Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronald Harwood

He wanted to make a picture for children. So I read a lot of stuff and he read a lot of stuff. . . . But I don't like all those fantasy books, I'm not good at 'Lord of the Rings' and the 'Harry Potters.' . . . It's not my world. I like things to do with reality and the world we live in -- or lived in.

Matt Hasselbeck

His numbers are incredible. If I had a fantasy team, he would probably be my first pick at the quarterback position. He is a huge guy, physically intimidating.

David Goyer

Historically when people have been scared and people have been nervous, there's been an uptick in science-fiction, fantasy and horror. It happened in the '50s with the Red Scare and the Space Race and all of that. And there usually is a correlation between (events and fiction that follows). You're telling allegorical tales and you're shining a light back on society, and it's a way to talk about what's going on but from a sideways angle.

David Goyer

Historically when people have been scared and nervous, there's been an uptick in science fantasy horror. You're telling allegorical tales and shining a light back on society.

Robin Hobb

I think when writers play with dragons, we are simply doing what fantasy writers have always done.

Christian Williams

I will say that I think it is probably better that people aren't into fantasy sports where I work. It would become a major distraction.

Frederik Pohl

There is a method which distinguishes SF from fantasy, though a lot of the science fiction written does not go by that method, and some fantasy does.

Carl Olsen

We make fun of each other, but it is a group of friends, and we are not any more competitive than a fantasy football league. There are no prizes for winning, but people still want to win.

Kelley Armstrong

Especially in the world of fantasy and superheroes, it's great to have role models that aren't in skimpy little outfits, in impossible poses. That's so important for young women.

Chipper Jones

He's been pretty much lights out since he got over here.

Skip Wilson

We're pretty solid, particularly in the lighter weights. And we have some experience. We should make another run at it.

Evelyn Fox

We totally refurnished and refurbished the lobby, lighting and furniture.

Loryn Kasten

It is lightly snowing right now, and were supposed to get a little more snow out of this storm.

Steve Anderson

There aren't going to be major storms, but we should get light rain from Sunday night through Wednesday.

Anton LaVey

Satanism is not a white light religion; it is a religion of the flesh, the mundane, the carnal - all of which are ruled by Satan, the personification of the Left Hand Path.

Gary Payton

I didn't like him as light as he was. He should have been a little bulkier. That's when he's Shaq Diesel.

Gary Payton

I didn't like him as light as he was,

Frank Wood

He was the kind of guy, when things were down, he brightened them up. He was happy-go-lucky ... and that light shone around him all the time.

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,

Joe Horn

Just to make those people happy, it's all worthwhile.

Spencer Kayden

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.

MC Hammer

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

Dave Breitenfeld

I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do.

Sergei Liakhovich

He said I'm scared of him, but I am scared of nobody.

Larry Petersen

I'd be scared to think of the number.

Larry Rogers

He had to be scared for his life.

Sara Shepard

Life isn’t worth living if you’re scared all the time.

Ursula Andress

I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio.

Vince Staples

I'm not really scared of a lot of things. I'm scared of possums. And I'm scared of raccoons sometimes, it depends on how big it is - I'm scared of the smaller raccoons because the bigger ones are slower.

Vijender Singh

Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.

Estelle

I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.

Mara Wilson

I didn't want to whisper and giggle about [puberty] anymore. I felt incredibly self-conscious. I felt like I was losing myself, and I was losing who I was. And that really scared me.

Richard P. Feynman

If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.

Richard P. Feynman

I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain … In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar.

Richard P. Feynman

Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory.

Richard P. Feynman

The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things ...

Richard P. Feynman

Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.

Richard P. Feynman

The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination in a straightjacket, which is this: that it has to agree with the known laws of physics. ... It requires imagination to think of what's possible, and then it requires an analysis back, checking to see whether it fits, whether its allowed, according to what's known, okay?

Richard P. Feynman

There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.

Richard P. Feynman

To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck, but it looks as if it takes considerable skill.

Richard P. Feynman

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts.

William Blake

Celebrate your existence!

Whoopi Goldberg

What we're doing is not just about becoming a model. It's bigger than that. It's shining a spotlight on folks who know who they are. They know what they want to do. And in terms of modeling, they're already working. They know what they're doing! They're fantastic!

Ziggy Marley

God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.

Voltaire

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Winston Churchill

These are great days.

Salvatore Quasimodo

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.

William Hazlitt

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

Xander Berkeley

I'd better make hay while the sun shines.

William Penn

We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.

William Wordsworth

A tale in everything.

Polybius

If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

David Knopfler

Trust the tale, not the teller.

Charles Caleb Colton

Is there anything more tedious than the often repeated tales of the old and forgetful?

Aesop

Every tale is not to be believed.

Susan Fletcher

The tale is often wiser than the teller.

Stephen King

It is the tale, not he who tells it.

David Gregory

I don't think you mess around when you talk about tales of valor.

Benedict Lucchesi

He is telling Merck that you have to be careful. You can't just give (Cox-2s) to everybody,

Rebecca Hall

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

Rudyard Kipling

it's always best to tell the truth.

Roy Blunt

If you were in the leadership, how long would you want someone around telling you what to do?

Bengie Molina

I had fun. I was telling Gus that I could get used to doing this.

Jay Chiat

In the '20s they were telling us we'd all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.

John Burdett

If the world is telling you you're successful, but you don't feel it, you might as well have failed.

Bruce Campbell

I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.

Corey Clark

This is me telling the truth. It just so happens to be a very explosive truth.