I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but… — James Agee Copy Share Image
Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs. — Robert Quillen Copy Share Image
...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or… — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
Be not anxious to avoid poverty. In this way the wealth of the universe may be securely invested. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like… — Steven Zaillian Copy Share Image
“If I am not at 'peace', then I can be altogether confident that I've placed a larger 'piece' of myself in the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
No more restless uncertainties, no more anxious desires, no more impatience at the place we are in; for it is God who… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis.… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew… — Randy Schekman Copy Share Image
Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Even though I knew I was inside the space shuttle getting ready to go fly, something about it wasn't completely real up… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I am a worker, a tombstone mason, anxious to pleace averyburies and jully glad when Christmas comes his once ayear. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it. — Jacqueline Cochran Copy Share Image
“[...] follow freely the ideal you've set for yourself and which you must feel within you; be bold and confident in your… — Jean Jacques Eigeldinger Copy Share Image
Perhaps anxious politicians may prove that only seventeen white men and five negroes were concerned in the late enterprise; but their very… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Any anxious thought as to the means to be employed in the accomplishment of our purposes is quite unnecessary. If the end… — Thomas Troward Copy Share Image
Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The investor has a right to expect good results to flow from a consistent and courageous application of the principle of buying… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
We kneel, how weak; we rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others — that… — Richard Chenevix Trench Copy Share Image
I ran rather than walked, anxious to lose my way. All I wanted was to be unsure. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Eventually, with regret, I left the religious life, and, once freed of the burden of failure and inadequacy, I felt my belief… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
