Famous Quotes & Sayings

Iman Iman

I wanted to do something other than just sign books, ... I thought that by doing makeovers I could make this more of an interactive thing. So I have makeup artists there and I do a little Q and A. I just want to make myself available. I want them to feel that I will treat them as well as I would any celebrity. Some people may not think it is my forte, but I am actually very approachable -- unlike my photographs.

Walter Kerr

Reviewers must normally function as huff-and-puff artists blowing laggard theatergoers stageward.

Jonathan Johnson

Public artists are a unique sect of artists. You need a special set of skills to be successful.

Janice Bartczak

The Scottsdale Arts Festival has long been recognized for the high caliber of its participating artists and for its beautiful outdoor setting.

Ken Vargas

These con artists are getting more bold each time.

Alan Rosenberg

The sharp increase of product placement in film and television too often takes place without any compensation to the very performers that are expected to push those products -- and more often is done without any consultation with those performers and their representatives. It is time for producers to work with artists on this issue, and the best way to do that is to establish a cooperative code of conduct that will protect the artist, the viewing public and advertiser-supported, free television.

Jewel

I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.

Joe Levy

I sense a frightening surprise in that category. It's a very tough category. Each of those artists have their constituency with the voters, and none of them are going to be big enough ... to steal the constituency of someone else.

Bruce Armstrong

We have invited four artists to participate, ... We have given them a site walk-through and a general overview of the project, of what we are building, so they have a visual understanding of the setting and the backdrop.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Michelle Davis

That (penalty kick) was huge. We were very confident coming into this game and we thought it was going to be different. But it didn't happen that way.

Helen Humphreys

Our concern is that this is spring, and typically ground water and streams are recharged during the spring. Moreover, not only is precipitation down, but vegetation, which is coming out of its dormant state, will be drawing on the ground water.

Joe Hammer

People focus on the Nasdaq indices because in general they represent the kinds of companies that are coming out - younger companies,

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Brenda Frese

Coming up to the arena, most of the players had no idea what we were doing. It showed them what we were playing for.

Rick Anderson

Coming up here, it was pretty quiet. You're just sitting there and thinking how unfair the whole situation is.

Mack Brown

Coming up here, everybody picked us to lose. Nobody gave us a chance.

O. Singh

Coming up here and trying to defend is my main priority. I like playing golf tournaments, I like winning golf tournaments and this is one of them I'd like to defend if I can.

James Steel

Any hint of recovery in industrial recovery there is a good sign, ... it was a supporting factor to the rally.

Rey Mysterio

Reading helps me be more creative, it helps my imagination and I like the fact that it gives me some quiet time,

John Challenger

People who have been out for a while say, 'I've got to get back to work,' so they take downgraded jobs, ... Maybe they can't get a job as the plant manager, so they try to get a job as a manager on the factory line and work their way back up.

James Mcewan

People hate the fact that they kidnapped people, including a little child.

Preston Clark

The spectator traffic wasn't even a factor today. With this weather, they all headed for the hills.

Peter Spencer

The simple fact is that he'd already run out of money this time last year,

Ernest Hunter

The television thing is not what makes it big for us. What makes it big for us, and I say this for everyone, is the fact that we want to play. I think we are underrated. We have a lot to prove and we want to get out there and do some good things. We feel that we have some great talent. We feel that we have players.

Peter Lehman

The technology needs to get out of the lab and into the factory to reduce costs,

Orlando Pace

The talks are going pretty good with Houston. Nothing has been written down or anything like that, but the fact I'm here and made the trip speaks enough for itself and their willingness to get it done. I don't think it will be a problem on that end. Really, it's up to St. Louis at this point. If nothing more, this puts a little more pressure on those guys.

Jim Calhoun

I've been in a (locker) room with some talented teams and some teams that bordered on greatness. But I don't know if I've been in a room before with so many kids that have sacrificed so much.

Brandon Sanderson

That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

Archibald Alexander

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

Brad Meltzer

Greatness isn't something you should always be chasing. There's greatness within all of us, and I think that's what we forget,

Baltasar Gracian

Wisdom and courage make mutual contributions to greatness.

Baltasar Gracian

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Blaise Pascal

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Blaise Pascal

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.

Blaise Pascal

That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that it is foolish to seek greatness; that is most remarkable.

Lorenzo Fertitta

We wanted something memorable, and I think Sting helps give us a memorable opening night.

Steve Mullins

At 6-7, he's the tallest goalie I've ever played with, that's for sure. It probably helps with screens.

Mike Rogers

At the end of the day, we're going to have a better system that helps people in need.

Ben Howland

We have a student who helps out with the video -- he tore his ACL the other day. That's how it's been.

Zach Woods

If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.

Justin Huber

Levi's been more of the outside guy; I'm more of the inside game. That helps us out a lot. It helps keep each of us rested and ready to go.

LaVerne Knox

Phillip has done a tremendous job for us. Mike is there too and helps out every way he can. If it's not Phillip leading the team, it's Mike.

Chris Campbell

If ten people get some information out of it, and it helps one person, then it makes the whole night.

Gary Keith

If this thing passes it helps Rick Perry.

Eddie Palmieri

Same, just the same. Nine pieces ---- a trumpet, two trombones, reed, congas, drums, piano and vocalist. That's what a Latin jazz orchestra should be.

Jane Asher

I do find modern jazz quite tricky.

Norman Granz

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Fats Waller

So easy, when you know how.

Greg Ginn

I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer.

Renaud Vabres

Jazz in New Orleans - that's what the world loves.

Herbie Mann

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

Wynton Marsalis

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

Charlie Parker

You've got to learn your instrument.

Struan Robertson

The BPI didn't want to sue its customers, but it will do to stop them stealing music.

Henry Lewis

The music, the dress, the color, the stage settings ? there's nothing in the world like it. The whole of Massachusetts should rush here, honestly.

Jeff Feuerzeig

The music he made in the '80s was being passed around the world like a secret handshake.

Maxwell

Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But soul is soul, and it's been around; it will never go away.

Julie Kagawa

Some writers like to work in other places like coffee shops, but I can't - I'd end up people-watching. And if I were at a bookstore, I'd be reading. Sometimes I have some music on, but usually I like it quiet.

Jeff Tweedy

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

Aretha Franklin

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

Brian Setzer

Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord progressions, you can make up your own versions

Boz Scaggs

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

Edward Norton

The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit.

Edward Abbey

Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.

Donald Knuth

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

Colin Powell

The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it

Adolf Hitler

The root of the whole evil lay, particularly in Schonerer's opinion, in the fact that the directing body of the Catholic Church was not in Germany, and that for this very reason alone it was hostile to the interests of our nationality.

Andrew Weil

Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those that become more frequent as people age. It is a way of selecting and preparing foods based on science that can help people achieve and maintain optimum health over their lifetime.

Anne Sexton

But even in a telephone booth evil can seep out of the receiver and we must cover it with a mattress, and then tear it from its roots and bury it, bury it.

Anne Rice

It draws it's strength, this big secret, from the same root from which I draw my strength, both the good and the bad, because in the end, they cannot be separated.

Daniel Defoe

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.