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JONATHAN DAVIS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
LAO TZU One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
LAO-TSE I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
MARSHALL MCLUHAN I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
UNKNOWN People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents - like, how that can ex...
KATY PERRY Shot him in the head with a shotgun and his head split straight down.
DIANE THOMAS I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
MARSHALL MCLUHAN I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL He [Bowman] persisted for that narrow gap in the straight. There was certainly nothing wrong with hi...
RAY MURRIHY I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, but it doesn't matter. She's Madonna.
JENNIFER MOORE We can't complain, but we don't necessarily agree with it. Still, it's something we can live with.
LYNN TOMINAGA To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN I have kept a diary,
WITHNAIL AND I Drowning his misery with alcohol and junk food was like sticking plaster on an infected cut. It mask...
JAY NORTHCOTE There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Ada...
WEN JIABAO I don’t agree on spending time with someone who is more attached to his cell phone than he is to m...
MOHAMED GHAZI Who do I root for? I have to keep it straight and narrow.
DAN DOUGHERTY We accept and we respect the decision, but we don't agree with it,
FRANCIS ESCUDERO No. No!” he says.
“I . . .” He looks wildly around the room. For inspiration? For divine ...
E.L. JAMES They should be utilizing that person more, and based on that, defining how their position can entail...
DAVID MCCLUNE I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I dont sleep with happily married men.
BRITT EKLAND Everything has it's own time and place,
Transformation becomes effortless when we go with the flow.
SHELLI THOMPSON Making sure you're on the straight and narrow?
MATT LAUER She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser...
J.D. SALINGER Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no...
J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ...
J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif...
J.D. SALINGER Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it p...
JOE ROGAN It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spirit...
THOMAS MERTON I can't say I knew very much about the magazine, ... I've had lots of telephone interviews with maga...
JOHN ASHCROFT Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not at...
ANNIE BESANT It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to ...
ARISTOTLE I accept that perception is there and I agree with it. We'd all like to play a more attractive, expa...
JOE LYDON You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW Getting up at 6 A.M. to run is something that keeps you on the straight and narrow.
CHARLIE BEWLEY If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to ...
LARRY MCMURTRY Better to feel nothing, to be numb, than to lose control. It's the only way I know to deal with it.
JULIE KAGAWA Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings ou...
JENNIFER BROWN I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN Sport and the needs of athletes are central to London's plans for the Games, and I know that Jonatha...
LORD COE It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tender...
ALICE WALKER Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a...
LISA KLEYPAS Respect people's opinion even though you don't agree with it.
OLASOT She buys "mixed salad greens" for seven dollars a bag, triple-washed with who knows what. And to get...
RUDOLPH DELSON That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres...
J.D. SALINGER Something wrong with your child? Feed them and put them to bed. Something wrong with your man? Feed ...
SUSAN CARTWRIGHT Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I c...
RUFUS SEWELL Trouble can be a lot of fun. It's the straight and narrow that makes life tedious and boring.
ABBI GLINES As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human ...
STOCKWELL DAY I dont write books so that you can be fascinated with me. I write them so you can be fascinated with...
STEVE MARABOLI really designed to narrow the differences and maybe, maybe even get to the point where we can really...
CHRISTOPHER HILL While I do not agree with the tactics my opponent used to achieve this office, the voters have spoke...
BARON HILL Godliness with contentment is rare.
CRAIG GROESCHEL This trip gave them confirmation, as well, why their faith is important to them. I respect them for ...
CAROL BARNETT Lambhood and tigerishness may be found in either gender, and in the same individual at different tim...
MARGARET ATWOOD Bob Davis is wearing his hair differently this year, short and with curls like Randy Jones wears, I ...
JERRY COLEMAN I understand. I agree with his decision that he had to drop out,
RUDY GIULIANI “Dance with me, blossom,” he coaxes, and when I hesitate, he reels me in with his magic...
A.G. HOWARD I really had a lot of admiration and respect for Glenn Davis,
BOBBY ROSS The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who h...
J.I. PACKER I remember that the bloodstains on his pants didn't match up with him being on his knees. And there ...
CAROL NEVILLE I'm not in any way implying that you should agree with me. I don't even know if I'm necessarily taki...
JAY BENNISH I agree that Dr. King contributed to civil rights. What I don't agree with is that the only way you ...
SCOTT CASE I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and th...
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON I used to look down on Christian singers who sang in nightclubs. I'd be, like, 'How can you do that?...
ANGELO PETRUCCI Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
MARGARET MITCHELL I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't kno...
CHRIS O'DOWD I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me,...
GABRIEL BYRNE I think my language was infelicitous and I think I have to agree with you on that.
MICHAEL BAIGENT When we propose to ignore in a great man's teaching those doctrines which it has in common with the ...
C. S. LEWIS I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even en...
DONOVAN BAILEY Dad, is she serious?"
John shrugged. "I argue with your Mama, I sleep on the couch and she does...
MOLLY MCADAMS Coach Davis … is primarily a defensive coach, ... I think that's where most of his background is. ...
BILL BELICHICK I receive Income from you, can you point one reason why not to be nice with ya?
DEYTH BANGER This damage is straight line winds that took a long and narrow path.
DAVID ARNOLD The Christian is like the ripening corn; the riper he grows the more lowly he bends his head
A. B. GUTHRIE JR. The Christian is like the ripening corn; the riper he grows the more lowly he bends his head
A. B. GUTHRIE, JR. That's the problem with having a bald head. It exaggerates the shape.
KARL PILKINGTON What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I've been a Christian for a long time, and I think that Christianity gets a bad rap. I think tha...
ANDIE MACDOWELL He told me that I don't respect him and he's going to let me go so I can play for a team and a coach...
DEMETRIS BENDROSS I like to play people who are underdogs and misfits. People who are not on a straight and narrow pat...
DANIELLE BROOKS Doug's views are straight from the Bush playbook, ... No matter what kind of spin the Forrester camp...
JON CORZINE Doug's views are straight from the Bush playbook. No matter what kind of spin the Forrester campaign...
JON CORZINE I can understand his frustration. He's made his presentation, he's talked to a lot of these people i...
BEN SCIORTINO 32. Before you criticize your parents for their failures and mistakes, ask yourself: “Will I reall...
JAMES C. DOBSON My belief in a day of reckoning keeps me on the straight and narrow.
ALBERT GUBAY I was really fascinated by some of the things happening with Anonymous, the hackers group. I don'...
MICHELLE GAGNON I swear on the Angel." He ducked his head down, kissed her cheek. "The hell with that. I swear on us...
CASSANDRA CLARE My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that ...
COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH It is always open season on Christian and on white folks because they are the group you can kick and...
JACK KINGSTON Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But th...
T. J. MILLER I think they become focused on who each other is, as opposed to the whole industry. It doesn't neces...
JEFF CROFF I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.
ANNA FARIS Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur.
JOHN CONNOLLY Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard...
NANETTE L. AVERY The minister has very strong views on this and cannot accept what was said. We reconsidered the deal...
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JONATHAN DAVIS You laugh at me becuse I am different. I laugh at you becuse your all the same.
JONATHAN DAVIS I cry, I bleed... I take a dump.
JONATHAN DAVIS You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
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JONATHAN IVE I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played t...
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JONATHAN SACKS When we look at the flowers, we suddenly forget so many important things. We forget that all flowers...
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JONATHAN TOEWS I'd love to have a proper sailing boat and go around the world.
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JONATHAN LETHEM Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? U...
JONATHAN SACKS The build-up of personal and collective debt in America and Europe should have sent warning signals ...
JONATHAN SACKS If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphi...
JONATHAN KOZOL I never set out to intentionally hurt any player and never enticed any teammate to intentionally hur...
JONATHAN VILMA The Futurists believed in the machine, in making a great big fuss, in being young. For a brief momen...
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JONATHAN SWIFT During an open water swim, it's easy to lose your direction. With all the splash, it can be quit...
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not have given them to such a sco...
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JONATHAN SWIFT Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, nor do Two Rights Make a Left.
Which ever side you think i...
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JONATHAN SWIFT Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
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JONATHAN STROUD Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style.
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JONATHAN STROUD Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
JONATHAN SWIFT Don't set your wit against a child.
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JONATHAN KOZOL The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet w...
JONATHAN SWIFT Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
JONATHAN SWIFT Rebukes are easy from our betters,
From men of quality and letters;
But when low dunces will ...
JONATHAN SWIFT What some people invent the rest enlarge.
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JONATHAN SWIFT I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity.
JONATHAN MILLER For the rest,
Whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through e...
JONATHAN SWIFT We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.
JONATHAN WESTOVER I went to Washington to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations,
JONATHAN KOZOL What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.
JONATHAN SWIFT I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
JONATHAN SWIFT One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
JONATHAN SWIFT When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in ...
JONATHAN SWIFT 'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men...
JONATHAN SWIFT She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk.
JONATHAN SWIFT One of the oddest features of western Christianized culture is its ready acceptance of the myth of t...
JONATHAN RABAN I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contrib...
JONATHAN SWIFT It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: a...
JONATHAN SWIFT Come, agree, the law's costly.
JONATHAN SWIFT There's none so blind as they that won't see.
JONATHAN SWIFT Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; wh...
JONATHAN SWIFT Brutes find out where their talents lie;
A bear will not attempt to fly,
A foundered horse w...
JONATHAN SWIFT Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserte...
JONATHAN RABAN