Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gina Prince-Bythewood

On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

I love writing and directing because it's great therapy. Every project I've done, there's been a personal connection.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off of a film at Sundance for millions of dollars. You can do the same with a female. It's not a risk about the work if you respect the film that they made.

Zadie Smith

I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.

Will Yun Lee

The two most exciting things for me to get to work on 'The Wolverine' was getting to work with James Mangold, the director who directed '3:10 to Yuma' and 'Walk the Line' as well as getting to work with Hugh Jackman.

Colm Meaney

Talking about the show reminds you of things that you went through. So it's fun. When the show was on, I couldn't have handled it. I didn't want that direct connection.

Colm Meaney

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it.

Gabriela Mistral

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues.

Ellen Key

What would happen if we finally succeeded in following the directions of nature and recognized that the great secret of education lies hidden in the maxim, 'Do not educate'?

Steve Abrams

We need to have more discussion by the public to see what teachers, administrators and the state of Kansas think about it. That is not likely to occur this year.

Mike Levine

Meyers has to get settled in his new position right now ... And I am getting settled here. If it comes up later, we will have that discussion then.

Byron Miller

We can't get into legal interpretations or discussion with the media at this time. That would be inappropriate.

Dick Cheney

I thought it was a good discussion of the issues, ... and we kept it to a high plane.

Carl Francis

We are in discussion with them as to what that language really means.

Bill Cowher

I will tell the players, as I've told the coaches, there will be no more questions about it, there will be no more discussion about it, our focus this week will be on the Indianapolis Colts. I don't think it will be a distraction at all and, having gone through the process myself, if anything it's inspiring to know there's an opportunity potentially for you.

Robyn Jones

We know it is only in the discussion phase, but it would be wonderful to have a library here.

Don Schiemann

We didn't really get much of a discussion on it at all. We were more focused in the meeting with him on (other) justice issues.

Dan Glickman

I have intentionally left open some of the more divisive questions, ... I think it's important to have a full national and international discussion of this issue.

Steve Shaw

The 3GPP really legitimized UMA. It's no longer just a vendor-driven initiative; it's now a global effort.

Lee H. Hamilton

We have thought about what to do, a global strategy, and how to do it: A different way of organizing our government.

David Ball

Today's students are more global in their perspective, taking Spanish and even Mandarin Chinese, as part of attaining a well-rounded education. That's a wise move considering the likelihood they will supervise, or be supervised by, someone whose first language isn't English.

Joe Johnson

We have a global Navy, and we're not going to restrict where the system will be deployed. It could be worldwide.

Tim Laatsch

We have to look at us as a global entity.

Markos Kyprianou

We have not yet reached the level of preparedness that we should have. This is a global threat and there is need for international action.

Robert Kiyosaki

Our global economy is much more fragile than many of us realize.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.

Kevin Lowery

We're a global company. We need people who understand global issues.

Eric Swensen

(The outlook) is fantastic. After this, we know that placing at states is a goal that's within reach.

Cecil Taylor

If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.

Carl Sagan

Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.

Bette Davis

Success only breeds a new goal

Ashton Kutcher

The goal is not to get into a relationship; the goal is to be in a relationship.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A goal without a pan is just a wish.

Scott Jones

That was huge. We had 23 shots (on goal) tonight, some on target and some not, but hopefully (the goals) will just keep on coming.

Martina Hingis

That would be the goal at the moment, to be able to participate at that level.

Bob Emery

That was a huge goal for us. Their goalie made a nice save, but there was so much on the shot that it left a rebound.

David Rabe

Sometimes it's learning how the play wants to function rather than imposing something on it. For me, that's the thrill in directing.

Tracy Kidder

Painting the landscape was, in a sense, another means of exerting control, of imposing order on the disorderly.

Byron Dorgan

No one is taking about imposing new taxes on anyone,

Douglas Kmiec

So judges are responsible for abiding by the morality in their own lives, but they are not responsible for imposing that morality in judicial decision-making.

Josh Keaton

I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence.

E. P. Thompson

There's nothing a professor likes better than imposing his opinion on as large a number of people as possible.

Randall Howard

There's been a credibility problem with management. They've conducted themselves in an arrogant, imposing and unilateral manner.

Neelie Kroes

We have had informal complaints, and we are using our time now to look at them. We're not going to wait and do nothing.

John Calhoun

I think it is very important that we understand that these are informal discussions,

Joseph Wise

Through informal discussions two or three months ago, I thought it was premature with all the work I was doing in Christina and it didn't feel right,

Steve Brown

It's sort of an informal kind of prank the members have with one another.

Peter Post

The reason why I think we see this increase, today it's a more informal world; we're a friendlier world, perhaps, and people like to feel I think a connection.

Tom Kelly

There have been high-level, informal discussions over the last week, face-to-face discussions.

Mary Powell

Is there interest? Absolutely. Just from informal conversations we've had with people, there's a lot of interest in our project and Ellicottville in general.

Christopher Morley

Informal is what women always say they're going to be and never are

Bruce Eric Kaplan

Actually, I think that 'Seinfeld' tackles the same kinds of issues as 'Six Feet Under,' just in a different way.

Barack Obama

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

Cecil Taylor

The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

Cecelia Ahern

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

Carl Sagan

When you buy a used car, you kick the tires, you look at the odometer, you open up the hood. If you do not feel yourself an expert in automobile engines, you bring a friend who is. And you do this with something as unimportant as an automobile. But on the issues of the transcendent, of ethics, of morals, of the origins of the world, of the nature of human beings, on those issues should we not insist upon at least equally skeptical scrutiny?

Art Alexakis

I've always cared about the world. That's never been an issue. But with learning how to smile, it's been learning how to feel comfortable within my own skin, and to feel accepted, and to feel empowered, and to feel worthy.

Nancy Keenan

The American people need to know where this man stands on the issue of privacy.

Dennis Hastert

The American people are really kind of tired of this finger-pointing issue and politics all the time, ... I think it would behoove all of us to work together to try to find the answers.

John Snow

That will tee up the next major issue for the president ? broad-based tax reform,

Dana Rohrabacher

The American people understand that in order to get an organization like the United Nations to reform, there must be consequences.

Richard Bush

Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?

Saddam Hussein

Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or it will it be irrelevant?

David Miliband

We are a European nation - must stay one.

Cesare Beccaria

Happy is the nation without a history.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Edmund Burke

A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.

Adolf Hitler

Politics is history in the making.

Phil Fontaine

There are at least 100 First Nations communities that are in a boil-water situation. There are at least 40 of those in Ontario.

Carl Pope

We can reduce the effect of future disruptions by reducing our dependence on oil, not putting up more rigs and drilling our special places. The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence.

Carl Pope

We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies in the oil industry. They recognize that the budget is an inappropriate place to decide controversial national policy matters like America's energy policy. We urge all members of Congress to remain steadfast in their belief that the vast, unspoiled wilderness of America?s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is more than a line item in the Federal Budget.

Carl Pope

The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence.

Lynn Reaser

Today was a relief rally; it was an oil price relief story,

Michael Foster

I think more people need to be doing it. There's a lot of oil that's going to waste pretty much.

Jeffrey Rubin

We'll get there on the back of rising oil prices.

Mike Erfert

You do know you've got a vehicle down there, so you know there's oil and gasoline.

Scott Davis

I wish there were just a big pool of oil all around the world, and we could just tap into it. It doesn't work that way.

Ben Holmes

If any sector is working right now, it's oil and gas.

Burton

Most of the restaurants and taverns, especially the ones downtown, support the proposal I've introduced,

Tony Blair

We don't have a specific proposal on the table yet, ... But I understand and share the American concerns, as I've said many times before.

Antonio Banderas

I think it actually will be an interesting play. I think it is a very smart proposal for theater.

Erskine Bowles

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

Wayne Peters

We're here. We're ready. We have proposals on the table that haven't been responded to.

Ann Coulter

The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

Sergei Kiriyenko

Our proposal remains in force, but only as part of a comprehensive approach.

John Izzo

My proposal is a starting point. It isn't an absolute.

Ken Karl

Under my proposal there?s only one wire to move.

Hans Trousil

We have been working to keep the tax levy down.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.

Grover Norquist

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

Grover Norquist

Income should be taxed one time at one rate, not again and again.

Deb Kottel

You do not need to be a tax expert. In fact, you can be a tax idiot.

David R. Ellis

No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.

Alan Sugar

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

Calvin Trillin

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.

Jason Chaffetz

You dont raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.

Van Cleve

We had only three weeks to make a totally life-changing decision,

Mark Erickson

We were still with them through three (quarters), though.

Peter Smith

Most of them did sell. I think only two or three are left.

Jim Tressel

Where we are at this moment, ... is not where you'd like to be after three games.

Adam LaRoche

I think I was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts,

James Toney

I thought I won it by two or three points. I thought we had the edge.

B. B. King

Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

Brian Kerr

We got the three points. That's all you can say. ... We have to do much better on Wednesday.

William Shakespeare

Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?

Joan Baker

I tell them you can have it all but not at the one time. You have got to get the timing right.

Chauncey Billups

I wish the timing was a little different.

Seth Erwin

Basically, we didn't have the same 15 set for every week. We had different starters, and we just couldn't get our timing down.

Brian Giles

With my toe tap, I need the at-bats to get ready. It's a timing thing.

Carol Burnett

As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

Bill Hybels

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

Clara Mamet

Preston Sturges is one of my favorites. I learned about dialogue and timing from him - louder, faster, funnier. But I do love Mel Brooks.

Armando Navarro

Timing is everything in politics, and the timing is with us right now.

Stan Javier

Our timing is not there yet, but we are all in the same boat. We are here. That's where we wanted to be.

Barack Obama

I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.

Bill Vaughan

Flexibility is indispensable in the talks, .. Only if (the DPRK and the United States) show flexibility, it is possible to reach compromise.

Giulio Tremonti

We have been united in government, and we will be even more so in opposition.

Noam Chomsky

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It's not like Egypt, where you're going to get murdered by the security forces.

Stephen Pope

He's been the most beleaguered of any archbishop in the United States. It's like a battlefield promotion.

H. Hunt

I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.

F. Lee Bailey

I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

Chris Chocola

Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States.

Charlaine Harris

Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States.

Bob Mulholland

Voters want to know, 'What are you going to do for me in office?' That's what it's about.

Mark McKinnon

Voters are looking for credibility and are wary of polish. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter which candidate can more deftly read a teleprompter.

Cooter Failla

I wish it had been a unanimous vote but we had some outstanding candidates.

Jim Hall

I won't vote for it for any reason.

Hal Brown

I still have concerns, but I'll vote for it,

Dick Gephardt

one of the most important votes we will take in this Congress.

Joseph Biden

Judge, if I look only at what you've said and written ... I would have to vote 'no,'

Jeff Denham

I don't know that you have the votes here today.

Judy Davis

I feel like the voters made their decision.