Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples.O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from the anchorite, That solitudinarian: With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick; With dropping shots he makes him sick. --Quincy Giles

Ruth Rendell

I used to get an awful lot of letters, and they have almost all gone. I used to answer nearly all of them.

John Banville

Someone said the best gift a man can give his son is to die young. When you think about it, it's true. I was in my early 30s and I did feel freed by it, awful as it is to confess.

The Wizard

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.

Leonard Hamilton

South Carolina will test us physically. They change defenses an awful lot and try to keep you out of rhythm.

Frank Vavala

It was an excellent ,thought-provoking exercise. I think we all learned a great deal and we have an awful lot to learn.

Ellen Burstyn

It was about this school teacher who went to Jerusalem and started bleeding from the palms. It just didn't make an awful lot of sense to me.

Keeley Hawes

I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do.

Larry Nelson

We've spent an awful lot of money, but we decided that the number one need was interoperability,

Arthur Ashe

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

Benjamin Disraeli

"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.

Al Gore

I'm sorry I ever invented the Electoral College.

Janet Jackson

I was sheltered, and there's good and bad to that. The good was not getting into the drugs and the alcohol and the really sorry stuff, and the bad was finally coming out into the real world and trying to deal with it, which was hard for me.

Demi Lovato

Don't say you're sorry, 'cause I'm not even breaking. You're not worth the time that this is taking.

Craig Kilborn

Over ten thousand people have signed a petition to recall Governor Schwarzenegger. I'm sorry, that is next year's joke.

Billy Connolly

Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.

Bruce Forsyth

When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.

Charles Olson

I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.