I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
Dylan Thomas

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.
Dylan Thomas

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
Marlene Dietrich

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.
Gary Ryan Blair

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.
Barney Frank

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.
Judy Garland

American Idol has taken over my whole life.
Paula Abdul

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.
Paula Abdul

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.
Jimmy Buffett

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis Bacon

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Francis Bacon

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Francis Bacon

When I first hit the scene, it was just a lot of go, go, go, go, go. I have a lot of natural energy anyway, but it was over the top.
Dane Cook

Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem.Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash.
Jerry Seinfeld

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
Eric Hoffer

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
Victor Hugo

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
Victor Hugo

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
Gertrude Stein

I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.
Jon Stewart

The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1.
Jon Stewart