Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Atlas

He describes himself as a mild depressive, and he goes through just terrible suffering, much of it self-generated. And yet he's also an extremely buoyant person who finds a great deal in life to entertain and instruct and amuse him. He has a kind of vivacity about him. He's very funny, and he's very obsessed with certain themes.

Samuel Johnson

Such is the pleasure of projecting that many content themselves with a succession of visionary schemes, and wear out their allotted time in the calm amusement of contriving what they never attempt or hope to execute.

Will Rogers

Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.

Walter Scott

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.

Steve Millburg

I love this boardwalk, even if it is one of the 'board-less' varieties. Actually, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk refers to both the seaside amusement park and the concrete path that runs through it. Here, find everything from a classic wooden roller coaster, a 1911 carousel, arcade and video games and an extra-wide beach with volleyball nets to free concerts, great surfing and windsurfing and a half-mile-long pier lined with seafood restaurants. Coastal nirvana.

Brooke Adams

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Samuel Johnson

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.

Marguerite Gardiner

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Dennis Patterson

It apparently was a similar type deal. They operated the same pitch, the same approach, no matter the government level.

Tony Blair

Having read in the papers that apparently I was warned of the chaos that was going to ensue in Iraq, I actually got the minute Jack sent me. It didn't do anything of the sort,

Alan Feldman

Here we watch it minute by minute. When you force it underground, anything is possible. Apparently that's a risk the NCAA is willing to take.

Chris Rankin

What is believed at this point, based on information obtained after the accident, is that she had a flat tire, and she apparently stopped the car in the traffic lane, ... From the preliminary investigation, we believe she stopped in the northbound lane and she had her hazard lights on.

Mark Valley

I did the voice of Cyclops on 'Shrek the Third'. I don't know how I got that. They said they wanted a Michael Chiklis type, and apparently it came down to me and Michael Chiklis, so how they gave it to me, I don't know.

Meaghan Jette Martin

I am good at baking. I don't know if that counts as a talent, but I love to bake. Everybody says I'm good at it, so apparently I make the best banana bread.

Bill Sullivan

In our judgment, this pattern could be another exhibition of household balance sheet stress, as the shift would seem to suggest that a relatively small rise in 30-year rates apparently excludes a significant number of prospective home buyers from qualifying for mortgage credit.

Ryan Baker

I noticed nothing was tampered with. All my gas was apparently there from the night before.

Juan Mendez

In one of them, the attackers went in on horseback, and in the other one apparently trucks of the Sudanese army.

Sandy Bridgeman

Katie is a proven scorer and we look at her as a leader on the attacking end. She's an extension of the coaches out on the field. She's multidimensional in the way she can attack you because she has a hard shot that complements the way she reads defenses and sets up teammates. She's a threat to score or assist. But when we need a goal, we know we can count on her.

Tubby Smith

Joe Crawford was outstanding, getting to the free throw line and attacking the basket and making his shots.

Nicolle Devenish

John Kerry, John Edwards and Mary Beth Cahill have made perfectly clear that they have made attacking Mary Cheney their policy.

Paradorn Srichaphan

He caught me off guard. He was attacking all the way. His serves, returns of serve as well as movement on court proved too much for me.

Chris Renaldo

I thought we played great. We didn't have much attacking play, and that's what hurt us.

Matt Painter

I thought our guys did a good job. We just couldn't finish. We weren't able to make enough shots. I thought Marcus White did a good job of attacking and being able to finish and be efficient around the basket. We didn't make enough to make them adjust, and that was the key.

Bruce Hoffman

I think this is one of the major challenges that we face in the U.S.. The major incidents in the U.S. have not conformed to our stereotype of an established terror organization attacking a major iconic landmark.

Kirk Hinrich

He was relentless attacking the basket. Guarding him is not a one-man job, and we knew he was going to score.

Terry Crews

I actually ran into Justin Bieber when nobody knew him at the Kids' Choice Awards. He came up to me like, 'Mr. Crews, how you doing? I'm produced by Usher and I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Justin Bieber,' and I just knew he was a good, nice kid. Next year, people are screaming and attacking him!

Ariel Sharon

I talked today to the secretary-general of the United Nations. I talked to every European leader about this issue,

Andrew Douglas

It is going to change, quite dramatically, the way European markets work.

Gerhard Schroeder

It is likely that the European partners and also others will work towards a second decision, and I also think that is sensible,

Brian Tempest

It is just a modest acquisition. It is part of our overall European strategy.

Grant McCasland

Like most Europeans do, he shoots those 15-footers all the time. He stays after practice and keeps shooting it. Seemed all that practice after games paid off.

Stefaan Rynck

If you want a single European market and you want goods to move efficiently, you have to invest in new infrastructure.

Goran Persson

The European Union sticks to the Kyoto Protocol and (will) go for a ratification process.

Mel Gibson

It's set before the Conquest, so there are no European faces, and we are using mostly indigenous people and actors from Mexico City,

Jeremy Corbyn

Taken slightly historically, the turning point in the E.U. was actually the Single European Act, the Thatcher/Maastricht-era stuff, which was turning the E.U. into very much a market system.

Vinny Testaverde

Knowing his past history ... I was very concerned.

Jaclyn Smith

Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.

Tony Judt

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

Harry S Truman

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

Dani Shapiro

I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.

Lindsey Graham

What would you like history to say about you when it is all said and done,

Alec Reid

history will prove that this is the end of the IRA.

Alison Weir

History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print.

Leonard Teitelbaum

History indicates that less than 10 percent of the meat recalled over a time period such as this is actually returned,

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.