Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Bryson

At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of amorant feelings by the object of the amorance." That is jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructuring implement - and it is one of the great curses of modern English.

Bernard Arnault

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

Antoine Rivarol

Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.

Bill Bruford

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

Rick Clark

We need to have some time to get some practice in now. We need to get a little rest and work on our timing.

Steve Long

We wanted to have a place where our practices were together.

Dan Miller

We have a lot of cheerleaders who come because they can better their routines with the practice they get here with the classes.

Philip Morris

merchandising practices at the wholesale and retail levels.

Mark Patton

It didn't surprise me to be honest. I've seen him shoot that same shot in practice.

Inga Cadranel

When we were growing up, we had all these crazy, in-your-face guys around the house. For us, it was like, 'Ugh! Actors again.'

Ziggy Marley

Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time.

William E. Conway, Jr.

I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and I am going to give away every penny before I die.

Val Kilmer

I've been very fortunate and met the guys that have become, basically, philosophers and have a kind of sensibility about life that's very precious.

Chuck Palahniuk

I get a lot of letters from women who insist that 'Fight Club' is not just a guy thing. They insist that women have the same rage and need the same outlet.

Chuck Palahniuk

When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?' and I would say, 'There isn't one.' And they'd say, 'No, no, you can tell me, you can tell me.'

will.i.am

When you think about the guys who started Twitter, and the Google guys, and the Facebook guys and the Napster guys, and the Microsoft guys, and the Dell guys and the Instagram guys, it's all guys. The girls, they're being left behind.

Clay Shirky

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

Evel Knievel

Nothing's worse than a guy who loses fair and square and then whines about it.

Cecil Beaton

Miss Marilyn Monroe calls to mind the bouquet of a fireworks display, eliciting from her awed spectators an open-mouthed chorus of ohs and ahs ...

Cecelia Ahern

are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love ?

Cecelia Ahern

what you don't know, you don't miss

Arsene Wenger

It's like you wanting to marry Miss World and she doesn't want you, what can I do about it? I can try to help you, but if she does not want to marry you what can I do?

Tom Izzo

We just didn't score. It's not the offense. It was just (that) we're missing some shots.

Bruce Bochy

We had our chances. We're just missing the big hit. It was similar to the first game.

Becca Fitzpatrick

It didn't escape me that he couldn't seem to stop finding reasons to touch me. Nor did I miss that I didn't want him to stop.

B. B. King

You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.

Dan Burke

I think if somebody doesn't, they're missing the boat. I'm not an expert, but I've been around long enough to know that. Mike's the kind of guy, you've got to see him on film and you've got to watch him play. It's as simple as that.