Famous Quotes & Sayings

Whitney Cummings

I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate.

Ursula K. Le Guin

It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words.

Robert Hunter

Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.

Vladimir Nabokov

We hasten to alienate the very fates we intended to woo.

Zedd

Fate does not always seek our consent.

Ehud Barak

their own fate and the fate of their families, their children, all of us.

Andrew Lebow

The fate of these seven refineries -- you don't know how long they'll be out for.

Neal Stephenson

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today. . . . Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

Tim McAfee

He draws a salary and does not work.

Derrick Campbell

He needs good starts and good draws in the semifinals and finals. If he gets stuck in the back, he needs to stay cool.

Deborah King

A smile is powerful, ... It says, 'I'm happy, I'm confident.' It draws people to you.

Craig Bierko

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

Scott Cardwell

Our guys wrestled hard and well. We received some tough draws in this tournament. If you happened to lose your opening match, the highest you could place was fifth.

Sukhbir Khanijoh

Overall sentiment is poor as the anti-government rally planned for Sunday draws nearer, and investors are likely to stay away or play short-term.

Anjelica Huston

I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film.

Chad Latch

We had tough draws in the first round, and we knew it. We probably didn't wrestle quite as well as we could have. It's the state tournament, and there are a lot of tough wrestlers; everybody's good down here. You have to be ready to go.

Claude Monet

I can only draw what I see.

Nathalie Sarraute

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Nikki Sixx

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

Rita Mae Brown

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

Mike Tomlin

It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.

John Piper

You ought to marry someone who’s willing to go anywhere for God. If they’re not, they're out.

Bill Crawford

Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.

Steve Kroft

I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.

Loretta Lynch

It's the choices that you make and the things that you're willing to accept and not accept that define who you are.

Pete Hasbrook

While it is not routine, it is something we are willing to do and something we see the need to do.