Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Simone Weil

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

Roger Daltrey

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.

Tom Waits

There's a certain fast-food approach to the whole music thing that's changed the role it plays for us all. You are doing it while you are doing other things. Not that that is new - people have had music on in the background as long as there has been music.

Tom Waits

If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.

Steve Martin

I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it, screen it, go back, then work on it a little bit more. If the joke doesn't work, you can fix it. It's different from a live action movie.

Romario

I am not happy to play for Barcelona, but Barcelona should be happy that I play there.

Roger Federer

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.

Roger Federer

The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that's the beauty of it.

Scott Speedman

I'm not a guy that loves a lot of rehearsal, but it depends. It depends what it would be.

Scott Hall

Bad times don't last, bad guys do.

Scott Caan

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it.

Scott Eastwood

Working with David Ayer...the guy is a great filmmaker.

Seth Godin

Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.

Todd Phillips

I love confidence in a guy. I don't have it, but there's nothing sexier.

Michael Moore

How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of them would end up precisely on their targets?

Sherrilyn Kenyon

(Nykyrian spun about at the sound, his blaster leveling at the body in the doorway.) Whoa. Friend! (He tapped his chest twice.) Really good guy. ‘Member me? (Syn)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Relax, the bad guys don’t knock. (Romeo)