Famous Quotes & Sayings

X. J. Kennedy

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Leeks are normally given the job of flavouring other things, such as stocks and soups, but I find their creaminess and sweet, oniony flavour very satisfying.

Wentworth Miller

I've been spoiled by this project. I was given the script and went in to read, realizing that this was a powerful story and one that wasn't told very often.

William J. Mayo

Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.

William John Wills

These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.

Frederic Ruffy

The pattern has given rise to the adage, 'Sell in May and go away' with respect to stocks.

Buck Leonard

I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. When an offer was given to me to join up, I was too old, and I knew it.

Nayvadius Cash

I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was born to do this. I was given this gift, and I'm making the most of my opportunity.

Nate Ruess

Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that.

Iain Duncan Smith

No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.

Elizabeth Warren

I had to make a choice - recede into the academic world, or wade into politics.

Rory Stewart

Politics feels, on what I have seen of it, like joining a tribe, and a lot of it is about unspoken ways of behaving.

Pat Toomey

The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.

Mark McKinnon

Politics at bottom is not all that complicated. It's all about timing.

Mark McKinnon

In politics, not all lies are all lies. And not all truths are complete.

Mark McKinnon

Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame.

Mickey Rourke

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

Michael Bennett

I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.