Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Allen

My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn't have 20 years of understanding the background of them. She basically drives them and uses her gut feelings as to which is best.

Werner Klemperer

The fact that I have such a problem that people... that that has to, you know, be on people's mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing.

Yayoi Kusama

Suppose I put polka dots all over my body and then cover my background completely with polka dots. The polka dots on my body, merging with those in the background, create an optically strange scene.

Colm Meaney

As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually didn't do much of it at all, until the last three or four years. I'm loving it!

Don Osterberg

The overall reliability of the criminal background check, the way it's done today, is suspect. It's better than nothing, but the probability of not finding a criminal conviction is pretty high.

Carlin Doyle

The overall background is positive for Brazil, foreign investors are going in, and investors have a very strong, positive view on the country. There's reason to feel very positive about the real.

Brewster Kahle

My background really comes from geekdom and the idea of building a smart machine. If we're going to build a smart machine, let's have it read good books.

Brenda Russell

Being a background singer is one thing, but being on stage as the star is something else again. When you walk out there with all those people staring at you, it's like you're naked to the world. And I hate being criticized.

David Stern

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.

Delores Killette

We will also be communicating often with customers. We will use every means possible, including the mail, to let them know about service improvements, the reopening of local post offices and other information about local mail service.

Roy Keane

I've had influences from many people including the coaches and players I've worked with.

Paul Tagliabue

We are in the process of working out the specific arrangements, including the day and kickoff time and plans for television coverage.

Marc Schlosser

We are seeing some very positive results in patients, including those at this center.

John Margarita

John Jamieson puts a lot of time in with our special teams. They were outstanding in the game, including three key returns.

Kim Stanley Robinson

You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one flippin idiot.

Gary Roberts

I'd like to wipe out the whole month, including the hurricane.

Carlo Ponfoort

The positive surprise is insurance in Europe, which has performed quite well, including in the Netherlands.

Robert Thompson

When you've won an Oscar, everyone is really scrutinizing what you do, including every movie you do. So if it's bad, they're noticing it more.

Viktor Vekselberg

My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.

Paul Wolfowitz

Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it.

Steve Alford

Why would I read it? I lived it.

Theo Holtwijk

We haven't really lived up to that promise.

Sophia Loren

I'm an actress. It's my passion. It's - I've always lived for acting.

Celine Buckens

I wish I lived in the '60s because I'm a big fan of the Beatles.

Roy Brown

On Sept. 12, he lived a day longer than my daughter. And it's just not fair.

John Foster

I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.

Dull Knife

I have lived my life. I am ready.

Brea Grant

'The Invisibles' by Grant Morrison is my favorite series of all time.

Albert Pujols

winning and getting back to the World Series and getting a ring.

Victor Diaz

I was so stressed. Every at-bat's been like the World Series for me.

Ryan Miller

I don't want that to be the way this series is remembered.

Phil Garner

Getting this World Series start is probably going to go a long way in getting him over the Tennessee loss.

Alan Ball

What the series is all about is: We die. So while we're here, let's live fully.

Lorraine Toussaint

I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.

Laurel Lea

A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.

L. J. Smith

I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.

Ellen Forney

'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and have it feel satisfying.

Eckhard Pfeiffer

I am a very thorough person.

William Shakespeare

Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere.

Daniel Radcliffe

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

Daniel Radcliffe

I am a frighteningly thorough person.

Sathya Baba

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

Tasnim Aslam

We have conducted thorough investigations in this affair.

Jacob Whitesides

I appreciate a lot of singer-songwriters that the normal person doesn't, but I feel like everyone thoroughly enjoys an Ed Sheeran show.

Nicolas Malebranche

I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.