Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Erlandson

Kelp forests may have facilitated human coastal migrations around the Pacific Rim near the end of the last glacial period. In essence, they may have acted as a sort of kelp highway.

Elvis Picardo

I think investors are asking why the Fed acted so quickly and so decisively.

Cameron Crowe

It blew my mind, ... There were two girls who acted out the poster of the movie. They had a little red sofa by the side of the road. One was dressed up in a black suit like Orlando with a black wig and an urn. And the other was Kirsten with the champagne glass and her legs crossed; it was so sweet. I was truly in shock.

Sasha Alexander

I acted when I was younger, mostly stage, but when I got to college I really wanted to expand my knowledge of filmmaking. I just loved movies.

Rob Reiner

I acted when I was young, but at 19, I had my own theater company where I acted but also directed. I also did some theater in Los Angeles. So I was always wanting to direct, even before I became an established actor.

James Franco

I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'

Jeb Bush

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

Pokey Chatman

I acted like it was the most normal day. And that took so much energy out of me. I got my cup of coffee, read my e-mails. I let all the news come to me.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching.

Ken Ham

What I believe about the young age of the earth comes out of taking the Bible as written. And I've said numerous times over the years that the age of the earth, for example, is not a salvation issue but an authority issue.

Kyrsten Sinema

I was just born involved in politics. My family is conservative Mormon, and so I was born - although the Mormon faith is not inherently political, their faith requires some political stands, and those are ones that I happen to disagree with vehemently - so I was just political from a very early age.

Emma Stone

I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud.

Richard Madden

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

Erik Lomis

Kids love the movie. Our audience is predominantly young -- 12 and younger -- so most of the eyeballs got in at children's price. But we expect that age group to grow over the coming weeks as word of mouth spreads. The film is budgeted considerably under $30 million, so it's going to be very profitable. Frankie Muniz's last film ('Big Fat Liar') opened to $11 million and did $47 million (so) this could do $60 million.

William Shakespeare

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the anciently, stealing, fighting.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Journalists were at the forefront. From the Civil War until the early 1900s, nothing was being done to solve the problems of the Industrial Age.

Shannon Lewis

I think it may seem confusing if you're not familiar with the process a government agency has to go through to utilize grant funding.

David Madden

It appears that age-related cognitive changes are the result of combined influences on the gray matter and the white matter.

Keira Knightley

It's fantastic to have the opportunity to work abroad, and do all that, but there is a certain point where you're just like, 'Oh, I'd love to work at home.'

Chamberlain Oguchi

I was looking for my shot early and they were leaving me open. It's a certain way they play defense, and I wanted to get us going.

Suzy Merchant

Kent can be extremely explosive. I was certainly frustrated. They just gave it to us.

David Hawkins

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

Jeff Kelly

I would say that the omission is certainly damaging to us.

Tony Russa

Just look at him, he's in great shape. I don't know if he's more excited than he's ever been, but certainly he's not any less. I think he's high quality.

Jon Gruden

(Jones) has done primarily punt returns, but if pressed into service we'll trust that he'll do the job if he's the guy we choose to go with. He (Pittman) has worked on that throughout his career. Once again, when certain things happen you have to have contingency plans in place. We'll work on our contigency plan throughout this week and we'll find somebody who gives us a chance to hopefully return one for a touchdown.

John Bunting

Joe certainly has experience that Cam doesn't have, so he has a head start in that regard.

James Leavitt

I suspect the district attorney's office is investigating to see whether or not there is enough evidence for any of the charges. They are certainly looking at other incidents to see if there is any involvement.

John Rother

Still, none of these discount programs can counteract the full impact of these price increases. Even with the discounts, these prices are hurting people.

Jim Day

The positive in the three losses is that Shane has been forced to grow technically to counteract Brennan's style.

Gail Sheehy

Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

Wolfman Jack

I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over?

Greg Boyle

Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump gang, and that's what happens at Homeboy Industries.

Joe Johnson

We've been having letdowns in the fourth quarter. They made a little run, but we managed to come back and counteract it with our own run. I thought we played big in the fourth quarter.

Steve Bloomfield

We think the forum is being hijacked by the private sector and we're here to counteract that.

Alain Vigneault

Out of the 21 players that were dressed (last) night, theoretically, seven of them are going to leave (today).

Jon Hamm

I realize how talented our hair and wardrobe people are every time I have to get dressed on my own.

Marina Tortorello

It's something people don't see normally. To see people dressed up in that time period and using the tools and techniques is very interesting.

John Aragon

It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. They were fun to watch play. When they received that award, they were all dressed up in red and white.

MyAnna Buring

I love getting dressed up.

John Lennon

Nothing happened in the sixties except that we all dressed up.

Kishore Biyani

It's not so easy to get people in smaller towns to spend money, but they still come to the store, all dressed up with their families. It's an outing for them.

Dylan Moran

Its not easy being a man you know. I had to get dressed today and there are other pressures.

Trinny Woodall

You don't find women with great confidence dressed as if they don't care.

Rosalind Wiseman

Kids for the most part talk to me about parents gossiping about each other and the other kids. I can't think of one kid who didn't know where her parents fit in the parents' social hierarchy.

Pierre Littbarski

Jacob looked good today. If he's fit he will play.

Justin Bocot

I talk to him. I tell him I know it's going to be hard the first two years fitting in. He was the star of his eighth-grade team. He's in the same spot as me. I talk to him about my experiences and tell him what not to do.

Dinara Safina

I talk to him every day and he is getting fitter and hopes to return in Rotterdam next week.

Carl Crawford

He knows what's what and what he needs to do. He just has the mind-set to be a real professional and business-like and to find where he fits in.

Tom Hansen

He's a drop-back, three-step quarterback. His forte is throwing the football, ... Physically, I think his talents fit well with that style offense. It's similar to what he did in high school.

Jim Oyster

He's here now and we couldn't wait. The fit for the kids is sensational and I'm thrilled to have him as coach.

Robert Hernandez

He should be certified any day now. He's already been fitted for a uniform.

Tom Renney

He's a terrific young player who fits so nicely into their scheme. He's just a selfless player.

Casey Hampton

I was joking with Hines about that. I was like, 'Man, this is kind of like a consolation prize. With the MVP, it doesn't really matter what people think of you on other teams, it's about what your teammates think of you, and obviously our teammates think very highly of us.

Megan Smith

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.

Courtney LaVere

I was looking for Mel (D'Amico) with the high passes so she could score.

Chris Mennis

I wouldn't be surprised if that $2.10 is the high for the week.

Chad Kroeger

I wrote this song when I was high on magic mushrooms,

Clark Yingst

I suspect 'Well we're in a directionless market' is likely to persist until we get a better read on how much higher rates will go.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Katharine McPhee

I actually studied in college, for the three semesters that I stayed in school, I don't recommend that, but I studied theater, and in high school I was involved in the drama department.

Jackson Wheeler

He was a big-time recruit out of high school, so a lot of people liked what they saw in him.

Ross Baker

His timing, I think, was unfortunate. A junior senator in the minority party doesn't get much of an opportunity to shine.

Carl Wong

It is not uncommon for juniors and seniors to take a reduced load.

Danny Grieves

He doesn't play like a junior or a sophomore. He played like a senior tonight. He is a tremendous talent and there are times when he can take over a ballgame.

James Norman

You know, sometimes the fans, they always think you're playing your son. But I didn't let that worry me. His junior year we should have played him more than we did, but we didn't just because he was my son.

Ron Peduzzi

The juniors are going to step up and make some things happen.

Brian Baird

The first year in the Junior Olympics was just wonderful,

David Thompson

It's different. We had a lot of juniors and seniors, a lot of real solid teams.

John F. Kennedy

Harvard gave me an education, but Junior Chamber gave me an education for life.

Patrick Mouratoglou

As world junior champion, he has already experienced pressure. And he also has maturity, confidence, experience.

Ken Young

I was a little angry. We didn't talk for a while. But I'm older now. I realized that I was too sensitive.

Kim Weston

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance.

Venus Williams

I will always be the older sister. That's never going to change.

David Montgomery

I like older people, ... How can't I?

John Croft

Dan, Bee's older brother, is still very sensitive about it, and angry, I guess, about the whole thing. He didn't want any mention, in fact, of the tsunami or Thailand.

Diane Holley

All of the elevators are aging. Uniformly throughout the campus, they're older elevators.

Steve Leven

A lot of people say, 'We're a young team; we have to grow.' That time's over. There's no one on this team that's a freshman. We've all got to step up - us older guys, even the younger guys. It's on our shoulders now.

Helen Christensen

Also, the older you are the more protective (against depression) it is to have children.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The years pass more quickly as we become older

Michael Chertoff

We totally understand what it's like to be sitting on top of a roof or to be sitting in a shelter where it's hot, where you're worried about when you're going to be picked up, where you're thirsty, where you're hungry,

Billy Tubbs

There are several teams that could step up and win it all. Northwestern was picked to win it, and they (the Demons) have been pretty impressive, but some other teams have been impressive, too.

Preston Wilson

He's picked us up all year. It's time for us to pick him up a little bit.

Bobby Cox

He got off slow, but he really picked it up. He's been dynamite. ... Right now, he's one of the better leadoff hitters.

Bobby Cox

He got off slow, but he really picked it up, ... He's been dynamite. ... Right now, he's one of the better leadoff hitters.

Mark Valley

'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.

Nicole Vaidisova

In the second set, I picked it up very fast, just dictating play, so she didn't get any rhythm,

Dwight Gooden

if police had picked you up, we wouldn't be talking right now.

Ruslan Fedotenko

I'm not going to say I picked the corner, was going for top shelf and all that. I'm trying to be honest.

Nancy Hague

I'm not a competitor. I do it strictly for me.

Steve Lekwa

And it will be strictly enforced. There will be a lot of unhappiness about it.

Arron Afflalo

When you're on the court, it's strictly about that.

Tom Coughlin

There was no fight. Were there discussions? There were discussions all week. I talk to a lot of guys, but that's strictly player-coach.

Gregory Peck

Ramon, whatever happens, it's strictly between you and me and the horse.

Roman Jakobson

From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds.

Robert Budi Hartono

I always assign auditors to strictly supervise the businesses.