Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Hirsch

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music.

Salman Rushdie

The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.

Robert M. Pirsig

When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.

Roland Barthes

The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.

Robin McKinley

I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be leading me on.

Rebecca Solnit

I sometimes wonder what those of us who are writers would become in a nonliterary culture - storytellers? Hermits?

Sam Abell

I now want to be a photographer of my time, and our common culture.

Wade Davis

Change is no threat to culture.

W. Somerset Maugham

The end of culture is right living

Ed Swanson

Knowing it was Senior Day, Nicolle was emotional in the locker room before the game, but after she hit some shots and got her rhythm, she got that swagger that had been missing for the last few games. When she hits shots from the perimeter like she did today, it makes us a better team.

Kevin Cooney

He could take over a game. Not many people could do the things he does. It's a huge loss, but he gave the team an emotional lift whenever he was up.

Norm Roberts

Having Darryl back was a big emotional boost. He's such a presence on the floor.

Tyler Blackburn

I'm very sensitive. It's always been something I'm very in tune with. I am very emotional. Sometimes to the point of where I just want to hide away, because I can't get a handle on myself.

Rhonda Britten

Your body’s reaction to fear is the same whether you are faced with a physical threat or an emotional one.

Regina Spektor

We don't have a lot of power in the world, right? We can only control so many things. It allows you to curate your own emotional and artistic intake of life.

Virat Kohli

People from North India are generally known to be aggressive and emotional.

Woody Allen

I have a limitless amount of great music at my disposal and it's very, very pleasurable because when the music goes on the film it's amazing how much it livens up the film and gives it an emotional kick in the pants, sort of.

William McFee

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

Scott Terry

I write about everything in life. Whether it be things that plague us in the world today or what's on the front page of the newspaper or even love, it all comes down to what inspires you.

Dave Freer

just the main front in a war which has nothing to do with Iraq,

David Rudow

I think it's a good acquisition because it's the front end of development.

Paul Ford

He's a force. I got a front row seat on-deck.

Ray Brown

I thought we had the potential to do something. It looks like we're heading that way. It's not all over, said and done, but it's all in front of us, and I'm glad to be a part of a team that's playing for something in December.

Larry Robinson

I thought our positioning was good and that we were able to keep their players in front of us. When you're chasing, that's usually when you get penalties.

Derrick Joseph

It happened right in front of her face. She is a smart girl. She knows what happened.

Patrick Lalime

It happened quick. The puck was right in front and all I heard was 'ping.' I saw it come back. It looked like it his the post.

Derrick Joseph

It happened in front of her. The little girl, she's 4 years old and she's smart. She knows what happened.

John Scully

He has always been a real straight shooting type of old school Italian guy.

Robert Cray

I cook Italian, Thai and Vietnamese, I've always liked to cook.

Rocky Marciano

Rocky is a poor Italian boy from a poor Italian family, and he appreciates the buck more than almost anybody. He's only got two halfway decent purses so far, and it was like a tiger tasting blood

Yotam Ottolenghi

Pizza was made for television in so many ways: it is easy to heat up, easy to divide and easy to eat in a group. It is easy to enjoy, easy to digest and easy-going. It is so Italian!

Marco Muller

I needed Quentin. I knew he would be very loud as a spokesman for Italian B movies.

James Fenton

A really interesting and happy time was when I first went to Florence as a student and studied Italian. I was living in a pensione on an allowance of £40 a month, which was princely. I did a lot of work and enjoyed myself immensely.

George Friedman

Italy is the fourth-largest economy in Europe and the eighth-largest economy in the world, and its banking system is collapsing. And Germany is desperate. It must maintain its standard of living. It can only do that with exports and Deutsche Bank is very exposed to Italian debt. But so is the rest of Europe.

Johnny Ramone

As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.

James Franco

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.

Franz Beckenbauer

After the 4-1 in Italy it was necessary for him to be here to pick up the pieces. If he sees it differently then he must live with the criticism.

Jim Scherr

His appointment to the Olympic team is our issue.

Sammie Henson

I want to be the Olympic champion. . . . Then I'll have peace that no one can ever take away from me.

Bode Miller

The stuff after the Olympics was pretty aggressive.

Jin Yan

Safety and quality of all the Olympic venue projects are under control.

Don Kardong

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

Andy Murray

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.

Cindy Klassen

The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

Shaun White

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

Mike Lambert

I wish he was younger or the Olympics were this year. I wish he picked me up earlier, but he didn't think too much of me then.

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Lauren Bacall

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Sven Eriksson

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench.

Assemblywoman Leslie

We've got to start somewhere. I want to see something in place.

Tim Ryan

I think we were a little timid to start the game. We had some trouble getting into our stuff.

Glenn Richardson

I think it's time we start talking about it,

Maurice Cheeks

I think it starts tomorrow. We have to start evaluating and find out where we are and see what it takes to get better.

Anquan Boldin

I think we are just starting to get where we need to be.

Marcus Williams

I think that we know we're good. I wouldn't say it's 100 percent, but we're starting to see flashes.

Roger Clemens

It was just another typical game. We play some nail-biters, ... But you know that going in.

Lady Gaga

I'm obsessively opposed to the typical.

Scott Gomez

It was a typical Scott Stevens win, I guess.

Lonnie Lucas

This was a typical Huntington High-Spring Valley game. You just go out and play. If you don't, you're going to get beat.

David Stewart

There's no such thing as a typical sci-fi fan,

Adam Sandler

I'll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies.

Amanda Schull

I wouldn't necessarily consider myself the typical sci-fi genre fan. I do have a lot of sci-fi shows that I enjoy, but I wouldn't call it my favorite genre of all.

Robert Metcalfe

I've screwed up and I've overcommitted and it's typical of me.

Steven Pinker

The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else.