Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robbie Williams

I've lived in L.A. for a long time, and they say, 'If you sit in a barber's shop for long enough, you will get a hair cut.' Well, if you live in Los Angeles for long enough, you're going to get some surgery.

Lou D'Ermilio

The Yankees are a good draw, ... Anytime you can have a national team, like the Dallas Cowboys in their heyday, the Los Angeles Lakers -- people from all over the country may not cheer for them, but they want to watch.

Jan Perry

Downtown Los Angeles is just not positioned to be the solution for every other city in L.A. County and the state parole system,

David Hogan

Do people want a concrete-lined river like in Los Angeles or a nice river with trees and vegetation? A critical habitat designation means we'd get the nice trees and vegetation.

Steve Garvey

We are fortunate and blessed to have a partner of Harvey Schiller's stature, who shares our vision for the future of the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles and our great baseball fans throughout the world.

Tom Johnson

There was a big trigger for me. I was ousted as publisher of the Los Angeles Times in 1989,

Michael Murphy

There's no reason, in today's digital world, that we can't have a program here that has students making movies just as well as someone in Los Angeles or New York City. Location means little anymore with digital media. What students need to have are the tools to be competitive in the industry, and the teaching to know how to tell a good story. We can do those things as well as anybody.

Mark Ruffalo

I started out in Los Angeles doing plays and bartending. I did at least 30 plays that nobody saw before I got Ride With the Devil.

Barry Humphries

Oddly enough, Dame Edna is not interested in show business. Her friends in Los Angeles are mostly in the world of petroleum. She used to have some acting friends. Sadly, Joan Rivers has passed on. Larry Hagman was a close friend. A number of others.

Tom Hooper

If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.

Carolyn Russell

You hear about all kinds of things that go on; you turn on the TV, hear a patient has been murdered or robbed. I think a background check and registry is a very good idea.

Rob Neyland

Nobody else has a ski resort in the background to make their snow.

Nell Newman

My background is in biology. Before getting into the family business, I worked at the Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California at Santa Cruz, fundraising for them.

Mayor Slifka

Given his background and history, it raises some questions. It doesn't mean the requests are improper, but I would say that every single member of the council has an eye on this.

Liz Barker

Foster parents go through a series of steps before they are certified, including a criminal background check on all people in the home who are 18 or older and training.

Samuel Palmisano

Shirley Ann Jackson's significant background and experience in technology and her leadership at one of the most highly regarded technological research universities in the world will make her a valuable member of our board. We are very pleased she is joining us.

Bob Cimmino

He's a people person. He has a way of getting to know you very quickly, and he takes a keen interest in the background of the players.

Joe Biden

Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.

John Dyer

I used to spend most of my free time on the beach playing in the rock pools, swimming, flying kites, and occasionally horse riding.

Ross Lynch

'Teen Beach Movie' was a lot of fun because we were in Puerto Rico on an island - you can't even call it work!

John Niven

I spend a fair bit of time in Los Angeles, and there is much I love about the place - the weather, the food, the beaches and the golf. And a few things I don't. Like the way an enormous number of mentally ill people seem to be forced to live on the streets with little or nothing in the way of government assistance.

Brad Barkley

You asked me if I believed in magic, and I said yes, and that's how. You just step out, start pulling your life out of the air. You make friends, you find work you really like doing, you find places. You find diners and Laundromats. You find beaches. You find a junk car and drive it for a month, then lave it beside the road. You find someone to fall in love with you. You make it all up as you go. Or, you know, maybe it makes you up.

Brenton Thwaites

When I'm not acting, I'm at the beach. I like to spend a lot of time in the water, surfing.

Anushka Sharma

I just got exposed to electronica, and I really liked it. I am also good with alternative rock. I like Lana Del Rey, Adele, Dido, Jack Johnson, and I love the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

Edmund Hillary

Waihi Beach. It's a lovely beach, and we're right on the shore and I get a lot of pleasure out of waking up in the morning and hearing the waves roll in.

Eddie Van Halen

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids!

Kathleen Murray

Do they want a beach vacation where relaxation is the only thing on the menu, do they want to explore new lands, do they want to do something adventurous?

Robyn Jones

As far as I know there has never been a public library branch in May's Lick.

Tucker Carlson

The Bush campaign is claiming that they've been working hard and they've had everything in place and they're ready to go and they're going to be able to pull it off. But it's really complicated. Thousands of people are going to get new jobs. The whole city and the whole executive branch are changing.

Stephen Kane

People don't know that there is room for negotiation and that it is Town Meeting who decides. I feel it is like Congress, it is the legislative branch of town government.

Alenka Grealish

Do you open a limited branch? Or will you have a loan officer that goes out to a remote area? ... One thing that this product can do is be a leading indicator of whether you should open a branch in a new area.

Chen Shui-bian

During my 8 years in office, I set up a special investigatory branch as part of the highest court level. As it happened, from the time I set it up until now, I'm the one who has been investigated under that procedure. Of course, I had not expected this to happen.

Indian Proverb

A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved

Tom Kelly

Every time there is a robbery at one of our branches we try to figure out what happened and why the numbers go up ... most of us are left scratching our heads.

Jackie Cooper

Keep 'em clear of things like leaves and tree branches and stuff. They run hot.

Thad Cochran

I think we shouldn't impose any deadlines or date on the military or on the executive branch for conducting operations in that part of the world that we feel are important to our national security interests.

Robert Elliott

These companies and many smaller Delta Dental groups may be unable to update their eligibility and/or pay premiums for some time, so we're going to step up to help them from our end. These groups can focus on recovery and let us worry about paying claims and covering the dental needs of their employees and family members.

George Davis

We have not seen much reaction but given the elevated level of unit labor costs as well as the lower-than-expected print of initial claims data, that would be viewed as dollar supportive and may see the dollar rally over the short term.

Ferdinand Marcos

I claim the right not to incriminate myself.

Scott Holmes

I think he did the right thing by resigning. We still have information we are investigating and claims to pursue.

Jared Bernstein

Clearly, Katrina hasn't shown up in the jobless claims yet, but it will, ... Next month, we're going to be looking at one of the largest one month negative spikes in the history of this series, going back to the '30s.

Chris Neal

We still have folks working Katrina claims in Florida, as well as claims open from last season. If it hits, we'll be in pretty good shape to handle it.

Michael Englund

The level of claims remains remarkably lean. The labor market has improved significantly in early 2006. Payroll growth has likely entered a period of overdrive.

Antonio Tabucchi

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

Geoff Mulgan

Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Jennifer Pahlka

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

Jack Kozuchowski

I've spent half my life here. And they've always given me a lot of space to do what I thought I needed to do. It's been a labor of love.

Hal Capps

You never know what we are going to run. We feel like we have six tailbacks that can get the job done on any given night.

Tony Hawk

When I landed the first 900 at the XGames, it was just - it was a personal achievement. It was something that I have strived for for years and years and years, and in a lot of ways had given up on it. But I just didn't think of the resonance that would have.

Tom Watson

I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.

David Brodsky

Everything (entitled to the defense) is not given to us,

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Mark Rylance

This situation has given them an opportunity to really set themselves up.

Bob Richardson

We can no longer tolerate handling prisoners in public hallways and restrooms for safety and security reasons,

Tim Padgett

We've had numerous trees and power lines down, numerous homes that are damaged, and we are still handling emergencies.

Jaren Jackson

We talked about containment and handling ourselves on the boards.

Rick Barnes

Right now, if there's any one thing I can change, it's handling the basketball. Sixteen turnovers at this time of year just kills you.

Jim Haslett

I got a nice e-mail from Tom Coughlin . 'Thinking of you.' How about that? He said he thought I was doing a nice job handling things. I'll tell you what I wrote him back.

Mike Strong

We just did a nice job handling their pressure.

Gregg Langbehn

His two-out RBI was a big run for us. It seems like he's handling all the pressure pretty well. He's holding his own.

Peter Jackson

We take as much inspiration from what he's doing and how he's handling it as he takes from the club.

Brit Hume

He was unapologetic of the handling of the information and insisted it was appropriate.

David Mann

It's been increasing significantly over the last year and a half.

Alan Brown

The use of application processors in 3G mobile handsets is increasing the semiconductor value per handset and semiconductor revenue for suppliers of application processors.

Brian Johnson

This is really a Palm issue. In the process of spinning off Palm we sorted out liability issues.

Pat Burns

There's got to be somebody that's willing to take the liability and own the risk. There's got to be ultimate responsibility, and it's got to rest with somebody.

David Stewart

Remember, they prepare the taxes and they too will sign it, but you sign it and ultimately whether they make a mistake or you make a mistake, you are liable for any tax liability if there is an error.

Rashad Anderson

People say we may lose this tournament because of lapses. It's not happening.

Larry Nicks

Originally, we were going to lose tennis but we're one of two schools with tennis courts. So we may end up with tennis and give up something else.

Marek Hlasko

I've lost Poland. Without Poland, I go down. I've been thrown out; yet I love my country.

Gbola Amusa

The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good.

David Berry

Sometimes I get lost in the books, if they're good,

Andrew Engel

I've never lost to Severna Park. Everyone says that they are the better team, but we've got to go out there and prove it every time we play.

Kevin Grace

The store manager of the Tacoma Levitz told me 45,000 people lost their money at Levitz.

Italian Proverb

The stitch is lost unless the thread be knotted

Gerard Hopkins

I see / The lost are like this, and their scourge to be / As I am mine, their sweating selves; but worse.

Archie Manning

You can't be 100% perfect, but try to evaluate things and do what's right. If you just make every effort to do the right thing, you'll come out ok. It comes down to priorities and making good decisions.

Jane Fonda

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

Jane Fonda

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

Jane Austen

To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well

Jane Smiley

Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect.

Brent Weeks

The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.

Bobby Womack

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

Charles Spurgeon

The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.

Aristotle

Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit.

David Williams

Right now we have to do this for our residents and we have to do something to alleviate these traffic concerns.

Terry Pratchett

This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

Aaron Edwards

You have customers, you have traffic in the area, you have familiarity.

Barry Levinson

I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.

Robert Rogers

I just went over to where all those trucks were parked to see if they were hiring, and they were,