Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chuck Klosterman

I got to Spin because I put my phone number in the front of Fargo Rock City and one of the people who called me was David Byrne.

David Rakoff

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

Gary LaGrange

From a commercial and psychological standpoint, this is five stars. This shows the people of New Orleans their city is back in business.

Gretchen Mol

She finds herself in New York City and she is making a living posing for photographs. A lot of it was her not really crossing the line and looking at what people were doing with the photographs.

Fritz Strobl

Since Salt Lake City we did a lot of work on my material - some good, some not so good. This year, I'm back and at the top of the downhill. I'm trying to stay healthy and keep my power.

Sarah Carmichael

Since Panama City is a pretty developed city, the outskirts get kind of ignored.

James Anderson

I look forward to working with the community in a heightened effort. I respect all the members of the police department. I know I'll work well with them and the other members of the city who I've been working with for 25 years.

Petra Kulhankova

I love being here in Albany. This is a great city and I'm not sure yet if I will go home or stay here. I still have a few months to decide, but either way I know I made the right decision to come here. Everything has been better than I expected.

Ray Nagin

I had laid out like an eight-week to ten-week timeline where we could get the city back in semblance of order. It's probably been pushed back another four weeks as a result of this,

Paul Tergat

I have been at the New York City marathon several times to watch but this time I'm delighted and excited to be competing myself. The field is very strong.

Champ Bailey

I prepare myself to play every week, regardless of the pain or whatever, ... I don't prepare for the week after. What's in front of me is what I've got.

F. Schumacher

It has been too long ago. Too much time ago. To be on front row and be so competitive is a nice surprise, particularly if you can imagine what happened last year.

Anton LaVey

I tend to clam up with a tape recorder in front of me-I hesitate for prudent reasons, so I don't say as much.

Richard Hamilton

I think my goal was just to come out and have fun. Don't worry about playing in front of friends and family. Just do what got us there - playing together.

Miguel Cotto

I just think about the fight and what can happen. In the ring, It's my time to shine in front of everyone.

Pavol Demitra

I just tried to put it on the net. I got some open space and I just tried to shoot it as hard as I could. We got good traffic in front of the net and I don't think he saw the puck. It was a lucky bounce.

Jeanne Phillips

I just don't have a gully in front of my house to take it away. I'm more optimistic this will work than my neighbors (are optimistic).

Louis Post

I realize the most important part is still in front of me, ... If we go out and win a World Series, people aren't going to remember I hit .270. They'll remember we won. That's the goal.

Hale Irwin

I played as well on the front nine as I've played in many, many years. I should have gotten more than 3 under par out of it. Then I got frustrated on the second nine and shot 1 over. This was one of those rounds that could have been really, really low, but I couldn't make any putts.

Robert A. Heinlein

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.

Vernon Jordan

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.

Nicholson Baker

You can register a political objection in a number of ways.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Why do photographers start giving numbers to their prints? It’s absurd. What do you do when the 20th print has been done? Do you swallow the negative? Do you shoot yourself? It’s the gimmick of money.

Alexei Mordashov

My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company.

Irv DeGraw

I would like to think they can get in the 20 percent range, but with that number of shares it could be difficult.

Will Forte

It takes a certain type of person to register your 'Donkey Kong' score. So I'm just number 29 in registered Donkey Kong scores.

Shaukat Aziz

The number one priority is shelter, ... We need tents, tents, tents.

Nicole Andrews

That is commensurate to the (small) number of evacuees taken in there.

Chris Larsen

Some people would say we're being overly-conservative. But I say we're being realistic for our first year planning.

Source Unknown

Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.

Harry Wang

Some people will not be tolerant about this.

Jill Lepore

Some people will always think they know how to make other people's marriages better, and, after a while, they'll get to cudgeling you or selling you something; the really entrepreneurial types will sell you the cudgel.

John Cassidy

Some people were frightened, ran to their basement, or ran out of doors.

Michelle Lombardo

Some people watched the show just because of the wardrobe, ... That's exciting.

Tracey Emin

Some people use just one condom, right? But we use tons.

Lori Mottu

Some people told us not to put the restaurant in Ceresco because of the size and location. But that's really why we're doing this. There's nothing here.

Andy Johnson

Some people think that because it's a threatened species, that every one we save is good. But not if they never get to live in the wild.

Todd McFarlane

About 85 percent of what you see is just because I get on the phone and [say], 'Let's go do this'. I don't do any market research or test groups or focus [groups]. I just go, 'It's my company; would I buy it, personally?'

Skylar Astin

I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.

Orson Welles

I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out

P. Herbert

Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain: / The seas roll over but the rocks remain.

Michael Gowell

No throwing rocks at other boats. I think that's the only one.

Pete Rose

Not all rock 'n' roll is like that,

Neil Young

Rock and roll is here to stay.

Neil Young

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.

Neil Young

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock 'n' roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.

Joey Ramone

Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood.

Jodi Picoult

It is so strange, to encounter an ex. It's as if you're in a foreign film, and what you're saying face-to-face has nothing to do with the subtitles flowing beneath you. We are so careful not to touch, although once upon a time, I slept plastered to him in our bed, like lichen on a rock. We are two strangers who knows every shameful secret, every hidden freckle, every fatal flaw in each other.