Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent
William Gilmore Simms
America now stands as the world`s foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that co...
Senator John Kerry
Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base - in both senses - greed
John Fowles
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
Jane Austen
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, char...
Benjamin Franklin
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you`re looking down, you can`t see something that`s above you.
C.S. Lewis
It`s like beating your head open and unzipping your chest cavity saying `here are my guts - everything I`ve felt, including a lot of stuff I`m not proud of`. It`s hard. It uses you up. I walk off stage sometimes and feel like I`ve just slept with everybod...
Trent Reznor
People Magazine, November 3, 2006: "Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life t...
Neil Harris
I`m really proud of being English, because I learned my job in England, in English films with English actors. But I never dared dream of such a success... it`s more than a dream. I realize it`s extraordinary for a British actress. I feel good, but guilty ...
Kate Winslet
A lot of the hate mail I get is clearly misogynist. I am a proud liberal, feminist woman, and the hate mail I get about those three things is not about me. It`s about those signifers, and about what the right in this country has managed to do to perpetuat...
Janeane Garofalo
I`m only too proud to say that I`ve never had ANY discipline problems with Laura [Laura Dern, his daughter]. In fact, I never needed to lay a hand on her, because Diane [Diane Ladd, his former wife and Laura`s mother] was so much better at keeping her in ...
Bruce Dern
People used to introduce me, `This is Sissy Spacek`s daughter.` It was the worst thing in the world. I`m very proud of my mom, but it`s much better when I have my own identity.
Schuyler Fisk
[about the movie Monte Walsh]: "I just really want people to see this movie and I hope they like it, because to me Monte Walsh probably reflects my sensibilities more than any other I`ve done in the Western genre. I`m really proud of it and I think it may...
Tom Selleck
I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it`s important to embrace it and get down! The female body is something that`s so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not dis other women for being proud of theirs!
Christina Aguilera
I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it`s important to embrace it and get down! The female body is something that`s so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not dis other women for being proud of theirs!
Christina Aguilera
One of the proud moments for us was Robert Wise, who directed Sound of Music and West Side Story, he is the great-great grandfather of musical cinema and he said, I`ve seen Moulin Rouge and the musical has been re-invented." I bring this up because you ge...
Baz Luhrmann
``Los Angeles makes you feel ugly. I`m not going to pretend I haven`t secretly wanted to be super-skinny, because all girls do.But I have a woman`s body, not a boy`s body. Most women do and should feel proud of their butts and their breasts and their bell...
Rachel Weisz
I am very proud to make this picture because I look and act like a Mexican - not imitation. Some Mexicans go to Hollywood and lose career in Mexico, because they play imitation. I don`t want this to happen to me.
Katy Jurado
[1998] "I create challenges by the roles I take. I`m sort of proud of the fact that I`m not really typecast. People are always trying to get a handle on what you do. With me either it`s my sex trilogy - Fatal Attraction (1987), Basic Instinct (1992) and D...
Michael Douglas
Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent
William Gilmore Simms
