Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roald Dahl

Eschew all those beastly adjectives...

Larry Beinfest

The adjectives about Joe were consistent. Prepared. Smart. Competitive. Communicative, ... We knew as we went through the process that he was the right man for this job. He had the characteristics we were looking for to carry us through '06 and beyond. We're very happy.

Mary Oliver

Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents.

Mira Sorvino

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

Lewis Carroll

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs...

William White

Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjectivehasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tightplace.

Larry Beinfest

During the interview process, the adjectives about Joe were consistent: prepared, smart, competitive, communicative. All the things we were looking for in a manager.

Thomas Sadoski

I start looking for adjectives in news reporting, and if there are too many of them, if they're all sort of repeatedly designed to influence my thinking in a certain way, I start getting concerned. I'm leery of people trying to paint a picture in a certain way.

Brian Eno

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Grace Richards

He didn't belong in a hospital. He just sat all the time. He did nothing. That's why I have the anger I have.

Ann Nocenti

Green Arrow has gone through so many changes; he's been right-wing, he's been left-wing, he's been rich, he's been poor, he's been a social justice guy, then when I got him, he was a rich playboy guy. So it was a lot harder to get into a character that has so many personas in the past, and I just looked at his anger.

Nadine Velazquez

I went to a girls' school, and it was awful. The combination of my teenage anger and their jealousy meant I was always getting into fights. There was a lot of pulling of hair and scratching of faces and rolling around on the floor.

Jennifer Lerner

Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger. The more they are displaying anger, the lower the stress responses.

Yajur Veda

Hatred and anger leads to unhappiness, pain and misery. So, one should always be soft-spoken and all 'karma-yogis' should tread on the path of righteousness.

Matthew Goode

Golf courses are beautiful, it's good for the soul and it gets out the anger... well, if you don't care about the score then you won't have a heart attack.

Jomo Gbomo

There is great anger this time owing to the loss of lives in communities attacked by the choppers. We have very little regard for the lives of these hostages as we have lost a number of civilians in these raids.

John Lee Hancock

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.

King Krule

I've got rid of a lot of cynicism and anger. I feel positive about my development, and I just want to carry on making music and building myself as a person.

Greg Oden

I was just angry at my mom, ... I don't know if it was because they broke up, but I used to argue with my mom a lot, just over little things.

Dan Johnston

Holding it in usually creates stress and stress does things like raise your heart rate and raise your blood pressure and kind of tie the muscles up in knots. There has been some literature suggesting that being overly angry and trying to contain it, or sometimes just being overly angry, puts you at risk for cardiac problems.

Matt Millen

I was angry after that game, ... It was disturbing to watch and I didn't want to make a decision based on anger. We wanted to take our time, go through it logically, and think everything through.

Matt Millen

I was angry after that game - it was disturbing to watch - and I did not want to make a decision based on anger. We wanted to take our time, go through it logically, think everything through.

Ken Rice

I was angry about what was happening to me.

Birgit Prinz

I was a little angry about being back 2-0. I think they were a little too slow ... just at the end when we were playing the ball fast.

Susan Dellinger

I was with him, and I'd see how angry he'd get when somebody asked him about the (1919) World Series. He said the Reds had better (starting) pitching, and if you look at it, he was right.

Donald DeMayo

He's frustrated and angry with the way the process works. He wants a chance to defend himself.

Rachel Williams

I don't harbor any hatred for the man. I'm just angry. I know God said love one another and forgive. But I'm angry because he did not just take away my son, he took away my best friend.

Todd Jones

I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.

Max von Sydow

I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years.

Shawn Chacon

I wouldn't say I needed it desperately. But after struggling the first couple of times you put more pressure on yourself.

Billy Beane

Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Dwyane Wade

Just the right place at the right time. Some nights are like that. I was able to get in a couple passing lanes and get some picks, but for the most part, it was just being in the right place at the right time.

Chuck Grant

Jon pitched a very good game, but there were two innings when we gave them five outs. We're a pretty young team, and we were missing a couple of players today, but that's no excuse for mental errors. We have to improve in that area, and it's my job to see that we do.

Mary Roach

I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.

George Braun

He did it in three years too and I think I only had one other player that did that. Joe's really been the heart and soul of our team this year. He's shooting a great percentage because he gets shots inside. But tonight he stepped outside and hit a couple and that's going to help him.

Michael Young

He did his usual thing and kept us off balance. We got a couple of hits here and there, but we didn't really square much of anything up. He did a good job. It was typical Barry.

Randy Kriewall

Just unbelievable. I don't even know how to describe it. I'm so proud. And relieved.

Rose Rosetree

Joyful, as he experiments. And 'experiment' is an important word to describe that.

Stieg Larsson

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

Sufjan Stevens

I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally.

J. Horton

He's a big-time point guard. You don't have enough text in your newspaper to describe how good he is.

Don Morrow

I think you could probably describe our play for the whole season as skittish; that's the word I've been using. We have moments of doing spectacular things, and then we have moments where we turn around and shoot ourselves in the foot pretty good. We're trying, I swear, to get over that.

Malcolm Turnbull

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.

Jeff Torborg

If there's one word I'd use to describe him, I'd say 'professional,'

Carine Roitfeld

If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'

Mary A. Ward

The Life of the Master, by Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell, is to me one of the most interesting biographies of our generation.

Shane Harper

I've always been a huge fan of apologetics. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors.

Marshall Bloom

We wanted a unique perspective on Lewis and Clark.

Jonathan Vilma

What can Ray Lewis do that you can't do?

Ernie Accorsi

Lewis was different because he not only was a starter here a year ago, he had been here since the 2000 season. When someone like that walks back into your locker room, they're popular, they're known, they've been a teammate.

James Johnson

Lewis really understands the game. He can run a team.

Cindy Mydland

Lewis Drug is a partnership that we've done with several Sioux Valley clinics.

Bart Chilton

I'm a big Michael Lewis fan. That said, my favorite Lewis book was 'The Blind Side.'

Huey Lewis

Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies.

Hitoshi Oshitani

If there are many mild or asymptomatic cases, we may have missed many cases.

Darrell Smith

After the groundhog, they predicted a more mild winter. The storm took me by surprise.

Democritus

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

Chris Kozak

We've had a mild winter and we've got a higher-than-normal storage inventory.

Jerry Conway

Because of the mild weather we've been having there's no ice, and the seals now have to find an alternative place to pup.

Karen Goodman

She's very mild in her speech, but she's hard-working.

Phil Klay

I don't want to act as though my deployment was particularly rough, because it wasn't. I had a very mild deployment; I was a staff officer.

Shamir

I wear menswear all the time. I don't do anything to make myself look more feminine. I naturally look and am more feminine.

Chris Cornell

Rock will always have CBGB, whether it's open or closed, ... It will just naturally be replaced by something else.

Chris Chambers

It'll make it look like a naturally occurring wooded area.

Mark Billingham

Crime fiction has always been what I wanted to read, so when I sat down to write my first book, it was naturally the way that I was going to go.

John Key

I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative.

Tony McCoy

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

Jeff Barker

People are naturally curious, they want to see what's going on.

Starsmith

When I've worked with established artists, I've naturally been more restricted, but you still have to take risks and push yourself to do something different.

Chester Brown

It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Graham Elliot

Dining should be something that isn't always taken extremely seriously.

Tony Stewart

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

George Best

It has been a long week but things have taken a turn for the best. I am very optimistic.

Richelle Mead

Well," he said, clearly enjoying my confusion. "It was actually for two souls, since you and Seth were both saved. But even if it wasn't, it still would've been worth it. Do you know the price of one soul, Georgina? It's beyond rubies and diamonds, beyond any mortal reckoning. If it had taken me centuries, if it had taken a dozen more angels to help me, it all would have been worth it.

Richelle Mead

I’ve come to ask you where Seth is.” "Funny,” said Andrea. “We were going to ask you the same thing.” I was taken aback. “How would I know?” They both just stared. "I don’t!

Ron Chernow

A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm of knowledge, while a man well informed but indiscreet and unreserved will not uncommonly talk himself out of all consideration and weight. (Alexander Hamilton's 'thesis on discretion' written to his son James shortly before his fatal duel with Burr.)

Tryon Edwards

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

William S. Burroughs

Everything Jack says is to be taken with considerable reserve.

William Whewell

In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge, they must be apprehended and analysed according to some Conceptions which, applied for this purpose, give distinct and definite results, such as can be steadily taken hold of and reasoned from.