Famous Quotes & Sayings

Quincy Jones

I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. 'Fly Me to the Moon' was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. I'm the only one.

Scott Thomas

Have you ever been to the proper desert? The most extraordinary thing is the silence. There's nothing to move out there. I got such a buzz out of it.

Bob Clarke

I think where we get hurt is when the little forwards can buzz around the front of the net without being touched, If you knock them down, you get a penalty.

Ed Nakfoor

I think that there is buzz in the retailing community that Detroit is on its way.

Mike Barnett

He's going to be a star at Carmel right away and there's going to be a buzz as soon as he walks through the door.

S. Walker

He's going after one of baseball's greatest records. There's going to be a buzz with everything he does, from getting coffee to going to home plate. What he wants to do is his decision. We're happy to have him here.

Ray Rund

Today is the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and there's a lot of buzz about new products for home and digital entertainment. They're taking up a larger share of the semiconductor market.

Bruce Levenson

In the end, I think that's good for us. There's a buzz about the team. People are at least interested in how things are going to turn out.

Adam Mansbach

I like to write in coffee shops in countries in which languages I do not speak are spoken. That way, you're surrounded by the buzz of humanity, but you aren't distracted by people's conversations.

Lona Sandon

Kids don't need to be hyped up on coffee and caffeine.

Melinda Newman

What you have to remember is that Starbucks is in the coffee business.

Joshua Moody

He wasn't concealing much. ... It was all out on the coffee table. It just kept going, and we kept finding more; it snowballed into this whole thing.

Jeff Smith

I don't go for the nouvelle approach-serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.

Richelle Mead

Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. ʺI need a coffee shop or something.ʺ ʺI think I saw one in a cave down the road,ʺ I said. That almost got a smile from her

Umberto Eco

American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC

Vincente Minnelli

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

Vincent Gallo

I don't drink any coffee or take any drugs and I don't smoke cigarettes and I don't eat sugar and I don't take any medicine at all. I eat a lot of fish, vegetables, and I stay away from starches.

William J. Clinton

A few years ago, (Barack Obama) would have been getting us coffee.

Sebastian Thrun

I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.

Michael Graves

I think it's a really good way to get people to come up here. It's good to expand your mind by meeting people of other countries and beliefs, a good experience.

Donald Rumsfeld

I think it's interesting that other countries wonder why they would be increasing their defense effort at the pace they are and yet not acknowledging it, ... That is as interesting as the fact that it's increasing at the pace it is.

Peter Mayhew

Whatever people say about America, it is still one of the most wonderful countries in the world, despite the politics, religion and everything else that goes on.

Ismail Haniyeh

We think countries in power can decide for themselves what kinds of positions and policies they can take.

Perry Crosswhite

I think we've done very well. In fact, some countries would say we've done too well.

Nick Haan

Under normal conditions, Somalia is one of the poorest and most food insecure countries in the world, and these are not normal conditions. It is a humanitarian crisis - it is a food crisis, a water crisis, a health crisis and a protection crisis.

Mary Quant

I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I don't know why some countries do not want to understand the fact that the Iranian people do not tolerate force.

Mikhail Kasyanov

There is more than a month before the inauguration, and people mustn't get distracted from work by these thoughts,

Kathy Baker

We take the puppies everywhere we go, ... Our job is to acclimate them to everyday life. A lot of it is learning not to be distracted by normal, everyday things. It takes time for them to learn that.

Rob Bell

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

Jane Goldman

I'm not too easily distracted now I've had practice, but I write with nothing to look at. I used to rent an office that just had a view of a wall!

Kevin Hall

The mind formulates all the distractions golfers face, ... I'm deaf, yes, but I get distracted all the same.

Jeff Rainey

Not as many as they should. More of them are distracted by what's on TV or what catches their ear.

Patti Smith

Everything distracted me, but most of all myself.

John Stevens

As with all investigations, I shall go where the evidence leads. Our quest won't be distracted or diverted and if there's evidence of wrongdoing, it will be highlighted.

Michelle Pfeiffer

They were distracted for a split-second, which was all it took for the other man to jump into the car.

Pankaj Mishra

Happily, financial capitalism and free trade have not done away with national languages and literatures, as Marx rather too blithely hoped.

Elif Safak

I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities.

Charles Baudelaire

All the visible universe is nothing but a shop of images and signs.

Richard Bach

Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price.

Etta James

I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.

A. J. McLean

I shop more than most women.

Linda Casey

I think it speaks to the convenience of convenience stores.

Jim Glassman

He does speak more like a professor. He's a straight shooter.

Woody Guthrie

There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.

Woody Allen

Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing.

William Morris

Speak but one word to me.

Sarah Palin

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

Ryan Reynolds

I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself.

Sandra Lee

My brand is a demography-breaker. It speaks to all homemakers and women from all walks of life and all across society.

Sandra Cisneros

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

Pele

When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place.

Whit Hartz

You're pretty much surrounded by sharp, poky things.

Richard Francis Burton

Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.