Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Pym

[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst out laughing. She wondered why there was something slightly absurd about aunts; perhaps it was because one thought of them as dear, comfortable creatures, somehow lacking in dignity and prestige.

Greg Brooks

Two days ago, my mom, grandmother and aunt went to get their hair done. When the people realized they're from Louisiana, they did all their hair for free.

Brandi Knight

We just need to find someone to petition for guardianship on our behalf, but no one will touch this case pro bono. The cheapest rate I've found, they wanted $2,000 up front. I don't have $2,000 and my aunt doesn't have $2,000, so there is nothing we can do right now.

Ally Carter

Don’t mind me,” I said. “I’m just the person who tried to rob the place last July.” “No, you diddn’t,” Abby said, appearing on the roof. She was wearing a trim suit and tall black boots. Her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail at the nape of her neck, and either i was imagining things or Townsend wasn’t quite as good a spy as I thought, because I could have sworn I saw him drool a little. Note to self: your aunt is a hottie.

Aldous Huxley

Culture is like the sum of special knowledge that accumulates in any large united family and is the common property of all its members. When we of the great Culture Family meet, we exchange reminiscences about Grandfather Homer, and that awful old Dr. Johnson, and Aunt Sappho, and poor Johnny Keats.

Dwayne Johnson

Take a little walk down Know You Role Boulevard, hang that right on Jabroni Drive, and then proceed to check your Aunt Jemima no-pancake-havin' ass di-rectly into the Smackdown Hotel!

Dolly Parton

I am amazed at the response of my being on the show. Everywhere I go, every young person points at me and says "Hi, Aunt Dolly." Or "Are you Aunt Dolly?" I love doing the show and I love Miley and Billy Ray [Cyrus]. I am proud to be her honorary Godmother.

David Lloyd George

The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.

Aneurin Bevan

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.

Dirk Benedict

As children get older, they are supposed to gradually stand more and more on their own and eventually completely leave the nest. My boys are definitely starting to do that. Soon I might actually go on a date.

Bonita Favre

The boys and (David) did an excellent job,

James Corden

I've not met a soul who wants to see The Wanted over One Direction. The thirst for those boys is insane.

Roger Kahn

I see the boys of summer in their ruin.

Dave Harris

The Vienna Choir Boys is something I've always wanted to see. To see them in person is just really special.

Judy Burns

This is a special Scouting program that the boys can earn a patch for. We thought this was a good time to try and fill the shelves of the local pantries.

Brandon Sanderson

The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.

Krysten Ritter

I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'

Carl Sandburg

What of the Wright boys in Dayton? Just around the corner they had a shop and did a bicycle business-and they wanted to fly for the sake of flying. They were Man the Seeker, Man on a Quest. Money was their last thought, their final absent-minded idea. They threw out a lot of old mistaken measurements and figured new ones that stood up when they took off and held the air and steered a course. They proved that "the faster you go the less power you need."

Cameron Diaz

If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.

Ben Harper

I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.

Andrew Bird

I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.

Ambrose Bierce

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

Rita Ora

When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.

Rita Ora

When I record music I like to be in one place and kind of have a base to keep going back to.

Ray Davies

Life is so groovy when your record is hot.

Simon Le Bon

You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.

Timothy Murphy

The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files.