Famous Quotes & Sayings

Studs Terkel

And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey.

E. O. Wilson

That's the way to get young people. Once they see there are wonderful things to hunt for, to rediscover a species that was thought to be extinct or is extremely rare, to be the first to see a nest, to discover a new species unsuspected close to your home - these are things, I think, with a little education and excitement and the right kind of natural history would actually start a movement that makes going back to nature a profitable adventure.

Alan Lamb

I was practicing my dry-land paddle skills in a basketball court near North Village one night and an outdoor adventure assistant noticed me.

Virginia Woolf

If we didn't live adventurously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged.

Gil Morgan

I looked like Robin Hood going through the 18, ... an adventure in itself.

Olivier Theyskens

I find him very enlightening. If there is something inspiring you -- if it's an adventure with H&M -- you have to do it. You must not hold back.

James Cameron

With ‘Avatar,’ I thought, Forget all these chick flicks and do a classic guys’ adventure movie, something in the Edgar Rice Burroughs mold, like John Carter of Mars—a soldier goes to Mars,

Jacqueline Cochran

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

Jacqueline Bisset

Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result.

Bill Belichick

Any time a player goes from one system to another, one thing that could be a problem is breaking old habits. It's not that you don't understand what the new responsibilities or plays are, but just the fact that you've been doing something a long time - it's a habit - and that's not what's required in the other system. And that means kind of undoing something before you can even start to do something new.

Merab Mamardashvili

A Soviet man is a product of invisible changes, degradation and progressive deformation. Breaking the chain of those changes is hard. Perhaps they are irreversible.

Irene Toner

We cannot have people just breaking in and taking weapons and ammunition. That's something no one even thought about until we watched the news from New Orleans.

Ken Livingston

Those police were actually breaking the law as they took those banners away. We are not having any of that.

Steny Hoyer

We are breaking a promise, and that is unfair to the people who fought so long and so hard for this legislation.

Jenny Mack

We don't want you to be caught off-guard. The first time you find out about a new law should not be when you're getting a ticket for breaking it.

Tessa Jowell

It's clear that some adverts are breaking the law,

Kofi Annan

the urgency of breaking the cycle of violence.

Arnold Gonzalez

Nolan found his rhythm when he found his breaking ball. He didn't fold up after a tough third inning and he kept us in the game. He did a nice job.

William Williams

Night is a room darkened for lovers. . . .

Jay Safier

People, in general, don't like to get letters addressed to them from the Internal Revenue Service, even if it's as simple as not signing your return or not dating your return.

Sam Yagan

I think for marketplace businesses, and when you think about online dating, it's not a social network. It's not a place where you go to talk to people you already know; it's a place you go to interact with someone you've never met before.

James Randi

I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

Kimora Lee Simmons

I put my family first, and that's why for a long time, you didn't see me dating or hear about me dating or hear about me out. I had other focuses in my life, and that would be my family and my work.

Rachel Dratch

I have no wisdom to share on dating.

Philip Glass

And then I went back to New York and found other people doing it. A handful of people.

Randy Ridley

This is the foundation of the whole season. These are the guys that we really want to look at who we feel will be an important part of our season.

Boris Kodjoe

I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast.

Russell Feingold

Even the Heritage Foundation is interested in that kind of approach,

Paul Taylor

I found them in the basement, ... They're sort of freeze-dried. So I thought, well, maybe I'll frame that.

Albert Lin

I found that to be a little scary, a little weird, a little 'What was this guy thinking?' ... He seemed like the kind of person who would go around preaching all of this stuff that would probably frighten people. And in a fraternity, that's the last thing you want to happen.

Meggie Ford

I found that one of the greatest educations you can get comes by working with people, ... You learn a lot about people simply by talking to them. Besides, I like working with my hands and being creative.

Michael Cimino

I found that often, after a glass of wine, people at a party start looking for something else to drink,

Augustus Caesar

I found Rome brick, I left it marble.

Steve Lewis

Thank God there was nobody in the pool.

Meryl Streep

Thank God I couldn't see anything out there.

Joyce Harris

That's what she said she wanted to do, ... She said that God told her to do that.

Ted Nugent

That's not a big bang. God made that. That's a liver. That's mystical.

Carl Sandburg

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Bruce Babbitt

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.

Joe Strummer

If you ain't thinkin' about man and God and law, then you ain't thinkin' about nothin'.

Roy Moore

To do my duty, I must obey God.

Greg Smith

We know that God is going to take us there.

Stephen King

God always punishes us for what we can't imagine.

Dawn Brown

I can't imagine life without him. He completes our family.

Mike McLaughlin

People have put just about anything you can imagine on top of landfills.

Edmund White

The Internet's impact is immense. My students can't imagine ever paying for a book.

Emily Dickinson

I imagine therefore I belong and am free.

Hirohito

You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.

John Lennon

Imagine there's no varmints. It isn't hard to do.

Jim Palmer

Imagine what else is true if you understood there is nothing fundamentally wrong with you.

Scott Lynch

It's been really overwhelming. There have been more people than you can imagine reaching out.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Pam Brown

People can sip tea and have a little tidbit to eat.

Ed Rollins

People don't view him as a Republican or Democrat, and he has the resources to run without having to worry about funding.

Brent Carpenter

People don't understand the law, and they get in a hurry.

John Waters

People don't understand how this water went, and people don't understand this bridge.

Matt Eastwood

People don't throw out technology for no reason.

Kevin Spacey

People don't tend to hassle me because when I've got a hat on, I look like a banker. I'm just a plain guy.

Jim Miller

People don't shop the way they used to. We had to throw in the towel.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Buddy Bell

We told Peralta when we sent him down that we'd probably be seeing him soon. We just didn't think it'd be this soon.

Sam Stovall

In general, we are seeing things that look a lot better.

Michael Goodman

It's sort of like you're seeing Yahoo spread its wings and be more of a portal that ties into the TV in your home.

Connie Smith

This is not about me. It's just that social workers are needed. ... It really does a lot of good.

Maureen Dowd

Tweetin' ain't cheatin'.

Gore Vidal

I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.

Zig Ziglar

A smile is your greatest social asset.

George Ayittey

Socialism is always wrong.

Bill Nighy

If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis.

David Mamet

I don't really have a social life.

Stephen Evans

Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide.

Ed Young

Father, thank you for the thrill that is in the air.

Vin Diesel

I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.

Max Azria

I thank God to have it. I thank God that I finished it. And I hope that I will live enough to take profit of it.

Karen McCrary

We?re blessed. We?re OK. We?re just thankful to be alive." ()

George Canning

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

Grenville Kleiser

Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

Pietro Mascagni

The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle.

Rachel Caine

Here. Have a Coke. That’s good for a sore throat, right?” “Good for everything,” Shane croaked, and took the extended cold can with good grace. “Thanks.” “You owe me a dollar,” Eve said. “I’ll add it to the five thousand you already owe me, though.” He blew her a kiss, and she stuck her tongue out at him, and that was the end of the subject, thankfully.