Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edmond Goncourt

a new system of decoration, and . . . a poetic fantasy in the creation of the art object.

John Niven

A novel, of course, is a fully self-contained work of art. You pick it up off the shelf, open it, and there it is - a whole universe waiting for you to enter. A screenplay is just a blueprint for making a movie. Until the movie is actually filmed, the script really means nothing.

David Rakoff

A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn't make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art.

Stephen Lam

As for legislation on Basic Law Article 23, we do not have a set timetable and we shall first conduct consultation of this matter.

Ben Vereen

As far as working with Chita Rivera, all I can say is it's a dream come true. Her artistry and discipline and dedication is a joy to be around.

Dead Prez

As artists we have a responsibility to organize and ensure that funds we raise for this cause are disseminated in a timely, fair and orderly fashion,

Keith Anderson

As a new artist you're just hoping people notice you any way possible just so you can get your music to them, ... Then you just hope they dig the music.

Clive James

As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.

Robert Stromberg

As a director, the biggest job is to discern the imperfections in emotional tone and then view it in the global picture of what you're trying to do, if that makes sense. It's a rhythm, like music is a rhythm or composition and art is a rhythm. Dialogue is a rhythm as well.

David Waters

As he put it, 'the biggest nightclub in central London'.

John Krasinski

Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.

Tom Martin

Probably the biggest accomplishment is securing up our 100 year water supply in Lubbock.

Adam Gilchrist

Probably that was my biggest mistake. You sort of think that no one has got 200.

Rick Baker

Probably one of the biggest savings is with using a waste oil furnace to provide heat for the shop. This is a cost savings for us of about $700 a month during the heating season.

Ozzie Guillen

People told me if you don't make the playoffs you're going to be the biggest loser ever,

Bill Cowher

Our defense just, they stepped up when they had to, they really did. I thought the biggest thing was the first half. I don't know if we got a first down until the second quarter because we could not get anything going offensively. So, when we come out of the first half to be up 7-3, that was a good thing.

Richard Wing

Our congregation has been so supportive of this project. It's an exciting time for our church. This is the biggest and most important phase of our development of the north campus.

Alexis McGee

Other Florida cities are showing similar price profiles, with the biggest inventory buildup on the state's West Coast. That buildup will lead to increased time on market and put more downward pressure on prices.

Craig Venter

The problem with existing biology is you change only one or two genes at a time.

Steven Morrissey

On the day that your mentality Decides to catch up with your biology, Come 'round

Mehmet Oz

Biology always beats will power.

Carol W. Greider

I enjoyed biology in high school, and that brought me to a research lab at U.C. Santa Barbara. I loved doing experiments, and I had fun with them. I realized this kind of problem-solving fit my intellectual style.

Robert Price

How do you have a training program in stem cell biology if you don't have the mentors?

Paul Cohen

If I buy a hardcover biology textbook today, it was written three years ago. With an online textbook, the publisher can change it immediately, so the kids are getting up-to-date information. That's a tremendous difference.

Darren Kimball

Automakers' extremely generous incentives in recent weeks have simply drawn forward industry demand.

Robin Lanier

As long as they're extending the contract, I think that's a signal there will be no slowdown. Perhaps there will be a very long drawn out negotiating process that will give us a lot of gray hair.

Preston Beckman

Ratings for an event like the Olympics aren't necessarily drawn from the usual prime-time television audience. For us to suddenly program differently for those two weeks would be a mistake for our network.

Keith Wilbur

Our team was fired up from the get go. They wanted to play well for the seniors. We had a good game plan drawn up from the last time we faced them and we executed it pretty well.

Christopher Abbott

I've never been in a band, but I've hung out with a lot of musicians and helped them with their shows. It's something that I'm really drawn to.

Jaime Winstone

I've always liked to dress eccentrically, but as I get older I'm drawn to more classic looks, though I'll still put my own twist on them.

Meg Wolitzer

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

John Brantley

I've always been drawn to Texas. I just want to go on the visit, see what they're trying to do. Everything I've heard from people is that they like Austin.

Megan Boone

I've always been sort of drawn to storytelling, and I was always very playful growing up.

Tom Schneller

As a teacher I've given up my raises, my pension is negatively affected, my Social Security is negatively affected. But the union -- the money making machine -- told me this is what I should accept.

Jay Fisette

As a local official, any tool that can be given to help effectively manage development is welcome.

John Carroll Lynch

As an actor, I've given up judgement of evil, as long as it's human evil - we have to see ourselves for what we really are, and we're capable of horrific things.

Chuck Alexander

As of right now, we have given $105,140. And it's been a wonderful labor of love, and I don't even like to use the world labor, it's just been all love.

Stephen Reitman

Probably the success of Audi and Mercedes with small offerings has given them pause for thought.

E. P. Thompson

People don't have to tan, but we want people to know that it is a luxury they can treat themselves to. So, if you haven't given us a try, come down and treat yourself to a tan and a massage. We know you'll like it,

Susan Scott

People had given up trying to protect their privacy, but this will make them think about it again.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Granth Sahib

O God, that one, unto whom You have given shelter, is not touched by the hot winds.

Rod Thorn

As he pointed out, there's a history of things with him - not just the fight. But I think there will be a lot of teams that will have an interest in him at some level.

John G. D. Clark

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives.

Janet Fitch

As an undergraduate, I had not studied literature - I was a history major.

Kathy Smith

As a historian, I'm very thrilled to be here because it is a moment in history for our city.

Joe Thomas

At university, I said to a girl, 'Before I met you all I could think about was history; now, all I can think about is you'. I thought that was the sort of thing you had to say.

Karen Wagner

That's where the history is, and that's where it should stay.

Anne Stevens

Norfolk has a wonderful history and reputation, but this is part of the total 'Way Forward' turnaround strategy.

M. Wolfe

Do you own your history, or does someone else own your history? ... There's the play that you're telling, and then there's the play that's underneath that.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

A page of history is worth a pound of logic.

James Shapiro

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam

As long as the book's vision is about something that's making life better for all people. That's our criteria.

Francis Mathew

As long as life exist, Overtaking is allowed.

Charles Stuart Calverley

Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV.

Asif Kapadia

Real life is far more complicated than fiction.

Rich Coleman

Reading and writing are life skills that everyone should have the opportunity to learn,

Anthony Head

People said, 'That's going to be around your neck for the rest of your life. I didn't have a problem with it.

Johann G. Seume

People should always have something which they prefer to life.

Ron Santo

I've always loved this stadium. I'm going to miss it.

Nathaniel Rateliff

I've always loved soul, R&B, doo-wop and blues, and I've wanted to make a record like that for years.

Lauryn Williams

I've always loved Mickey Mouse. I even have a Mickey Mouse tattoo on my right leg.

Tommy Kron

Adolph loved winning. And I think he was so proud of putting together a team that played so well together.

Pete Fountain

There will never be another like him. He was loved by trumpet players all over the world.

Damon Archibald

I've seen everyone on our staff shed some tears. We loved Ames and loved the people here.

Franklin Dodson

I've played and I have loved the game.

Rob Marshall

It was very scary to take on a novel that was so loved by so many.

Angela Edwards

It was tough, ... But I loved volleyball right when I started playing it. I can't give it up.

Carlos Delgado

This is pretty special. It's exciting, just because you know you're playing meaningful games.

Benjamin Disraeli

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.

Cesar Chavez

It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is right and just. Jesus does not promise that it will be an easy way to live life and His own life certainly points in a hard direction; but it does promise that we will be "satisfied" (not stuffed; but satisfied). He promises that by giving life we will find life - full, meaningful life as God meant it.

Al Gore

There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular harvesting of the wisdom of crowds, but now big sources of special interest money are able to prevent the passage of almost any meaningful reform that's aimed at the public interest.

bell hooks

To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.

Brian Weiss

One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and from expectations. Breaking attachments leads to freedom, but breaking attachments does not mean abandoning a loving and meaningful relationship, a relationship that nourrishes your soul. It means ending dependency on any person or thing. Love is never a dependency.

Brene Brown

Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

Edward Norton

Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

Edward Abbey

Is the Archbishop's blessing any more meaningful than the Politician's handshake? The come, they go, with bigger things than us on their minds.

Jason Kubel

No problems at all to report. It hasn't been sore in a long time.

Michael Boyd

Delta's problem is not labour, it's debt. Until they can restructure their debt, they are in big trouble.

Benjamin Raich

I've always been strong in slalom. This season I've had some trouble finishing, but that wasn't a problem today.

Bob Hazel

Teachers have enough problems as it is. It's sure not positive.

Kurt Woerner

These weren't short-term problems. Some of those violations must have been there for years.

Bernie Ecclestone

I understand now that there may be some problems with that.

Christopher Williams

I understand they had a problem yesterday, a student problem, ... I talked with Matthews and he said everything was under control.

Pat Duffy

This isn't a problem of one district. It's a problem of many districts.

Jeff Berliner

The upside to the disk problem was that we recovered the old system to the SAN.

Juvenal

We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]

Coco Chanel

There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught.

Charles R. Swindoll

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

E. B. White

We wanted to be up to par. That's one of the things Scotty taught us over the years. We've got to play together to have success.

Cory Monteith

Fox taught me how to sing and dance

E. B. White

A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.

Douglas Coupland

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

Ani Difranco

They taught me different was wrong.

Chuck Palahniuk

Find value in what we've been taught is worthless.