Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ivar Giaever

If you're a physicist, for heaven's sake, and here is the experiment, and you have a theory, and the theory doesn't agree with the experiment, then you have to cut out the theory. You were wrong with the theory.

Geoff Hoon

I have had many Ashfield people say to me that they might not agree with my political views or my decisions but that they supported my right to be heard.

Warren Farrell

I definitely agree with choices for women, but I do not agree with choices for women when they eliminate choices for men. Rather, I think that the sexes need to make choices that lead to the maximum amount of win-win for both sexes.

Wesley Clark

My mother told me once that she and my father agreed that I would not be brought up Jewish in Chicago. She had me going to a Methodist church.

Elizabeth Warren

There's a lot of talk coming from Citigroup about how Dodd-Frank isn't perfect. Let me say this to anyone who is listening at Citi: I agree with you. Dodd-Frank isn't perfect. It should have broken you into pieces.

Elizabeth Warren

Credit card agreements run as long as 30 pages, and it's 30 pages of largely incomprehensible text.

David A. Bednar

A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants.

David Byrne

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

Philip Baggaley

The pilots are the last major labor group to reach a preliminary agreement (except for striking mechanics who have been replaced) and the largest source of labor savings being sought by the airline.

Jane Seymour

I really love the independent movies and I just think that sometimes when they throw a lot of money into it and a lot of special effects and a lot of stunts that you lose the connection, the human connection and I personally love movies that are about the human connection.

Zaha Hadid

Obviously for some people there is a big connection between music and the way you can create a space.

Will Champlin

Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?

Etel Adnan

My writing and my paintings do not have a direct connection in my mind. But I am sure they influence each other in the measure that everything we do is linked to whatever we are, which includes whatever we have done or are doing.

David Byrne

I encourage people not to be passive consumers of music and of culture in general. And feeling like, yeah, you can enjoy the products of professionals, but that doesn't mean you don't have to completely give up the reins and give up every connection to music or whatever it happens to be.

Common

I was in the heart and soul of Baltimore. I definitely felt a connection to the people. They're really hard-working people that want to have a better life. And I saw the struggle that exists there.

Ashley Tisdale

I love keeping a connection with everyone I've worked with.

Jeff Ravencraft

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Patricia Heaton

I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. There is a saying of the elders that goes, 'Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting.' This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.

Gloria Gaither

Everything is a part of what God's up to in your life, so I think our job is to embrace it. Everything. Embrace it all and consider it God's will for this moment.

Gillian Armstrong

Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.

Zoe Kravitz

I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day.

Zayn Malik

I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.

Yoko Ono

I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.

Vikram Seth

Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.

Brad Berenson

The overall lesson of the two nominations taken together is that there is considerable safety in drawing from the very small pool of people who are universally considered qualified for appointment.

Brian Bell

When I was thinking of people for the Space Twins, I wanted people who were sort of space cadets in the first place. I consider myself to be one.

Igor Luksic

It's definitely the development that has changed the way Montenegro is seen in the eyes of the world.

Will Yun Lee

Whenever you're fighting with weapons, there's a level of reality because people don't understand that these are still metal or hard rubber with sharp points - that if the timing's wrong, you could definitely get hurt. There's nothing like working with an actor who doesn't know what they're doing, because you're always in fear of losing an eye.

Will Champlin

I'm definitely a fighter, like Christina Aguilera would say.

Billy Graham

New York is definitely ready for the word of God.

Emma Roberts

New York is a fun place to shoot, but it's definitely hectic.

Ben Affleck

I didn't do anything for two years but work on 'Gone Baby Gone,' and it was miserable and hard, but at the end? It is a good movie. I liked it very much. If it had been dismissed and deemed worthless, it would been definitely devastating. But that didn't happen.

Helane Becker

The pilots definitely have the power in this relationship. If they don't want to fly, you don't fly.

Patrick Callahan

The pendulum is definitely returning and has been for a year.

Mike Connors

The penalty is definitely one that fits the crime.

Isaac Mayer Wise

It flourished with the Saracens, and suffered in the obscure and fanatical days of the Middle Ages.

Gin Wigmore

I'm very open with people, very warm, when I meet them. My fans in particular find that strange and refreshing.

Gene Ween

Most of our fans seem to be very intelligent people who don't stand out too much, but they're still total freaks. I like that - they're smart and sadistic, which I think is a reflection at us.

Donald Trump

In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are, and how you can do better someplace else. If somebody steals, that's different, but generally speaking, you want to let them down as lightly as possible. It's not a very pleasant thing. I don't like firing people.

Viswanathan Anand

There is technology where you can watch the match live online and also on TV. If people understood the game, I'm sure we would have a lot of chess fans by now.

Vikram Seth

On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'

Ken Sawyer

The Penguins and our fans will always be very grateful to Craig.

Becky G

I feel like a little beast when I'm onstage, and I feel like my fans have that little beast inside of them, too: this hunger for life.

Becky G

Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.

Bob Dylan

You can't be happy by doing something groovy.

Ansel Elgort

My style is clubby and groovy - you can jump to it, but you don't just have to just jump to it. It's not just really bass-heavy and hurts your ears; you move with it, and it sounds kind of tribal.

Art Russell

The PC stocks should do well in the second half of this year.

Anirvan Banerji

The outlook for the second half is shakier -- but we do not see any sign of recession here.

David Remnick

You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.

Bill Budge

I know when something is kind of half-baked.

Danielle Chaisson

The 3s at the start of the second half put us in a big hole. We made some sloppy passes and they capitalized.

Matt Gibson

That was the key to the whole game. We had a six-point lead in the first half and a four-point lead in the second half. (The Knights) got their leads because they rebound.

Mark Cuban

That was the worst half of officiating I've ever seen. That was terrible, and I want it on the record I said that at halftime, no matter what the outcome.

Chip Taylor

That was the thing we talked about early, was taking that away. In the second half I thought we did a better job, but it was too late.

Mark Belenski

That woke us up. We did not play well in the first half of the Hoban game.

Daniele Audetto

We have a lot of sympathy and we give him the maximum moral and technical support.

Oscar Isaac

Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.

Fausto Bertinotti

We are in the moment of the maximum uncertainty.

John Spratt

We are pushing the envelope. We are using our troops pretty much to their maximum utility.

Sean Taylor

For us to win we needed to (capitalize). We needed to have maximum possessions.

Dan Boone

It can be a maximum of 25 percent of what you owe.

Michael Strahan

I don't do anything I don't want to do. There are so many opportunities that come my way, but if there's something out there that I don't want to do, I truly don't do it, because I have to maximize my time. If there's truly an opportunity to be quiet and be by myself, I do it.

Edward Coke

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.

Amity Shlaes

If you do a serious presidential bio, you want to supply the reader with maximum material because otherwise you're offending the reader. A president for many people is a serious thing and they want to know everything.

Tina Brown

When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.

Irving Ravetch

Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.

Will Chase

'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote.

Gary Bauer

The polls mean virtually nothing, ... We're not tottering on the edge. Each week we're picking up momentum.

John Anastos

The patients are happier, and we can serve more patients. More patients mean more revenues.

David Selby

And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.

David Wenham

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

David Foster

With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses.

Dev Hynes

'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that.

Yanni

It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.

Yanni

I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.

Todd Rundgren

I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.

Ian MacKaye

I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.

Irwin Thomas

When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.

Compay Segundo

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.

Chino Moreno

I don't watch TV. In my spare time, if I have any, I want to make music.

Chet Faker

My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.

Ellie Goulding

People always try to find my agenda, but I don't really have one. It's safe to say that I make pop, but I think that I'm doing important music, too. I've just always done what I wanted to do.

Tom Renney

He nailed the big one. The question was, can he rise to the big game? And he did.

Sebastien Bourdais

I was a little disappointed that they nailed me during the winter.

Arthur Vint

We played pretty much every song we know. It was just one time through and we nailed it.

Jake Gold

You nailed it. You couldn't have done it any better.

Henry David Thoreau

How sweet is the perception of a new natural fact!

Amy Adams

My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

Carrie Brownstein

I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty.

Mitchell Baker

People are more naturally protective of what they create than of what they consume.

Tony Lentini

Most of our oil production is shut in, and about 80 percent of our natural gas.

Brad Zeigel

Whitney is pretty natural back there, but she'd rather be on the field.

Bebe Neuwirth

Shakespeare feels very natural to me.

Tony McCoy

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

Mike Greene

Well, if you have a goalie like Colin, it's a natural choice. We don't plan on high-scoring games. It's just not what we plan to do.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

'Black film,' that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, 'We've made our black film. We've made our film with people of color in it,' as opposed to, 'I just feel like people of color should be in every genre.'

John Boyne

I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

Roger Cook

We need to have them playing as opposed to setting on the bench.

Jason Calacanis

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

I still take my own lunches to work. That way I can control what I'm eating, as opposed to another doughnut.

Charles Moore

I don't go there. It's why they give and how they give that is important, as opposed to how much they give.

Norman Finkelstein

I am opposed to any state with an ethnic character, not only to Israel.

Kate Winslet

I think heartbreak is something that you learn to live with as opposed to learn to forget.

Kate Winslet

I think there's a lot of pressure on young people to really be the thing that everyone is telling them that they are, opposed to discovering it for themselves.

Yahya Jammeh

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

Yossi Vardi

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

Yancy Butler

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

Ian Mckellen

I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

Ian Mckellen

People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

Irwin Thomas

I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.

Irwin Rose

I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.

Imani Hakim

When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.

Gene Ween

I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not direct, you can feel the beginning of the end of the breakup in these songs.

Liz Callaway

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Miranda Cosgrove

When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started taking guitar lessons. I would always write songs and play them for my friends, and I would play my guitar on the set a lot.

Jonny Buckland

We can't wait to play our new songs live

Etta James

Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about.

Kate Micucci

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

Anna Chlumsky

There are songs where no matter how much you know you shouldn't - like the Ying Yang Twins' 'Shake' - I'll be in a dress, and I'll krump to it. It's horrible!

Valerie June

I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.

Neil Innes

But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.

Tyler, The Creator

Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.

Jill Scott

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Marsha Thomason

I know it sounds cliched, but if we just treated each other as we'd like to be treated ourselves, we'd all be doing a lot better.

Tom Sizemore

I think I may be in - potentially - three classics. That sounds like I'm bragging.

Marney Cox

On the one hand, it sounds like we may be a little weaker going into 2006.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds just like coach.

Robert Blake

I'd like to say that I said that because it sounds lovely. But I have no recollection that I said that.

Cindy Davidsmeyer

I did talk to him (after the angioplasty) and he sounds wonderful.

Nelson Peltz

The name 'Mondelez' I hate. It sounds like a disease.

Pierce Brosnan

I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch.

Rochelle Cancienne

We can't get a straight answer. There's just a lot of unknowns right now.

Kathleen McCarthy

When you see it straight on, it collapses into a straight line. And from the side, it will look voluminous.

Cheyenne Jackson

Nobody is ever just a straight up protagonist or antagonist - everybody's morally ambiguous.

Carol Berg

Write. Write. Write. Learn how to revise. No story is perfect straight from the keyboard.

Douglas Alexander

I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.

Ang Lee

I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.

Matt Lauer

Making sure you're on the straight and narrow?

Darren Sanderlin

It's all predicated by the defense. There's no trapping, just straight man.

Zack Snyder

We've tried to make a Superman movie where he does stuff and you go, 'Yeah, if I was Superman, that's what I'd do.' Even though he's an alien, he's more relatable, more human.

Ashley Tisdale

I'd love to do more action stuff, in the future.

Bill Budge

To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

Bill Budge

All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.

Bill Burr

I've battled with that type of stuff, but what I've found is that by doing stand-up, I've actually learned about depression and how to combat it. I don't have clinical, but I've definitely had my bouts with it.

Kelly Scott

We have to worry about the stuff in the refrigerator.

Christopher Sullivan

We've got stuff we've got to do now,

Albert Jr

When that kind of stuff happens, especially when you've never had anything, you don't really even know what it is.

Marisa Coughlan

You can do anything. Put stuff on YouTube. You can create your own media, which you couldn't do not so long ago.

Mike Joyce

When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing.

Gordon Lightfoot

You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.