Famous Quotes & Sayings

Walter Scott

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

Trilby Lundberg

The gasoline price has broken records repeatedly in 2005, but until September 9 it did not exceed the true all-time high.

Sue Christiansen

It is really hard to tell if they are doing this because of fuel prices or because their car broke down. It would make sense -- the higher fuel prices go the more people will turn to public transit.

Brian Brohm

It's a play we've practiced. But it broke down, and I had to try and run it.

Michael Vick

It's an unfortunate situation. After such a great play I felt like I got hit late, no flag, broke my hand. That's it. That's pretty much been the story for the past three weeks, and obviously at some point something catastrophic was going to happen, and I broke my hand.

James Robertson

I tried to pull the guy out because the truck was on fire underneath. I broke the door down over on the driver's side. It was just too big and too much pinned in, I couldn't get him out.

Chuck Inglish

I tried to make a 'When Doves Cry' in a rap version. I used a lot of instruments and I broke it down like I thought Prince would do, and that's the song I sent to Big Boi.

Rafael Bejarano

I tried to follow the instructions, but instead of breaking, she stumbled. She broke with a couple of jumps like she wanted to go to the front.

Damarius Bilbo

It really broke me in and got me a lot more comfortable, ... Playing a team like Auburn ... was a big plus for me to go out there and do some good things. And then to come back to the Carolina game, that's when I finally started getting some catches.

John Curran

As soon as they switched over, I knew it was Kristi on the ground. They said Kristi Yamaoka, and I was out the door. I didn't lock my door or anything.

Stephen King

There are things of such darkness and horror—just, I suppose, as there are things of such great beauty—that they will not fit through the puny human doors of perception.

Burn Gorman

I'm afraid the 'Doctor Who' door is probably closed because of me being in 'Torchwood.'

Ellen DeGeneres

I have the picture of Barack [Obama] and me dancing right outside of my dressing room door, I see it every single day, and it makes me very happy.

Tony Crescenzi

Greenspan opened the door to 50-basis-point rate hikes,

John Groff

It's an exciting thing for us, and I think it really opens the door to even more development in that area.

Clay Aiken

It's very rare that you get to go up and meet fans and especially at their house and surprise them. To come and knock on somebody's door is kind of a neat experience.

Nathan Fillion

It's very Jehovah's Witness. I'm not sure if anyone's actually going door to door, but it's not far off.

Lin Ezell

I want every marine who comes through the door to find something that relates to his or her career.

Cedric Benson

They just keep saying I need to know the playbook, but if I'm never out there it would be hard to know how much I do know, ... My time is going to come. They're going to throw me out there in the fire and I've got to perform.

Jodi Picoult

A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.

Kathryn Minshew

If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.

Katherine Paterson

Nothing smelled so good or danced so well as a birch fire.

Karen Traviss

If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry enemy who knows your position.

Mark Twain

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

Matt Bomer

You can't please everybody. There's that old saying that there's no sure formula for success, but the only sure fire formula for failure is to try to please everyone. You're not going to do that.

Mary MacLane

I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire.

Ann Coulter

No wonder you guys lost.

Andruw Jones

I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.

Alex Ferguson

I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that.

Alex Ferguson

Jose was one of those guys on a surfboard who can stay longer on the wave than anyone else.

Ali Landry

I don't date guys that I just meet randomly. I don't feel comfortable meeting strangers.

Alex Gibney

Bill Gates, who is the classic computer nerd, as opposed to Steve who is, like the coolest guy in the world. And who is really doing things to make the world a better place?

Drew Carey

If you're wearing a Bluetooth thing and you've got that thing on your belt, you are working for somebody else. You are not the guy in charge. That's a really good social status indicator.

Doug Liman

At the end of the day, it's still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living,

Don Mattingly

I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.