Famed Quotes

21 Famed quotes by 21 unique authors

Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dead at 53. Over Barcelona today, the famed reindeer was hit by a flock of seagulls and a 747. Eyewitnesses report,… — Colin Mochrie
As Day and other observers had reported, the slaves were leading very comfortable lives. After this tactic [slave rebellions in the South] failed, it became… — Eustace Mullins
Valentine's Day is a sham created by card companies to reinforce gender stereotypes. [..] I'll buy some cookies, but NOT for Valentine's Day. These cookies… — Anna Howard Shaw
I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but… — Charles Mingus
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new Nation to his… — John Conyers
Hollywood's martyr-mythology leaves out the fact that the famed Hollywood Ten, for example, were in fact members of the Communist Party, which advocated the violent… — Jonah Goldberg
A delightful, intelligent read. Jim Zirin's sparkling account of life in the Second Circuit's famed MOTHER COURT is informative, riveting, accessible, and uplifting. It would… — Linda Fairstein
Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of… — Paul Stanley
My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.… — Robert Metcalfe
The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme. — Matthew Arnold
All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox that a people famed for stolid, patient, practical common-sense;… — Arthur Bryant
Every day of my adult life, I have worn at least one piece of jewelry from my maternal grandmother's collection, all of which were manufactured… — Sloane Crosley
I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of… — Benedict Cumberbatch
I remember reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' in high school in 1983. My family had immigrated to the U.S. three years before, and I had… — Khaled Hosseini
My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue! — Tamora Pierce
After further introductions were made, we settled in the family room. Yes, the living room would have been nicer, but I wanted comfortable surroundings while… — Jeaniene Frost
It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely… — Gore Vidal
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they… — John Dryden
When one thinks of golf and Scotland, the first thing that comes to mind is usually St. Andrews, especially the famed Old Course. — Raymond Bonner
Cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which… — Stacy Schiff

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