It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“I suggest to you, late or not late, the moment you have discovered that the mission of someone is to pee on… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I'm not the first person to have said this - no writer ever feels that the execution of a book lives up… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Initially, inspiration can come from anywhere but to sustain inspiration one must take actions immediately before it fades away.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A lot of people believe you only need a vision. This is simply not correct. You need brilliant execution every day. It's… — Michael J. Silverstein Copy Share Image
Plan of execution, I'm demandin' retribution. First trip to prison, a lesson, second was just a nuisance. — TI Copy Share Image
I saw that leaders placed too much emphasis on what some call high level strategy, on intellectualizing and philosophizing, and not enough… — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
“I suffer from the usual difficulty that besets the higher commander—things can be ordered and started, but actual execution at the front… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I'm not musically trained and I'm not all these other things. I'm creative with a keyboard and a drum machine, but I… — Doseone Copy Share Image
“Idly, I wonder what sort of execution Cardan might order. Maybe he'd strap me to some rocks and let the sea do… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
The core practice of magic is: The execution of a willed intent to create change in the material world, which either defies,… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
My curiosity to see the melancholy spectacle of the executions was so strong that I could not resist it, although I was… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness.… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must… — Franz Halder Copy Share Image
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To all appearances the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
...if photos can reproduce the world more perfectly than any painter, can capture an instant, a look, a gesture, then what makes… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir]… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions… — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game. — Russel Honore Copy Share Image
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
My customers come and go, cycle in and out. They eat others' foods, too. It's cool. They move on, and they come… — Jimmy John Liautaud Copy Share Image
And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
Vision without execution is like a plane without wings, or Dumbo without ears, it just won't fly. — Bill Capodagli Copy Share Image
“Put character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution.” — William James Moore Copy Share Image
I think accessibility is what often denies horror its deserved attention. So it all depends on the execution and whether mainstream audiences… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
It's not that I won't do any horror movie. The script has to be good and also the execution has to be… — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
I guess my guitar parts are usually precise, but the execution of those parts is downright treacherous, since I'm not very good… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image