Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anne Fortier

I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It occurred to me that this was too much of a gift - I had to do it. That's how I ended up writing a parallel story to Romeo and Juliet.

Robert Browning

I would think the extra pair of eyes, extra pair of ears would maybe deter someone who may have decided to try something.

Bruce Bochy

Jake was feeling the effects of everything going on in his teeth and his hand. To me, that is major surgery. I made up my mind after talking to him. I was inclined to get him when I went out there. I decided he had enough.

Randy Barnhill

Jack was getting after it. We decided to switch him around and move him up front (from the midfield), because he can score when he's got the ball.

E. Hicks

John has an important job here with the Rangers. I want him as part of our team as we move forward and I am glad he has decided to stay with our organization.

Mary Reynolds

I think it is really unfortunate that the New York University administration has decided to take a page out of the Yale administration's anti-union book, ... It's shocking that in 2000 the NYU administration decided to recognize the democratic decision of their students, and then at the whim of the president of the university, they can take away their contract, take away their grievance procedure.

Jim Crosbie

It all started with our defense. They decided to go out and get some stops.

Marty Schottenheimer

He wanted to finish, but I decided it was time to give Michael a few shots.

Von Hayes

He walked into my office yesterday after San Antonio's game and said his passion is elsewhere, so he decided to retire. We wish him well.

Daniel Petrie

They studio were flabbergasted when they discovered how interested everybody was in 'those old people.' And now many upcoming projects feature older people; it's become a trend.

Stan Brand

What you have discovered is a discrepancy between being a high-ranking leadership person and a person who isn't.

Andrew Lochart

Hackers have discovered IM; it's the new playground for them.

Jasmine Tookes

I was actually discovered while at a showroom appointment and was immediately sent over to an agency in L.A. I was about 15 years old at that time.

Wendy Kopp

There is a perception in our communities that we have low educational outcomes in low-income communities because kids aren't motivated or families don't care. We've discovered that is not the case.

James Hogg

He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.

Pierre Fermat

I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.

Matt Reeves

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

Jerry Only

I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

Gary Kellough

It can happen quick. That was a play where we thought there should have been a foul on our end, but it ended up (later) being a foul on us. It's not that we're playing that bad, but it's the little things that are making a big difference.

Bronson Arroyo

It always ended up, 'Oh, he'll be back,'

Gary Powers

He did more than he needed to do. He did the job because nobody could do the job (on Saturday). Unfortunately, he just gave up that key walk in the ninth that ended up being the winning run.

Dan Hendricks

He just seems better than ever now. I didn't plan for the Derby. I planned for the end of (last) year to have a fresh 2-year-old, and I think it ended up a good plan. I have a lightly raced 3-year-old ready to go.

Dave Witzig

He is the missing ingredient for that team. He really got hot in the third quarter and ended up with a great game.

Jim Moriarty

This was a good win. Our goal was to win and even our season record at 10-10. We ended the season .500. A lot of people said we couldn't do it and we did it. We got the last three games and we did it.

Monica Johnson

We have all been guilty of complaining, but God does not look at it as lightly as we may think. Complaining was the reason the Jews ended up wandering in the desert for forty years. If we were more grateful for what God has done for us, abasing ourselves would not be a problem.

Corey Held

Here I thought we were in good shape because Tyson's my ace. I ended up starting (Matt) Wagner and he had a great game, but he just got tired (in the sixth).

Jon Sundvold

It could have ended in one day if Mike Alden had said here's what happened, why it happened and what he could have done differently.

William Butler Yeats

I think it better that at times like theseWe poets keep our mouths shut, for in truthWe have no gift to set a statesman right;He's had enough of meddling who can pleaseA young girl in the indolence of her youthOr an old man upon a winter's night.

Keith Greene

This was a gift from the ex-president Teddy Roosevelt.

Tambra Flint

He's a gift from God. He's spared for a reason, and I'm really grateful.

Laurie Fisher

He's a tremendously gifted player with a phenomenal understanding of the game.

Dan Rohn

He's a very, very talented young man. He has a lot of gifts others don't have.

Donald DeMayo

He's been giving gifts to students for 40 years.

Francis Donald

Humility is the river through which all other gifts of grace flow.

Shere Nagarwalla

I'd always had a strong urge to set up my own gift business, but I didn't want to open a retail operation until I'd experimented with it.

David Jones

He has a gift that he can't help but share.

Richelle Mead

Juliet had it easy; she never had to kill Romeo.

Danielle Brooks

Personally, I don't want to live with limitations. If there comes a time where I am dying to play Juliet or Macbeth, I want to make those avenues for myself.

Brenton Thwaites

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet.

Marjane Satrapi

I always say to people, 'You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them.' Imagine Romeo and Juliet, six kids yelling, 'Mama, Mama, Papa, Papa!'

Hailee Steinfeld

Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.

Patrick Michaels

Had this occurred in mid-June to mid-August, it would be much more serious than it is now.

Steve Alic

In the past, aberrations have occurred to make it one week. It will be two weeks exclusively every year. Two weeks is natural.

Dan Ferrelli

It's possible that not all of the homicides occurred in Aurora's jurisdiction.

Rachel Carson

It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.

Michael Barker

It occurred as a result of stress and terror.

Andrew Stuart

It never occurred to me that this was a trick. In this industry, you take somebody at their word.

Matthew Alexy

It probably occurred a while ago. I don't think it has had a big impact.

Robert Finch

They haven't occurred as often as they did previously.

Maggie Gallagher

But the real truth is that it never occurred to me,

Ken Robinson

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

Antoni Gaudi

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

Antoni Gaudi

Originality is going back to origins.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated. We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated, ... We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Samuel Beckett

All has not been said and never will be.

William Arthur Ward

Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.

William Ralph Inge

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

William Ralph Inge

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Hamid-Reza Asefi

The Russian proposal is ambiguous. If they want to propose enrichment (only) in Russia we have said it is not acceptable. But if it is a complementary or parallel plan, we will study that.

Gore Vidal

We've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.

Steve Hockensmith

Without Leonard Nimoy, there would have been no 'Star Trek' phenomenon. And without 'Star Trek'... well, that's a parallel universe most of us probably wouldn't want to visit.

Nancy Kress

The parallels between a stage and a book are compelling. You, like all authors, create 'characters' in a 'setting' who speak 'dialogue' encased in 'scenes.' Most importantly, you - like the playwright - have an 'audience.'

William Shakespeare

I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

William Shakespeare

In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond...

William Shakespeare

she shall scant show well that now shows best.

William Shakespeare

One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.

William Shakespeare

Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?