Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Lemire

When I was offered 'Hawkeye,' it was very intimidating at first because that book is so loved and so successful, commercially and critically. The worst thing you could do is try to imitate what they did because, in the end, you're just going to get a watered-down version of what they did.

Christy Byers

She (Senate) tried to imitate another style that just didn't work for her.

Stendhal

She had caprices of a marvelous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

Linda Lewis

Kids want to imitate what it is they see in the media.

Luis Santiago

Kids often imitate everything that they see. They try to imitate the shooting and the cops. . . . They see it as fun.

Jason Isbell

I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they're actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the record or not, I still write - not to imitate my influences - but to write something that would live up to their standards.

Jess Glynne

I was just obsessed with soul singers who had these big powerful voices. I used to listen to Aretha, Whitney, Mariah and try and imitate them, note for note and riff for riff.

Ernst Fischer

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

Clem Burke

We didn't set out to imitate or parody ourselves.

Andy Wachowski

After Bound, we were offered a lot of lesbian thrillers.

Phil Pergola

They're putting turf in and that's what made this work. And, from what I understand, they offered us the use of their facility.

Peter Mandelson

offered all sorts of positive, well-meaning, in my view misguided, justifications for a stance that is ... backward-looking, inward-looking, protectionist.

George Bernard Shaw

I've been offered titles, but I think they get one into disreputable company.

Brett Gardner

We have had a lot of requests about our Y2K status, but no one has offered in any way to give us a hand.

Kelli O'Hara

When I've done TV and film, when it's offered to me, I loved doing it, and I would do it again, but the ins and outs of auditioning is - that's time away from my kids.

Gerald Richman

And there was a third bidder who would have offered even more.

Abhishek Bachchan

I've always basically done everything that's been offered to me. I'm one of the few actors who enjoy working a lot.

Kristin Hasson

We're going through rebirth right now. And the school has offered a lot of support.

Daniel Tosh

Yes, I am aware that I am the gayer version of Jeff Lewis.

Theresa Klein

But there is only one version of the truth, right?

Rene Russo

If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

Mike Rucker

He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre.

Paul Rudd

We're now the (junior varsity) version of that,

Neil MacGregor

For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

Jon Corzine

If you want a long version of the inaugural address, come on Tuesday.

Mark Lewis

The new CMC version removes the need for an administrator to visit each site.

Phil McGraw

The truth doesn't have versions, it just is.

Charles Spurgeon

Fear to fear. Be afraid to be afraid. Your worst enemy is within your own bosom. Get to your knees and cry for help, and then rise up saying, 'I will trust, and not be afraid.'

Charles Spurgeon

Unbelief will destroy the best of us; faith will save the worst of us.

Chris Brown

The worst moment was when I was performing and I was about to sing, but I choked. I had a tickle in my throat and I started coughing, and I couldn't get the words out. It lasted for like thirty seconds, but I got over it, and luckily the crowd didn't seem to care.

Bob Marley

Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy

Bryan Stevenson

Are you the sum total of your worst acts?

Diana Gabaldon

Highlanders make the truest friends-if only because they make the worst enemies.

Ed Koch

We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.

Gilbert Arenas

We're getting banged up at the worst time.

Christine Benz

It's the worst year in a big way.