Figure Quotes

2773 Figure quotes by 2038 unique authors

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants. — Stephen Breyer
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its… — Paul Auster
My business is to be talented, that is, to be capable of selecting the important moments from the trivial ones. . . . It's about… — Anton Chekhov
Nothing is improved by anger, unless it be the arch of a cat's back. A man with his back up is spoiling his figure. People… — Charles Spurgeon
I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might… — Robert Teeter
You have to figure out what that is, and you have to make a plan to get to it. And the plan has got to… — Phil McGraw
You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've never bothered to… — Lev Grossman
Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. — Usher
In today's America He (Jesus) has moved from the central figure of world history to source material for late-night comics and pundits who would not… — David Jeremiah
PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense… — Ambrose Bierce
I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and… — Brooklyn Decker
Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work… — Adam Yauch
You've got to figure out what it is you love - who you really are - and have the courage to do that. — Oprah Winfrey
My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to… — David Frum
For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be… — Eric Schmidt
For such will be our ruin if you, in the immensity of your public abstractions, forget the private figure, or if we in the intensity… — Virginia Woolf
Love..its a missing puzzle piece waiting to be found and when you do find it you can finally figure out the picture life has to… — Paige
A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way I see it too.' Okay. He's white. I'm… — Bill Cosby
I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in the… — Tom Peters
At pains to define liberty, that most resolute of indefinables, our minds fall back on spatial images; on birds, sailboats, and mountains; the untethered balloon,… — Robert Grudin
To be much for God, we must be much with God. Jesus, that lone figure in the wilderness, knew strong crying, along with tears. Can… — Leonard Ravenhill
A 'Hitler myth' was cultivated which built on people's desire for strong leadership, and presented Hitler as an almost God-like figure. Hitler's image was laboured… — Unknown Author
Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In the Ark of… — Cyprian
If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying… — Austin Kleon
70 percent of what we do involves staring into space trying to figure out what the hell happens next. — Unknown Author

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