Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.
President Obama has been very clear as he laid out the goal, and the objective is to close Guantanamo.
How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
If you keep everything in the same palette of tone-on-tone neutrals, even a laid-back outfit of a slouchy sweater, jeans, and sneakers gives you a longer, leaner look.
He laid the foundation of a universal government. His law was one for all. Equal justice and love for everyone.
Part of what makes him (laid-back Tim Hudson)an ace is that he would never acknowledge that he is an ace.
My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it.
As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.
I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.
It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
Now that I'm a mom, I'm way more laid back. If you come into my house, don't look for a coaster. Forget it. There is not a piece of furniture in my house now that is too precious.
As soon as by one's own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one's own right is laid.
Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.
Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of a new State.
The structure of 'March' was laid down for me before the first line was written, because my character has to exist within Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' plotline.
It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
