Original Quotes

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

They should become symbols of unity in the modern world, just as the original seven wonders were symbols of the ancient world.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.

The Great River Relay is a team event. Members will decorate vans, wear costumes and invent original names. For many of them, partying with teammates will be as memorable a part of the race as crossing the finish line.

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God, he will enable you to pull down the strong holds of sin and Satan, and that work by which he is pleased will prosper in your hands.

The original drawing of the chief was used by my alma mater, Towanda, for the symbol of the Towanda Redskins in 1954, ... I would like to present it my beloved town.

You can't be greater than Elvis, change things as much as the Beatles, or be as original as Led Zeppelin. All you can do is rip them off.

[The secret to Salesforce.com's success: the speed with which it can update its software. Microsoft last updated its original CRM software in January, 2004, with plans for a new version in first quarter, 2006. Meanwhile, Salesforce is constantly fixing bugs and adds features without interruption to the customer or added expense. All customers need to do is open a Web browser to run the program. Microsoft CRM boss Brad Wilson argues that business software is complex and best sold as a package that customers run on their own computers.] This is really about business process where you've got multiple steps, ... It is a much more extensive thing that often requires a lot of people, a lot of time, and a lot of resources.

Avalanche created the segment and it continues to dominate it. In 2007, the original gets even better.

We installed it in the same footprint as the original, although our target is 6 by 10 foot and the original target might have been only 6 by 6 foot.

We're thrilled. To have Charles Schwab take the bold step of being one of our original dual-listed companies and to evaluate both markets on their merits and choose to list solely on Nasdaq is a major validation of the Nasdaq market model.

So far, other than the original cow, all test results have come back negative for [bovine spongiform encephalopathy]. We can remain confident that the systems in place in this country have worked to detect the presence of BSE and to prevent its spread.

It's (the claim) is as bogus as the original.

The commission did insist it would take a lot to convince it to make a change in its original decision.

We just thought that Freddie's blueprint for 'Rhapsody' was intriguing and original, and worthy of work. This was a well-planned project from Freddie, to which we contributed our best, but there were always changes along the way as tracks developed.

Gamers have had years of practice with these controllers. Your fingers memorize where the buttons are. By using original controllers, you can play much better.

There are several interesting questions such as was there one original 'father' Christmas or were there several different ones?

If it's a single family with one original founder, then most of them will have the same Y chromosome fingerprint. If there's more than one, we'll identify that.

We're actually the original value-based comparison shopper. We pioneered the concept of helping shoppers evaluate merchants as well as products. We found out that people don't shop just based on price. We take all the factors that go into a purchase decision, replicate those, and lay them out for the consumer.

I wanted to keep it authentic, ... I even went as far as copying the original drum parts. I felt that was an overlooked part of those recordings. Now when people play rockabilly they ignore the little fills and tricks they used.

I wish I would have found the original crown. When families moved a bed upstairs where the ceiling is lower, they removed the crown. That's how the crown would be lost.

Vince was part of the team that pitched the original idea for the program to ADVO, and he has been with the program since its inception.