Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sherwood Schwartz

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

Greg Thompson

He'll say some pretty funny stuff at the expense of a lot of people in the audience, but then he'll come back and redeem himself five minutes later.

Mark Schonfeld

In the world of unregulated hedge funds, it can be hard to tell fact from fiction. This one was pure fiction. The defendants led lifestyles of the rich and famous at the expense of their investors.

Michael Ashcroft

In the 1990s, the Lib Dems won a string of byelections at the expense of struggling Conservative governments. Christchurch, Ribble Valley and Eastbourne went straight back to the Tories at the next general election, but the Lib Dems held their later byelection gains - Eastleigh, Newbury and Romsey - in at least two subsequent general elections.

Toye Taylor

I'm looking for quality of life, non-recurring expenses for these funds.

Howard Levine

Their (the students') goal was to get some money for the sisters to have, outside of the special trust that's been set up for them. The Key Club's goal was to give them some general expense money.

Josh Billings

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travelers pay the expense of it.

John Danforth

And look what it gets President Bush, ... It just gets him a kick in the rear. That's what they've done to him, and they've done it to him at a time when he's vulnerable, and they've done it at the expense of a perfectly fine human being.

David Bridges

The food and the plating will be pretty meticulous, ... It's one of those things where no expense is spared.

Mike Scioscia

Kenny's a fine manager. He was my vote for manager of the year.

David Walker

I think in the run game, we'll be fine and I think we'll be able to have some success with it -- we really need to, in order to help the passing game out,

John Diamond

He was a fine teacher in the classroom. The worst thing that he could have done for me was to retire.

Brandon Roy

Guys made shots tonight. It didn't have to be a 'Brandon Roy makes shots down the stretch' night, and that's fine with me.

Larry Sandburg

Have you ever seen a shortstop play a finer game than that. She probably saved two or three runs.

Chris Kitchen

He's a finesse player who understands the game. He's not a true guard or a true post, but he's a nice combination of both.

Stan Gundy

He's a guy that if you tell me, 'You've got an injury or whatever and you've got to play Wayne 24 minutes a game,' I'm fine with that.

Adlai Stevenson

Golf is a fine relief from the tensions of office, but we are a little tired of holding the bag.

Phil Garner

He's a second-time 20-game winner and you don't hear much about it. Roy himself is not a self-promoter. He's very laid-back. He's very comfortable being in the back room. You have great personalities like the Rocket (Roger Clemens) and (Andy) Pettitte, who have done some wonderful things, so I think (the attention) naturally gravitates in their direction. But Roy has done a fine job for us and he's going to go down as one of the great pitchers in this decade.

Jim Rosborough

I wouldn't put anything past him. Whatever he says typically gets done. He's just never, ever let any of his handicaps hold him back at all.

Sitiveni Rabuka

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it.

Floyd Reese

I wouldn't be surprised if (Edwards), a veteran guy, gets gobbled up at some point,

Bill Cowher

Joey is the kind of guy who gets us going. We have some unique personalities, and Joey is unique in his own sense.

Mark Hastings

Josh is a very physical kid. He runs really well and has a great nose for the ball. When he gets a hold of you, he's going to tackle you.

John McNeley

J.R. has such a quick release, it doesn't have to be a situation where he gets that open.

Joe Nemechek

I think it gets back to being in the right place at the right time and getting the right break.

Jason Taylor

He was a great teammate. It will be different to see him in a Jets uniform. But if he gets into the game, I'm going to have to hit him. I might help him up, though.

Jeremy Rowell

He was big for us this spring. He's only got a year there, but it was the right move. He'll do well but he'll get even better as he gets more snaps.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques had done street theater in Paris. He'd always been interested in large architectural structures and how humans interact with them.

Milo Hamilton

He rode managers. He rode players. It didn't matter. He treated everyone the same way. In short, he was a miserable human being.

Paul Taylor

I think that's a Jewish trait, ... It's also a human trait.

Jenna Marbles

There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

C. Hughes

We are experiencing a human catastrophe of immense proportions, ... We pray today for those who have lost their lives ... and for those who are risking their lives to rescue others.

Jon Ronson

I was always out to paint them with human characteristics we could relate to. They really are, by and large, personable in the flesh.

Nick Cave

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

John Ashcroft

Human trafficking victims are too often people like Got. Too young, too frightened, and too trapped in their circumstances to speak for themselves, ... This is a 4-year-old child. He's a shy, tender little boy.

Paul Martin

Humans are really expensive, and they're really slow.

Greg Holland

it didn't just kick in when the new measurement methods kicked in.

Robert Stallard

We think a down-cycle is likely to kick in at some point toward the end of the decade.

Bill Belichick

He's played safety. He's played in (the Dolphins') sub defense. He's played down in a linebacker type of role. He has some flexibility and has played in the kicking game.

Ed Orgeron

He is back and ready to go. That is why he didn't kick for us, because he missed all of preseason camp. So we need to find out about him this week.

Edgar Renteria

He'd kick the pitcher's (butt). He'd do it. No (fooling) around, bro.

Wayne Lukas

He'll put up with you for a little while, but then he wants to kick and play.

Yancy Butler

Women have been kicking ass for centuries.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Pay no attention. These are special interests, ... I kick their butts.

E. Hicks

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative. I don't like anything in the mainstream and they don't like me.

Richard K. Morgan

Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal.

Molly Ivins

Imagine wasting all that perfectly good anger on paranoid fantasies. Not since Emily Litella got upset about "Soviet jewelry" has there been such a waste of anger. You will notice a certain theme to these Emily Litella Moments. Behind them all is a touching faith that someone, somewhere is actually in charge of what's happening - a proposition I beg leave to doubt.

Allen Lichtenstein

Absolutely. That's perfectly within the realm of what should be done.

Bill Johnson

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

Brian Blair

This is set up perfectly for retail - some day. With that said, we would be doing a service, not a disservice.

James Whistler

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

Katherine Schwarzenegger

I don't do my hair very perfectly because I think it looks sexier when you don't have everything perfectly structured out.

Aldous Huxley

Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?

Annie Lennox

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

Tom Casey

He is the established constitutional president of Mauritania.

John Edwards

It is actually the responsibility of the president of the U.S. to be able to do two things at the same time,

Orrin Hatch

I think the president has to do some compromising here, not just the House.

Gary Chaison

I think that (AFL-CIO President John) Sweeney will have to make a strong statement about the AFL-CIO and how it's strong and still relevant.

Dale Bills

He was strong and vibrant and it was vintage President Hinckley.

Ryan Lochte

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

Reza Aslan

Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

William Safire

Our rogue President, after selling face time...

William Safire

Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had.

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.

Gong Li

I've been to Cannes 15 or 16 times, and every time I go, there's a kind of soul-stirring feeling.