Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Fogerty

I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.

Solomon Burke

I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung!

Gavin DeGraw

I think it's important not to worry about that too much, because even if I was the next big thing, there would be another next big thing soon.

Jimmy Chamberlin

What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. I'm certainly not in this for the money, but I'd really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff.

Bobby Hatfield

With me and Bill... I think we started out with $15 apiece and split the other $20 between the band.

Jewel

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

Gerry Beckley

It is not that there wasn't an incredible amount of history made that was very public knowledge for those seven years which was the bulk of the hits.

Vince Gill

It is harder to fail than it is to succeed because most people are going to watch you do is to react to what you've accomplished.

Scott Joplin

It is never right to play ragtime fast.

John Updike

My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition, that even-handed pairing, of pictures and words.

Roz Chast

I just really love the cartoon form. I love the plasticity of it.

Zac Efron

I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.

Roz Chast

Being female was just one more way I felt different and weird. I was also a young 'un, and also my cartoons were not like typical 'New Yorker' cartoons.

Jonathan Shapiro

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

Eric Lewis

The IIC wants cartoon villains, not the truth. Mr. Sevan has now reached a point in his dealings with the IIC where he questions the Committee's commitment to objective and evenhanded fact-finding and doubts he can receive a fair hearing in this forum.

Pierre McGuire

It's big and powerful and friendly, like a cartoon character.

Julia Gillard

The cartoon absolutely captures something that acres and acres of copy can't. And even photographs can't.

Nate Silver

When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there.

Dave Risdon

I swear I check that twice a day.

Bryan Adams

He wants it to be great. He phoned me every day just to check in, to see if there's anything I need. It's great to have someone with that kind of enthusiasm. It makes you work harder.

Wimar Witoelar

He did not say he expects to be impeached... We have checked the recording... he recognizes the possibility of impeachment, he didn't say that he would be impeached.

Timothy Sr

He'd check on my girls at night make sure they were safe.

Willie Randolph

He's been stiff. We want to check him out and see where he is before we get back on the field.

Lou Melendez

He's day-to-day. He's feeling better. He went to Port St. Lucie so the Mets doctors can check him.

Jose Sanchez

I think it's better to send the money and go shopping there. But it's always good to come here and check prices.

Frank Beamer

I think you've got to check the schedule. You don't want to be playing, in my opinion, Tennessee and LSU out of conference in the same year. I think you have to get it worked out that way, too.

Dwyane Wade

I think you can just check my phone bill, man, ... Stan was on my phone all summer.

Greg Waits

I think a shot clock would be good for the game. For the up-tempo style we like to play, it wouldn't matter.

Kevin Lisch

I just saw that the shot clock was running down. I hadn't really done much all game. I decided I'm going to create a shot and it went down, which is good.

Roy H. Williams

I look at Sean and the clock said zero and C.B. McGrath (assistant) said something nice and here comes Sean, big and sweaty, ... And in my coaching life, it's the single greatest coaching moment I've ever had.

Jacque Jones

I'm on my own clock now. I've been on everybody else's clock for the last five years. When you earn that right ... .

Daniel Kurtzer

The Israelis have been very serious in wanting diplomacy to succeed. They've been urgently trying to get us to get diplomacy working. The problem is, at some point they're going to say, 'The clock has run out, and we have to think of something else.

Jerry Farber

You can't foul that much. We just didn't play good defense, and we let them back into the game with the clock stopped. That's not a good thing to do when you've got a lead.

Jann Taber

The magnitude of this storm is tremendous. We have 1,062 crews in the field. We're working around the clock to restore power.

Gary Flowers

The clock is ticking but we will put the right structure and the right coaching team in place to put the Wallabies in a winning position for 2007.

Carl Bildt

The clock is now ticking toward gradual European Union withdrawal,

Jeffrey Benton

I think it's gonna be a catalyst-driven week,

Cliff Politte

I think you kick a guy in the butt in a tough situation, it's only gonna make it worse. You shouldn't go out there and say, 'You (stink), it's still a strike.' It's messing with a kid's head.

Brendan Bayliss

We try to make the music very dense. There are six people pulling in a lot of directions, so you're gonna get a lot of energy.

Bobby Januska

If you're gonna pin Billy, you're gonna have to really pin him. He doesn't give up many back points.

James Caan

I had my first puff on a joint when I was twenty-four and a half, and I was petrified. I thought I was gonna see elephants.

Kela Miller

I knew that it was gonna come in, but didn't think it was gonna come in that fast. The sandbags did help, the ones that's in the back.

Liza Tichenor

I'm gonna stay in Culpeper and wash this pig the rest of my life.

Mari Evans

I'm/ gonna spread out/ over America/ intrude/ my proud blackness/ all/ over the place.

Jack Scalcucci

I'm not gonna lie, I had some pretty lucky shots. It was like a hope-and-a-prayer thing.

Joey Miller

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

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.

Skyler Green

Guys are trying to get back to normal as much as possible. It's getting better, but it's not quite there yet.

Ron Gardenhire

Guys are trying. Guys are out there playing. You've also got to score some runs, too. Our starters haven't been getting it done. Our offense has to pick them up.

Robert Esche

Guys are putting the onus on themselves to get this right. It was an ugly win.

Darrent Williams

Guys are going to make plays. You've got to come back and fight.

Tony Bethel

He's able to find guys when they're open. And if they're not, he's open. He's going to score or get fouled. When you play with a big guy like that, it's a lot of fun.

Donnie Henderson

Here's what we try to do: not only keep guys off Vilma, but let guys make plays up front.

Jim Ward

He's always going ball-to-ball, and he works hard all the time. There's not a time when he's not going as hard as he can. You need that on a team. Even if the other guys aren't going at it hard, he will.