Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonathan Kozol

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students.

Joyce Maynard

It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects.

Jean Stafford

He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

Raymond Chandler

He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

James Duff

I realized there was something I didn't quite like in myself that I didn't want to hear about.

Jean Stafford

I know this, and the knowledge eats me like an inward animal: there is nothing worse for a woman than to be deprived of her womanliness.

Washington Irving

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

Barbara de Angelis

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.

David Jones

And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions.

Marlon Anderson

I was like, 'Cam, can you hear me?' ... He mumbled, 'Yeah,' but he wasn't there. You could tell he wasn't right. ... I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a wreck.

Dorothy Smith

I was in on the meeting with the developers. I heard their presentation, and I liked what they said.

Greg Beratlis

I would've liked to have heard something out of his mouth. Yes, anything. A plea for his life or just his opinion on what went on over the last two years,

Mark Mandel

John is never at a loss for words. But when he heard the news, he was speechless.

Billy Donovan

I think in this tournament, they've been able to inspire a lot of different people, people that maybe are really, really in need. I heard Jim talk about some stories of some people and the letters he's gotten. To me, that's what his team has been all about.

Laura Stromberg

I think, in general, people just want a new, refreshing voice, and they're hearing that from Kinky.

George Thorogood

I take it that some of you people have heard this song before.

Felicity Huffman

I actually haven't heard the phrase 'overnight success,' but I know that most of the world doesn't know who I am.

Oprah Winfrey

I also heard I was helping you find a house because I wanted you near me.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Mike Schmitt

He didn't quite make it back to the house.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

James Williams

I was completely speechless. I really had no idea at all, and it was quite a wonderful surprise.

Helen Clark

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

Kimberley Nixon

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Ernie Els

I did see the changes, obviously, and they are quite major.

Jim Sturgess

I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.

Adam Estrada

He had quite a day. He was the star who shone for us Saturday.

Sam Hunt

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

Joe Gibbs

I think we realized what was at stake,

David Baker

I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.

Jill Markowitz

I was a little intimidated at first. But once we started playing, I realized I could play with them, so I just tried to do my best.

W. Hull

I just realized I can't be Brett Hull at 30 or 25, ... I was Brett Hull at 41.

Dar Williams

I realized I was writing a lot of songs about interconnectedness,

Justine Bateman

I realized I was an anorexic, a bulimic, and a compulsive overeater.

Mark Spitz

I realized I had to step up to the responsibilities of my dream.

Paul Taylor

I realized if I didn't stop taking it, it was going to kill me,