Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Noah

Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is 'federal.' Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds.

Imelda May

I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but that didn't last long. I thought I looked cool at the time. But then you look back and wonder, 'Why did anyone let me out of the house looking like that?'

Ian Mckellen

Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.

Igor Ivanov

Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the Security Council, which carries the main responsibility for ensuring international security.

Zac Goldsmith

Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

Wentworth Miller

Prison has a universal fascination. It's a real-life horror story because, given the right set of circumstances, anyone could find themselves behind bars.

William Kirby

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.

Wendy Kopp

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

Vivek Wadhwa

If anyone tells you that you're too old to be an entrepreneur or that you have the wrong background, don't listen to them. Go with your gut instincts and pursue your passions.

Albert Schweitzer

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

C. S. Lewis

Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.

C. S. Lewis

Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden).

C. S. Lewis

You Too? I thought I was the only one.

C. S. Lewis

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Carrie Underwood

My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world.

Bethenny Frankel

Food is not your best friend or enemy.

Antoine Rivarol

It is said that friendship between women is only a suspension of hostilities.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart.

Yanni

With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.

Tina Brown

No one has put in harder training to become a royal bride than the glossy-haired Kate Middleton.

Isabella Bird

Unlike many other places, Hilo is more fascinating on closer acquaintance - so fascinating that it is hard to write about it in plain prose.

Gail Carson Levine

Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.

Wendi McLendon-Covey

I like to play the weirdos. I like to play the people that are hard to like. You get to say and do things that you would never say and do in real life.

Virginia Postrel

A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions.

Yayoi Kusama

I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour - throughout my life.

Chet Faker

I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.

Don Yaeger

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Robert McClure

The American people are always well-served in having a person like John Palmer as their public trustee." ()

Mike Johns

That was something that John had seen the play before. It's actually a play we've run on the JVs and had some success with it and it was right there.

Scott Brooks

I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen.

Robert Brown

Who fished the murex up? / What porridge had John Keats?

Brian Schweitzer

You know, if John Kerry could do what I do, he'd be president,

Pam Smith

I think John is a splendid selection. He's calm, mild-mannered, and he really knows how to get things done.

Dick Muir

John will get anything up to a half.

Joaquin Phoenix

John wasn't (Jimi) Hendrix. It was real simple ... we rehearsed a lot.

Pierce Brosnan

I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch.

Rochelle Cancienne

We can't get a straight answer. There's just a lot of unknowns right now.

Kathleen McCarthy

When you see it straight on, it collapses into a straight line. And from the side, it will look voluminous.

Cheyenne Jackson

Nobody is ever just a straight up protagonist or antagonist - everybody's morally ambiguous.

Carol Berg

Write. Write. Write. Learn how to revise. No story is perfect straight from the keyboard.

Douglas Alexander

I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.

Ang Lee

I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.

Matt Lauer

Making sure you're on the straight and narrow?

Darren Sanderlin

It's all predicated by the defense. There's no trapping, just straight man.

Preity Zinta

I am very reactive towards everything. There are some who don't react at all, they absorb everything quietly, while I'd go all out and show my expressions. This is not part of some tamasha I do; I do it because it's part of my personality. To each his own.

Jane McGonigal

We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.

Charlotte Church

The cast and the crew made me feel really welcome. Towards the end it just got better and better.

Allison Scagliotti

I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.

John Calvin

dispensers and administrators of the Devine beneficence towards us.

Samuel Larsen

I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

Barack Obama

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

Carl Sagan

We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world.

Bill Buford

The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.

Rick Wakeman

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Riquena Farmer

Why would someone do this to him? I don't understand why.

Karen Clay

Why would she take off? ... I don't understand that.

Vince Young

Just interview. I don't feel like I have to show a lot. I think they understand me, have been watching me for a long time.

Stephen Hawking

If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.

Emma Stone

I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don't think it could have worked out any better. They've always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do.

Carl Sagan

We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world.

Bill Buford

The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.

Rick Wakeman

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Emma Stone

I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don't think it could have worked out any better. They've always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do.

David Blunkett

My sense is that there is a new understanding, yes.

Gene Orza

My understanding is that Pedro, very frankly, is doubtful.

Crystal Chappell

My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on.

Ray Nelson

My understanding is that he didn't have a weapon when he was arrested,

John Sweeney

I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job.

Willie Parker

Man, watching Jerome all day long, he just is what he is.

Rhett Miller

We'd probably be watching 'Dora the Explorer' or something.

Hugh Johnson

We're all watching the same stuff. Like sheep.

Sandra Bullock

I feel like I always have someone watching my back.

Alan Trammel

He's a keeper. We'll be watching him for years.

Jan Jones

We're just watching the legislation. We're not lobbying it. We're not negotiating.

James Farrior

Yeah, he's watching his weight all right. Watching it expand.

Stacy Keibler

I think there were a lot of women out there watching and voting, and there were a lot of men out there watching, but not voting.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I was kind of amused, and shocked. At first I was watching it with my children. Then I said 'Children, OUT!