Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Roach

Chew on this: Human teeth can detect a grain of sand or grit 10 microns in diameter. A micron is 1/25,000 of an inch. If you shrank a Coke can until it was the diameter of a human hair, the letter O in the product name would be about 10 microns across.

Lynn Coady

Occasionally, chewing over some random letter writer's dilemma, I'll find myself imagining scenarios where the problem could be sidestepped by an innocent fib or series of evasive manoeuvres. Then, I slap myself on the wrist.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Jerry Ford is so dumb that he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

Paul Ryan

I think Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time,

Gretchen Fieser

I would never recommend leaving them unattended. They do tend to dig into your carpet. Electrical cords -- if you're not watching, look out. Your expensive stereo could be toast. They do tend to chew on things. You don't want them to be chewing on something that will electrocute them, or upset you if it gets damaged.

Barry Bonds

Members of Congress, particularly Tom Davis, can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Casey Stengel

Look at him. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew and he doesn't stay out late - and he still can't hit.

Jennifer Tilly

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

Judge Mills Lane

Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.

Ken Williams

I don't think it is the appropriate or proper thing to do. That's not me. I talked to Ozzie about it because not only do I want to win, but I want to do it in a very respectful and classy way. There's a way to win and a way not to win. And being boastful about it is not the way.

Richard Courtney

She was excited to be able to hire such a big name. And she made it very clear to Cory: 'This is a classy event. Don't be vulgar.' Of course, they didn't show that.

Isiah Thomas

I can't say that I've met a more classy individual in the N.B.A.,

Will Ferrell

How classy is it for me to wear these pink tennis shoes with my tux?

Doug Mitchell

He's at the top with all of them, and he's done it in such a humble way, such a classy way. He goes down in history as being the dominant player on one of the most dominant teams, in modern days anyway.

Flip Saunders

I have only been here three months, and I took offense to it. I just don't think that's right ... especially in our league right now. Commissioner David Stern has made a statement that he wants this league to be classy and to clean things up. To do something like that was uncalled for.

Miriam Toews

The British are actually a lot more appreciative of the comic. In Canada, if you're perceived as a comic writer, there's a real snobbery, and you can't be serious. You're not a big hitter.

Randeep Hooda

During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.

Frank Miller

I've always wanted to do crime stories. That's my favorite thing to read, ... I grew up reading Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. I always thought they would make excellent comic books.

Chris Morris

No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them.

Maggie Peterson

Don was a comic actor. He wasn't a wisecracking, loud sort of person always telling jokes - nor is Andy.

Ben Katchor

In America, there's a very long tradition of a comic strip that comes in newspapers, which is not true all over the world. To sell papers, they put color comics in.

Kevin Kwan

To me, families are fascinating. I choose to explore it through comedy and through comic situations.

Dick Gregory

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

Dave Attell

I'm a joke comic. I tell jokes.

Granth Sahib

The mouth is not satisfied by speaking, and the ears are not satisfied by hearing.

Bible Bible

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (2 Chronicles 6:40)

Bible Bible

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (2 Chronicles 7:15)

Bryant H. McGill

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

Lucius Accius

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

Jane Smiley

Hungry ears are sharp ones.

Steve Carell

Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you.

Stephen Fry

I have Van Gogh's ear for music

Richie Benaud

Out in the field, you haven't got anyone whispering into your ear saying all sorts of things, you've got to do it yourself.

Lisa Battaglino

As a result, a lot of girls go that path.

Mark Boggs

As a team, we have a lot of work to do. This was several of the girls' first varsity race. We were also missing two runners to illness.

John Given

The big thing is they have seniors and a good point guard. Those girls have been playing together for three years. They're an older team in our league.

Ryan Tritch

At some campuses, I know girls who can't go out a lot, or go out late, and feel safe. It think it's completely unfair and we hold women to a different set of standards.

Willie Thomas

That was a big change! It was a wonderful win. It was great to see the girls get out and be able to run some.

Mackenzie Steger

Personally I am very proud of each and every one of the girls. I knew we could do it if we each did our own part, big or small, and we were able to pull it off sooner than we expected.

Mike Simpson

Other girls on the team play a part in it. She is a great teammate. They love her and support her. They love it that she made it.

Ronda Rousey

People can say I am a terrible role model because I swear all the time or that I fight people. Look, I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. I want them to know that it is O.K. to be ambitious. I want them to know that it is O.K. to say whatever it is that is on their mind.

Dan Smith

After you get hammered like we got hammered last week, it's encouraging to have the girls come back and play pretty solid.

Luc de Clapiers

Few maxims are true in every respect.

Larry Niven

The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim