Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Quant

As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board.

William Shenstone

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

Rufus Wainwright

Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic.

Artie Pasquale

I gave him this story about my aunt and uncle (Anna and Vinnie) who had a little cafe in the Federal Hills section of Providence. All the wise guys would go in there and they befriended my aunt and uncle.

Dorothy Nolte

I had a good extended family, ... There were several aunts and uncles who were really interested in the family. And our neighbors were great. There were kids on either side of where we lived. It was a fairly large community.

Ada Leverson

Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

Jim Hightower

His aunt lives right down the street from school and he had been to STM before as a player in our Sunkist basketball tournament, ... He showed up the morning of our Labor Day practice.

Brandon Thomas

I'm Charley's aunt from Brazil - where the nuts come from. (Charley's Aunt 1892)

Brian Wilson

I had a little nerves in the first set and he has a great serve. I wanted to block his first serve low and take some chances when I had a good look. It feels great. My mom and dad flew up from San Diego and my aunt was here and it makes it feel better. It feels good to win my first ATP match.

King Krule

When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really relax me and then put it on repeat. That would send me to sleep. It was quite obvious classical music, people like Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel.

Andrew Pantano

Our cafe keeps the name recognition out there and serves as a place where clients can come in to discuss arrangements or sample the menu selections.

Shelly Stont

The coffee shop is going to be espresso, cafe latte, Italian-style, high-quality coffee.

Sonnie Bentley

You can rent the cafe itself, and we'll do all the work. Just stop in and pick out the items that you would like on the buffet, pick a date, a time, a menu, and then just pay for it, and we do everything else. It's low-maintenance party planning.

Noel Coward

It was not Cafe Society, it was Nescafe Society.

George Hoffer

It's kind of funny what they've done. For calculating CAFE standards . . . requirements for manufacturers haven't changed at all.

Eric Olesen

It really is more suited for a cafe rather than a bakery.

Adrian McKinty

I find it easier to write in the winter in Melbourne. When the weather is good you want to go out for a walk, ride a bike, go to a cafe or something. When it's raining, when it's a miserable day, I just sit down at my desk and get some work done.

Douglas Coupland

As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Robert Taylor

I don't know what they think going federal is going to do for the local people. It's actually going to do nothing.

John Dwyer

I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution.

Sprague Grayden

I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.

Jim Calhoun

Kentucky gave us a great shot, but we're going to D.C..

Joseph Zadroga

James gave his life for the city, for this country.

Joyce Majewski

Just look at this watch someone gave to me.

Vin Abene

Jon pitched well. He gave up a two-run homer in the first but he settled down after that and kept us in the game.

Jason Calabrese

Joel gave another strong performance, of which there were many in the two seasons he played for me.

Joe DeSantis

John is the kind of player who can give us something positive or something negative. Tonight he gave something very positive.

Ken Lucas

I think in the long run it will prove to be a good thing for the team and myself that we gave it a week off and let it heal. I hate to miss any game, but I think it was the right thing to do.

Greg Paulus

I actually thought they gave us the timeout. But I'll take J.J. at the line any time.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Jamie Martin

Just somehow to be able to get a win, that's huge with all those guys out. We need to just keep it going and hopefully get another one next week, and when they get back we'll be rolling.

Jamie Martin

Just somehow to be able to get a win, that's huge with all those guys out.

Dave Esquer

Jordan hasn't played in a long time, and he really sparked us today. That's what we're looking for when we're moving guys in and out of the lineup. We're looking for that spark.

Dan Hahn

Jordan has been there and knows what it's all about now and Brandon is just so excited. I think all three guys are sitting pretty good. The big thing for all three is to win that first match.

Clifford Heinzer

In 2001 at this time of year, those hills would have been a sea of pink and white.

Mahatma Gandhi

Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

Lisa Perry

A long time ago, the major mode of transportation was the horse. But when Apache were walking in the hills or mountains, this would protect their toes from rocks and cactus.

Keith Carradine

I was actually filming in Atlanta when I got a call from Walter Hill saying, "Well, it could be your turn to play Hickok." I said, "Oh, well, great!" He said, "What's your hair look like?" I said, "Well, it's short, Walter, but... I've still got that wig!" . He said, "Well, bring it!"

Patrick Ness

Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. "You gotta be kidding." I say. One part of the road goes left, the other goes right. (Well, it's a "Fork" ain't it?)

Larry Clark

I learned how to skate, I couldn't do the tricks, but I could certainly skate fast enough. I could keep up with anybody and I could bomb hills and I could hide behind my camera.

John Gay

If with me you'd fondly stray Over the hills and far away.

John Hiatt

He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier, he's gonna check us all on out of here. Up to that mansion on a hill, where you can get your prescription filled.

Jim Erickson

With the rovers we've actually been able to go look and pick the things we wanted to see whether it was up on top of hills or whether it was down inside the craters, you name it.

Richard Morris

Record stores have whole sections devoted to the chant.

John Roberts

When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?'

Patrick Carney

There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.

Jennifer Deer

It's just really silly, if you think about it. I don't know why they can't just put everything into one section and keep it at that.

Patrick Swayze

There were wonderful sections of Winnipeg that you could play for New York easy.

Mark Hatton

We play as well defensively as any team I have seen in this section in a long, long time.

Dave Esse

I've been here for 15 years and this is the toughest the section has been top to bottom.

Jeff Ackermann

We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal.

Pu Zhiqiang

This section is the most important part of the paper.

Robert Cormier

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

Russell B. Long

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

Woody Guthrie

Uncle Sam took up the challenge in the year of '33 For the farmer and the factory and all of you and me. He said, "Roll along Columbia. You can ramble to the sea, But river while you're ramblin' you can do some work for me."

Woody Allen

As I've gotten older, the parts have diminished. I liked it when I was younger, I could always play the lead in the movie and I could do all the romantic scenes with the women, and it was fun and I liked to play that. Now, I'm older and I'm reduced to playing the backstage doorman or the uncle or something. I don't really love that so occasionally, when a part comes up, I'll play it.

Sarah Silverman

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

Robert Duvall

My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.

RJ Mitte

I spent a long time away from my parents when I was younger. I would go hunting and fishing with my uncle, and we would go for weeks at a time. I also spent a lot of time in Texas with my grandparents.

Tucker Carlson

Grover Norquist is a mean-spirited, humorless, dishonest little creep... an embarrassing anomaly, the leering, drunken uncle everyone else wishes would stay home... [He] is repulsive, granted, but there aren't nearly enough of him to start a purge trial.

Vera Farmiga

I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.

Carl Jung

There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.

A. Hodge

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

Anton LaVey

I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have this uncanny perfection. I'd like to get inside their reptilian heads.

Robert Cormier

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

Robert Crais

Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you are is a child yourself in a larger body. Nothing is ever what it seems. The things that you think you know are never certain. I know that now. I wish that I didn't, but I do.

Richard Hooker

There is a wheel within a wheel; a secret sacred wheel of Providence (most visible in marriages), guided by His hand that allows not the race to the swift nor bread to the wise, nor good wives to good men: and He that can bring good out of evil (for mortals are blind to this reason) only knows why this blessing was denied to patient Job, to meek Moses, and to our as meek and patient Mr Hooker.

Richard Whately

When any person of really eminent virtue becomes the object of envy, the clamor and abuse by which he is assailed is but the sign and accompaniment of his success in doing service to the public. And if he is a truly wise man, he will take no more notice of it than the moon does of the howling of the dogs. Her only answer to them is to shine on.

Richard Whately

One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business.

Richard Whately

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.