A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.


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When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big,...
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great ...
OSCAR ROBERTSON
We're trying to infuse a little good into the American culture. Love God, love your neighbor, hu...
PHIL ROBERTSON
I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all creat...
PHIL ROBERTSON
It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control.
SI ROBERTSON
Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because i...
PHIL ROBERTSON
I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got i...
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America...
PAT ROBERTSON
Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
PAT ROBERTSON
I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character act...
BRITT ROBERTSON
People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
He is the god of epiphanies—sudden spiritual manifestations—and of transformation, and there is ...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
Some years later, Zeus and Hera were arguing about who got more pleasure from sex: men or women. To ...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
Sense is nonsense to a fool.
ROBIN ROBERTSON
What we understand is that society must allow room for the irrational, in healthy balance with the r...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck an...
PHIL ROBERTSON
You see George Clooney, and you think he's suave and handsome and really charming, but he's ...
BRITT ROBERTSON
It's about 50 percent more fuel-efficient than vehicles of today. It's totally clean. Absolutely zer...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
We make no attempt to try to run the vehicle on the electric motor,
BERNARD ROBERTSON
People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy, ... The way to get this car to market is to make trad...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy. The way to get this car to market is to make trade-of...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
Cricket will go on and we have a match on Friday. I don't have any further comment to make.
BERNARD ROBERTSON
Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?
PAT ROBERTSON
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON
After 9/11, families were looking for things to do together and fun that was closer to home, and tha...
BETH ROBERTSON
There are a lot of things in motion that will contribute to more bills being presented electronicall...
BETH ROBERTSON
One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.
BETH ROBERTSON
At this point, the market isn't that developed yet. Ten percent of all consumer bills will be presen...
BETH ROBERTSON
It was great, a fabulous year. It was different than any other market I've been through in 36 years....
BETH ROBERTSON
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON
I'm not even a little bit talented at the red-carpet makeup thing, but recently I did learn how ...
BRITT ROBERTSON
I'm just really happy I can be a part of this.
ANN ROBERTSON
That was where we could be safe. Police could see us and we could see them.
ANN ROBERTSON
They were there more to control the city rather than rescue anyone.
ANN ROBERTSON
It's like we kind of screwed up.
ANN ROBERTSON
We learned a lot about ourselves today. There were a lot of positives that came out of today, and we...
AMY ROBERTSON
Our goal for both field hockey camps is to challenge the participants and to make sure that they hav...
AMY ROBERTSON
This is the best all-around field hockey class we have ever signed at Indiana. They possess a high l...
AMY ROBERTSON
We need to sharpen up our receiving and passing skills, and the indoor style will be a good environm...
AMY ROBERTSON