Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sharon Chang

People call each other when they see new books on the shelves. New books are usually checked out in two days, DVDs in (only) hours.

Mark Perakh

No relevant data which support hypotheses, laws, models and theories could be found in the papers and books by proponents of intelligent design, only unsubstantiated assumptions. Therefore, it can justifiably be viewed as pseudoscience.

Richard Curtis

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.

Chipper Jones

Any win is important nowadays. Obviously, Philly has been playing well and their score was posted on the scoreboard before we started. They lost and we knew we had a golden opportunity to gain a game. We went out and did it. So it's two more off the magic number, whatever it is. It's probably 100. But nonetheless, it's another day in the books and we gained a game.

L. Estrange

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice

Mary Randolph

Sometimes it was September or October before we would get the books.

Richard Nash

These books now stand both as a testament to the resilience of the residents of New Orleans ... and as a map back from disaster, offered by the city's teenagers.

Oprah Winfrey

I've decided I will open the door to all books as potential Oprah's Book Club selections, ... I feel this will give the book club a whole new range of opportunities to explore the world through words.

Juicy J

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

John Daley

People don't think their home movies contain historic footage, but if it shows homes, streets, schools, theaters or any local landmarks in the background, we'd love to see them.

Walt Smith

Defensively, we did a good job with adjustments in the second half. Offensively, we have enough speed to hurt people. We are also pretty big up front, but they never contained Marco tonight.

Pearl Buck

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Tobias Wolff

So you're continually searching for new ways of using the story form to most perfectly contain and express the story you're telling.

Donald Brownlee

Scientifically, that's great, because there's been lots of discussion of whether comets contain minerals or glass.

Keyon Dooling

It was tough. Defensively, we didn't contain Wade or Shaq.

Loyd Lamb

Zach Majors is hard to contain and our goal was to stop everyone else and I think we did a great job of doing that.

Kevin Reed

You're not gonna contain her. Nobody's held her down.

Chuck Stewart

We tried to contain Fitzpatrick and Conrad, and we did it in the first half. Then they were playing into the wind in the second half and put a couple in. But we never quit.

Roma Downey

People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile.

Ram Shriram

I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.

John Sutherland

These are six extremely different novels, all of them good in a very different way.

Joan Bonvicini

This is an extremely tragic situation, and we don't know all the details. But our thoughts and prayers are with Marie and her family right now.

Daniel Roling

The outlook for steel is still extremely difficult.

Kevin Stallings

While we are extremely disappointed that this means the end of Davis' playing career, we're very grateful that the prognosis for the rest of his life is good. Mike Meyer is truly a hero. He single-handedly saved the life of Davis.

Shane Valdez

Luke is extremely hard to score on. He's got good solid takedowns, he's solid on top and he's very hard to take down.

Kyle Crookes

Obviously, the first game went how we wanted it to go. The second game was pitched extremely well.

Mike Bossy

I'm always extremely honored to be applauded the way I am when I get back here and have any kind of liaison with the fans. I'm humbled by it.

Colm Feore

I've played all kinds of historical characters, but they are stuck in movies that aren't their movies.

Benito Mussolini

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.

Dennis Farina

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

Marissa Moss

When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need.

Antony Beevor

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous.

Sandra Sanchez

Though she was always working on her historical thing.

Stephen Jay Gould

Current utility and historical origin are different subjects.

Joe Garcia

What can you say? It's been a historical winter that wasn't.

Andrew Sullivan

Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him to offer a videotaped false confession... are now the techniques the Bush administration is using to gain "intelligence" about terror networks. How is it possible to know that everything John McCain once said on videotape for the enemy was false, because it was coerced, and yet assert that everything we torture out of terror suspects using exactly the same techniques, is true?

John Hueston

This is a simple case. It's not about accounting. It's about lies.

Susan Love

Breast cancer: Where we are and what lies ahead.

Imron Cotan

We will be telling lies if we said there has been a genocide.

Tom Nalen

Playing doesn't lie, you've got to go out there and get it done. And if you do, it doesn't matter how you got there, they'll find a place for you to play.

John Rzeznik

All we are is what we're told and most of thats been lies.

Jason Dourisseau

It's going to be tough on Wednesday, I'm not going to lie. But I think we'll be ready to go.

Eric Anderson

As you say, ... the power lies with all the heterosexuals.

Marianne Williamson

My self healing lies in praying for those who have harmed me.

John T. Flynn

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.