Paved Quotes

Hell is paved with good samaritans.

For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.

Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.

I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway.

The plants are principally kept in large pots arranged in rows along the sides of narrow paved walks, with the houses of the gardeners at the entrance through which the visitors pass to the gardens.

The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so many other women in my generation. Their pioneering lives have created boundless possibilities for women in the law. I thank them for their inspiration and also for the personal kindnesses they have shown me.

Without Police Woman I wouldn't have had a career. The show started about the same time the women's movement was taking off. Ours was the first prime-time one-hour show featuring a strong, professional woman. It paved the way for other series to follow.

Hell is paved with priests' skulls.

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.

I'm very proud of Space 1999. Its success paved the way for other sci-fi shows to follow. My hope is that the DVD release will help it reach a new generation of fans.

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you.

Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.