases where psychoanalysis works worse than anything else. But who said that psychoanalysis was to be applied always and everywhere.

There are bullfighters who do it just for the money-they are worthless [said Hemingway]. The only one who matters is the bullfighter who feels it, so that if he did it for nothing, he would do it just as well. Same holds true for damn near everyone.

There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story.

There are things that don't deserve to be said briefly.

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something is, the greater the attraction that comes from it.

There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous and shallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said 'Faith is believing what you know ain't so'.

The referee said it was not acceptable, but the Press considered they could not refuse to publish a book by a professor of the university.

...Therefore it is said: 'The perception of a phenomenon IS the perception of the Universal Nature, since phenomena and Mind are one and the same.'

There is at least this to be said for mind, that it can dispel mind.

There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship.

There is never a deed so foul that something couldn't be said for the guy; that's why there are lawyers.

The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.

The media loves to take things like that [Rocky Marciano couldn't hold my jockstrap] out of context. There was no harm meant when I said that, but plenty of harm came from it.

The military said we'll be able to confirm Saddam is dead with DNA testing. Apparently we have a sample of his DNA. So Monica Lewinsky is working for the CIA?

The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.

The most beautiful of altars, he said, is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thankfing God.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement was false.