Famous Quotes & Sayings

Julio Ziegelmann

We're on the eve of the millennium, right between Christmas and New Year's when things should be dead, but liquidity just keeps holding out.

Will Ferrell

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

Robert Staughton Lynd

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

Saint Augustine

He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.

Winston Churchill

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

W. C. Fields

Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.

William Arthur Ward

Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision.

William Arthur Ward

Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.

Wilferd Peterson

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man.

Sally Schneider

There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.

Saffron Aldridge

I live to eat - when someone else cooks for me.

Shania Twain

I love to cook.. but nothing that had to die.

Lela Rose

I love to cook and entertain.

Hoda Kotb

I don't cook, but I would love to learn.

Drew Barrymore

I looooove cookbooks. I cook a lot when I'm pregnant.

Mike Vogel

My wife is a terrific Southern cook. My favorite of all the great things she cooks is 'trash potatoes.' That's mashed potatoes with sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, and horseradish. It's a total gut bomb.

Greta Garbo

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

Yotam Ottolenghi

My father always cooks more polenta than he needs for a meal. The excess he spreads on an oiled surface and chills. Next day, he cuts out chunks, fries them in olive oil and serves with salad.

Patricia Johnson

It ain't about the money, it's about the people. I see them more than some of their family do.

Pablo Gomez

He was a hero. But I can't let my family go through this again.

Vernon Keenan

It is gratifying to the GBI when we can identify and return remains to family members. We hope that by using the latest technology in our identification efforts, we will have other success stories as this project continues.

Jeff Fisher

Lastly, the holiday season is a season for family, so I guess it makes sense that we will kickoff the holidays with the Manning family visiting Nashville in consecutive weeks.

Wolf Blitzer

What does the Levy family want to hear from Gary Condit Thursday night?

Jeff Cohen

There is no better time than the holidays to make that introduction. You have so many family members together, you don't have to go out of your way to plan a special function.

Allan Evridge

The people that molded me were my parents. They've always been there for me and provided good leadership. My family made me the type of person I am today.

Kim Gervasoni

We talked about playing in the past. It made sense with the two sisters playing. It's great for their family too.

Fiona McIntosh

We travel a lot from Australia and deliberately route ourselves through the U.A.E. because my whole family loves the place.

David Pierce

Kelsey Grammer is wickedly funny. He's like an 8-year-old child. He's always doing pranks, and we have a great time.

Rob McKittrick

He is that guy in the movie. He is that funny guy who can get in your grill, and be funny about it. He's a lot more interesting in person than you usually see on the screen.

Shaquille O'Neal

Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it's natural.

Maddie Ziegler

I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.

Seth Rogen

I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny.

David Crane

I'd like to hope that years from now people can look at the reruns...and say 'That is still a really funny show' or 'It's still really sweet.' And if that happens ... I'll be thrilled.

Joseph Trafton

He was the one who initially got me interested in the subject. I actually have his job now, so it's funny how that worked out.

Jim Saxton

He had to work hard just to get past the perception that he was just a funny guy,

Richard Dawkins

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

Sandra Lee

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.

Zac Efron

Don't get me wrong - I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!

Whitney Mays

These guys, in their right mind, wouldn't want to rob grandma or steal from their kids.

Natalia Kills

My grandma told me never, ever, ever to use soap on my face. But I do use lotion.

Alan Jackson

I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.

Chris Colfer

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

Arne Jacobsen

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out

Ally Carter

...For all the days of our lives," we finished and I felt a little like a character in one of my grandma's soap operas...

Lindsey Wixson

If I didn't ever model? I would be back in Kansas. I would probably end up being a pastry chef. My grandma taught me how to make a pie.

Laura Stromberg

I think, in general, people just want a new, refreshing voice, and they're hearing that from Kinky.

Jim Kaat

He (Rodriguez) has been hearing it from the crowd.

Gerard Mestrallet

I don't know Mr. Conti, I have not had the pleasure of hearing his voice, even by telephone.

Anne Mills

I can feel your sympathy. But seeing is what will impact you, even more than hearing the stories.

Winona Ryder

I watched this documentary on Madonna. I remember I grew up hearing she wanted to rule the world. Actually, she worked really hard - really, really hard.

Jaki Baskow

I'm hearing from people I have not spoken with in 30 years.

Charles Schumer

If there ever was a time when the hearings are going to make a huge difference, it's now,

Bruce Braley

I remember hearing on NPR from pharmacists who had their lives turned upside down.

Al Franken

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Winston Churchill

Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.

Gary Crane

Christina stepped up for us. She has been playing well throughout the holidays and has improved for us.

O. Henry

A holiday in a new dress—can earth offer anything more enchanting?

Mindy Kaling

I'm Indian-American and I think that when I think of myself as being culturally Indian, it had so much to do with when I lived with my parents and was a kid because they would take me to the Diwali festivals. They would take me to the temple, and they would teach me about all the different holidays.

Julia Cameron

As a writer, I find holidays often disturbing, not liberating, in their disruption of tempo, their open-ended time.

Paul Engle

I have published in 'The New Yorker,' 'Holiday,' 'Life,' 'Mademoiselle,' 'American Heritage,' 'Horizon,' 'The Ladies Home Journal,' 'The Kenyon Review,' 'The Sewanee Review,' 'Poetry,' 'Botteghe Oscure,' the 'Atlantic Monthly,' 'Harper's.'

Mike Carey

It's not a holiday until you overdo it!

Paul Ford

Being creative and playing with your content during the holidays is a great idea. But straying too far from your fundamental brand (from address, logo, etc.) can be a dangerous game. Your recipients need to be able to recognize you during this busy time of year.

Patrick O'Brian

For me the process works best with no interruptions, no breaks in the steady application, no letters to be answered, very little social life, no holidays; it is therefore a form of happy imprisonment.

David Stanley

He didn't go over to that guy's house for a confrontation, he just wanted to know what was going on.

Jerry Shuster

He (O'Connor) can't be indiscriminate. He can't tear down a house here and tear down a house there, because then it looks like it's more for show. But if they can do three, even though they need 30 taken down, if those three are strategic, it's a tremendous plus.

Mike Moore

We take it from the house and turn it into what you see here.

Robert Hoehn

I think by the end of next week they'll be cheaper. We'll get through some House legislation yet.

Ruth Rendell

I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage.

Robert Sweeney

I was just sitting there watching t.v., and it sounded like the whole house shook.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.

Tori Amos

I like cosy, intimate houses.

Rodney Mullen

You build something but you cant live in the house because you sit around guarding it.

Maria Sharapova

I also want to play in the Olympics and would love to represent Russia there as well.

Sami Hyypia

He is very aggressive, loves a tackle and can play as well.

Daniel Logan

I love being an ambassador for 'Star Wars.'

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I love writing. It makes me so happy.

Quentin Blake

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

Larry King

I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.

Katrina Kaif

Love should be all about giving and trusting.

Kate Bush

I love being with my friends, relaxing and talking.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I love the three-act theory. It works and works beautifully. But you don't necessarily have to structure a story that way: Cortazar and Borges wrote in different structural styles.

Jake Delhomme

He's a special player. We say that every week.

Scarlet Knights

We try to put three scholarships towards special teams -- one kicker, one punter and one combo guy, ... That should show how important we think it is.

Sara Zarr

Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.

Xanana Gusmao

I agree that special interest sections between Portugal and Indonesia can proceed without me being released.

Yelawolf

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming out it can build into something special.

Ken Wade

Calvin is a very special player. He's just amazing; there is no other way to say it.

Elizabeth Phillips

In a place like Akron, this would be a very special event.

James Willis

I kind of did that when I first got back. I got that out of my system. It was only special to me as I was walking out on the field. After that, it was back to business.

Nancy Werlin

You can be special without being extraordinary.

Rocco Buttiglione

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

Edith Wharton

traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy.

Steven Strogatz

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

Tom Chapin

Mine is not a traditional music, but it comes from a tradition.

Robbie Williams

I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

Ted Rall

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

John Searle

You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others.

Philip Johnson

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

George Saunders

All traditions are also full of meanness for the sake of meanness.