Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a ""crowned head,"" although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester:""If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester.""""The reason, Sire, that you would thrive,"" The fool said --""if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit."" --Oogum Bem

Paula Mitchell

Knowing that my mother's alive and how she fought her way out, that's helped me a lot, ... We've heard so much bad news all week, we needed some good news.

Bill Clinton

John had a dream of black people as successful and smart and beautiful and heroic, a vision of keeping hope alive by showing black people as faces of hope. He never gave up. He never gave in. He once said 'At the end of the day, we're all just trying to give people hope.' I liked John Johnson. I thought he was a strong and wise, straight forward and kind man.

Mike Hanson

He is very lucky to be alive. We were told he was lucky to be alive and his face had severe trauma.

M. Wolfe

GW is out, so it's anybody's. That's what we want. We're trying to stay alive and get an NCAA bid.

Mike Williamson

He's keeping us alive for stretches of games when we're not playing our best.

Dan Daniel

There is more of a diverse group in The Gulch than anywhere else in Nashville. It's an interesting, alive community and ICON is the first of many changes down there.

Ben Woodside

He had dreamed of playing there his whole life. He told me right after the game he was the happiest man alive right now.

James Hall

Had they not released the fish alive ? and I think releasing it is the right thing to do ? I think they might have made quite a bit of money.

Charles Dickens

Uriah, with his long hands slowly twining over one another, made a ghastly writhe from the waist upwards.

Nick Hornby

I think a lot of unpublished writers feel the same way. They're not getting anywhere, and nobody's listening to them. You do get frustrated.

Greg Simon

He's been visiting with people, first thanking them for all the work they did while he was in public service, and he's listening to people to see what they thought went right and wrong.

Richard L. Evans

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

Robert Orben

Did you ever see that painting the Mona Lisa. It always reminds me of a reporter listening to a politician.

Sandra Cisneros

I learn through listening and watching other performers that are very good, like Denise Chávez, Dorothy Allison.

Vince Neil

I don't even listen to music when I'm off tour.

Ruggiero Ricci

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

Walter Matthau

I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.

Richard Jones

I'm worried about the storm. I'm watching TV, listening to the radio. Everything.

Rebecca West

Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china.

Woody Allen

Marriage? That's for life! It's like cement!

Woody Allen

In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.

Will Ferrell

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.

Richard Pryor

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

Walter Bagehot

Women--one half the human race at least--care fifty times more for a marriage than a ministry.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Robert Louis Stevenson

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.

Sarah Fielding

There is yet another kind of matrimonial dialect (which naturally succeeds this of talking at each other), which may very properlybe styled The Language Contradictory.... In the former, however plain the object of satire may be exhibited to the whole company, yet there always remains some little covering.... But in this last method, the defiance becomes more open and the impetuosity with which these contradictions are uttered (although the subjects of them are often of the most indifferent nature) evidently prove that they arise from passion.

Angus T. Jones

Jake from 'Two and a Half Men' means nothing. He is a non-existent character.

Janet Weiss

Just really be yourself, and if being yourself means you play two snare drums and nothing else, then play two snare drums and nothing else! Really figure out who you are and how you want your drums to feel because it's a very emotional instrument.

Craig Williams

I think it means a lot to the stable

Jerry Jeff Walker

'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.

Chris Higginbottom

Going to the state tournament means lot for our team, the school and the community. I think it's been six years since they've been, and to go in my first year here, there's just nothing sweeter.

Matthew Glotzbach

We're in the first inning of an extra-innings game. By no means are we at the point where search is perfect.

Ed Howat

I think that number is staggering. It means a lot to have a rate that high.

Jonathan Turley

Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.

Steven Forester

He'll be singing in his upper register to give the idea of what it means to be roasted on a spit.

Mike Sherman

He said he was fine. I said, 'I can tell something is wrong here. What's wrong?' He wouldn't tell me, ... It took me about 10 minutes to get it out of him. Finally, he told me.

Bob Denver

I think it's all been fantastic. It has only been 45 minutes and we've already done really well.

Rob Judson

I thought we played well on offense for the first 4 minutes of the second half. The next four, however, we didn't have it. And that's where they made their run.

Craig Rasmuson

I think we did what we needed to do for 40 minutes of basketball.

Jackie Barto

I thought our team played hard. I thought over the weekend we played 125 minutes of pretty solid hockey, so I'm pleased with what we did this weekend.

Lance Armstrong

I actually spoke to him for about 30 minutes and he didn't say any of that stuff to me personally,

D. James

I don't feel fatigued at all. I can go out and play 48 minutes if they want me to.

Joe Lafko

He's battled through this injury. He'd be averaging more points and minutes if not for this injury.

Richelle Mead

I'm always at least ten minutes early.

Tim Haskins

Kelly, our sweeper, had nice shot in to the top corner.

Brendan Fehr

had a nice talk since we haven't in a while.

Frank Taylor

He's a big, scopey, nice colt. He's got a lot of size and scope for a Kingmambo.

Tom Hoppe

He's a real nice young man. He's real knowledgeable.

Craig Allen

He's a real nice guy, he's a wonderful person.

Bill Stoneman

He's always had the potential to do what he's done toward the end of this season. It's nice to see him do well.

Mike Daniels

His wife is just the sweetest person, just about the nicest person you every met, ... She has that sweet soprano voice. They sang together. They were just inseparable. He was her whole life.

Tina Barrett

I think it's kind of nice to be in the lead, it's kind of fun. Why not get as much under as you can?

Eric Blake

It could be the nicest weather of the season.

Virginia Woolf

I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases.

Salman Rushdie

If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through a second language and end in a third. It's the very playful, very natural result of juggling languages. You are always reaching for the most appropriate phrase.

Patti Smith

I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that.

Lake Bell

I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack .

P. J. O'Rourke

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.

Harlan Howard

I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase.

Daniel Handler

You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so.

Aristophanes

A truce to idle phrases!

Eliezer Yudkowsky

World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.

Azzam Tamimi

I actually have a moderating influence, rather than radicalizing influences,

Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Yvonne Johnson

I think we need to do that rather than just talk about it.

Luigi Speranza

We look at this a temporary blip rather than a sign the recovery is fading.

Ruzwana Bashir

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

Kelly Slater

I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.

Lois Capps

I read that in the Wall Street Journal, and I find it rather offensive,

LaSheena Brown

I was just a little nervous. I was rushing my shots, I wasn't taking my time.

Richelle Mead

Everything Iʹd been taught about eluding someone came rushing back to my head. What I wanted to do more than anything was look around and see if I had a follower, but that would have definitely attracted attention.

Sarah Dessen

If you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough - more than enough, even - just to be there.

Billy Godwin

I just told him to settle in because I thought he was rushing it a little bit. Once he got out of the second, he cruised pretty much.

David Canter

It's more of a SAM linebacker (position) that can rush the quarterback sometimes.

Kevan Barlow

It's going good. If it was up to us, we would have over 100 yards rushing right now.

Mark Helprin

There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and feel as if I need to do nothing more. It's alive in a way that's greater than any description of it...

Mary Baker Eddy

Rushing around smartly is no proof of accomplishing much.

Margaret Bourke-White

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

Francisco Cordero

I'm really disappointed. I've been waiting as long as I could to make the decision, but my shoulder just doesn't feel right.

Randy May

Still, after 27 years, he'll stand over my shoulder and watch.

Li Zhaoxing

They were so indifferent. They simply said, 'Well, we're sorry.' Then they shrugged their shoulders and walked away.

Mindy Kaling

I've always had that chip on my shoulder. I've just always been super hard on myself.

Bruce Springsteen

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

Maria Shriver

I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me.

John Flanagan

Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. "Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. "Then trust him with his own," he said simply.

Federico Garcia Lorca

Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders.

Erin Andrews

I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.

Errol Morris

I taught my son to read with tabloids. We would sit to read the 'Weekly World News' together.

Randy Cunneyworth

He's been sitting long enough. We need a contribution from him.

Rahul Gandhi

I will speak to you tomorrow and till then I will sit there (among the delegates).

George Hamilton

Well, you were sitting practically on Len's lap.

M. Wolfe

He was just sitting here three weeks ago.

Al Horford

I'd like to win another one. We'll have to sit down and talk about everything. I think we want to win another one.

Will Allen

I didn't come here just to sit back,

Jonathan Vilma

I don't know what to say. I've never been in a situation like this before. It's tough, real tough.

Nick Adams

I don't know. We qualified. We'll have to sit down and talk.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

Sgt. Reynolds

His statement was that it was a very small amount.

Darryl Frank

There is a strong (talent) pool, but a very small pool.

Ian Fleming

To come and see them live at a small track has appeal.

Kevin Jones

He doesn't play as small as he is.

Sander Levin

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

Vincent Van Gogh

I'll start with small things.

William Butler Yeats

Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.

Dale Maharidge

In a small town, there is a thin veil of anonymity,

Warren Buffett

Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

Wellington Mara

I'm not taking that. Go ahead, it's here, just take it.

Maureen Caddigan

I know he is taking this very seriously.

Bam Margera

I just had the worst wake up ever, so I'm taking it out on Dunn.

Cedric Bozeman

I'm just taking it day to day. It's tough to handle.

Nancy Grace

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

Phil McGraw

Take the high road, there's a lot less traffic up there.

Lee Gierczynski

This is very atypical. It's taking a very, very long time.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I wrote once every two or three weeks for about a year, ... and then about a year ago, I got an e-mail.

Mark Grindstaff

Joel is real dominant. He didn't have any trouble. He has one loss. All three are undefeated in league.

Chris Edwards

What we had in 16 acres, ... they have in three counties.

Spencer Stewart

Going 30-0 is amazing, but we want three more wins.

Clark Haggans

He's got three rings. There's nothing else you can say.

Karen Woodall

We've been trying to get that back for three years.

Phil Jackson

We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.

Robert Meyer

It is phenomenal. When we first started, it was just me and three employees. We all wore many hats.

Amy Walter

It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

Tricia Helfer

I do like to treat myself, I just don't do it very often.

Saint Basil

Resolve to treat the things in your possession as belonging to others.

Henry Cavill

You treat anyone normally, and they'll treat you normally back.

Larry Niven

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Adele

I do get massively distracted when I've got someone in my life, which I can't afford to do right now...besides, no one treats me as well as I do.

Stephen Covey

How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.

Marilyn vos Savant

Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.

Herb Kelleher

You have to treat your employees like customers

J. K. Rowling

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, And treat them just the same.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.

Zhuangzi

In a river mist, if another boat knocks against yours, you might yell at the other fellow to stay clear. But if you notice then, that it's an empty boat, adrift with nobody aboard, you stop yelling. When you discover that all the others are drifting boats, there's no one to yell at. And when you find out you are an empty boat, there's no one to yell.

Libba Bray

Evie didn’t mind yelling, but she hated feeling judged. It got under her skin and made her feel small and ugly and unfixable.

David Cross

It probably does make it more difficult to enjoy a good laugh at someone who's onstage, seemingly yelling at you. But I'm not yelling at the audience, I'm yelling at the world. It genuinely sucks if people are taking it that way. But I'm not talking to individuals.

Chuck Eddy

I'm that grumpy old guy yelling at all those pesky little Grizzly Bear fans to get offa my lawn.

Albert Brooks

All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other.

Seth Godin

The brand of the future...is patient, consistent, connected, and trusted. The new brand is based on the truth that only comes from experiencing the product, not just yelling about it. Word of mouth is more important (by a factor of 20) than TV advertising, and the remarkability word of mouth demands comes from what we experience, not from spin or taglines or a campaign slogan.

Kimora Lee Simmons

In almost any situation, it is far more devastating to keep your icy cool while the other person gets herself in a flush-cheeked, teary-eyed hot mess yelling in your face.

Meg Cabot

> CracKing: No need to yell. > FtLouie: I’m not yelling!!! > CracKing: You’re using excessive amounts of punctuation, and on-line, that’s like yelling.