Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joel Siegel

His Texas accent doesn't come closer than Perth Amboy.

Jorge Ramos

Latinos are very sensitive to different accents. I sort of lost my Mexican accent, and that's what they were looking for in this case some sort of neutral accent that could be understood on both coasts and in different Hispanic communities: Puerto Ricans on the East Coast, Cubans in Fort Lauderdale and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles.

Brian Crozier

He looked at me in the eyes and said, 'If you'll forgive my accent -- Where I come from, you are Public Enemy No. 1.'

Robert Carlyle

I must have been dreaming about Albie. I spoke in a Liverpool accent all the time. It becomes second nature. It's much easier like that. It seems to me common sense rather than extraordinary.

Robert Grimes

I remember the first time I ever drove through deep, southern West Virginia. I couldn't even understand the accent of the people there, you know. They couldn't understand me. West Virginia, actually, is a state that's made up of some different kinds of communities.

Kevin McKidd

I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent.

Bill Clement

I have to be journalistically appropriate and voice my opinion if something happens, but I want to do my best to accentuate the positives of the sport.

Mark Twain

I have traveled more than any one else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent

Rex Reed

I had some problems with his accent it was like he was talking with two fingers on his tongue. But he got that thing Truman did with his eye right. He was always rubbing it. So I guess it was pretty close.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's impact on the Twins organization, state of Minnesota and upper Midwest is significant and goes well beyond his role in helping the Twins win two world championships.

John Tyndall

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Derek Feltner

Jake and I are beyond the point of telling each other what we want to do. I know it sounds strange, but we just know each other.

Ed Cange

Jack was a monster. He led us in scoring, but beyond that the number of rebounds he got and the defense he played was incredible.

Marco Coleman

I would say the difference between Coughlin and a guy like Marty was Coughlin took it a little beyond the football field,

The Committee

Journalists have become extremely important democracy advocates and they will have impact beyond actually what we will see today,

Richard Grasso

I think it is way beyond that at this juncture.

Jim Cameron

It can't be fixed. It's beyond the stage of tweaking.

Wes Miller

I always dreamed of playing in this tournament and here at Greensboro. It is still beyond even what I imagined it could be.

Gordon Fischer

I think Iowa has lost a visionary -- a brilliant mind -- a gregarious, friendly guy - a great Democrat. I think it's a tremendous loss for Iowa.

Frank Brothers

He was a brilliant 2-year-old in my opinion. He's a bigger-looking colt, and he's done better at 3. He's filled out more and he's gotten taller.

Burt Flickinger

He's a brilliant person, but did not have extensive executive experience

Margot Asquith

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

William Gibson

Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.

Orrin Hatch

I know what a great man he is. He is honest, competent, a brilliant person. I think it's a real tribute to George W. Bush to pick somebody of that kind of caliber.

Charlie Jones

It's brilliant - I'm going to be a Mitchell. I am really looking forward to getting started.

Lillian Hellman

It may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant

Christine Benz

It's hard to say whether he's making brilliant choices because it's hard to go wrong in Internet stocks, ... It's hard to say whether he's a good stock picker or just lucky.

Kate Bush

I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.

Dean Rusk

I think we would be hard pressed to tell our own people why we are doing this with India when even the British won't do it or the Australians won't do it and the Canadians won't do it. We need to have those other flags flying on these joint enterprises.

Colin Greenwood

I think that we're not reclusive at all.

Timothy Garton Ash

I will never forget meeting Suu Kyi in Rangoon - now officially known as Yangon - some six years ago, when she was still able to leave her house.

Dennis Quaid

I didn't want to throw like an actress.

Geri Halliwell

I didn't want to leave the Spice Girls and immediately have a record on the back of that fame, so I waited to find out who I am and what I want.

Joseph Fiennes

I'd like to be a passion fruit. Not because it's passionate, but because someone I know is mad about them and has got me onto them.

Claire Bloom

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

Sarah Sutton

I'd like to write a novel more than anything. I'm reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles at the moment, which is depressing me no end!

Marlon Anderson

I was like, 'Cam, can you hear me?' ... He mumbled, 'Yeah,' but he wasn't there. You could tell he wasn't right. ... I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a wreck.

Dorothy Smith

I was in on the meeting with the developers. I heard their presentation, and I liked what they said.

Greg Beratlis

I would've liked to have heard something out of his mouth. Yes, anything. A plea for his life or just his opinion on what went on over the last two years,

Mark Mandel

John is never at a loss for words. But when he heard the news, he was speechless.

Billy Donovan

I think in this tournament, they've been able to inspire a lot of different people, people that maybe are really, really in need. I heard Jim talk about some stories of some people and the letters he's gotten. To me, that's what his team has been all about.

Laura Stromberg

I think, in general, people just want a new, refreshing voice, and they're hearing that from Kinky.

George Thorogood

I take it that some of you people have heard this song before.

Felicity Huffman

I actually haven't heard the phrase 'overnight success,' but I know that most of the world doesn't know who I am.

Oprah Winfrey

I also heard I was helping you find a house because I wanted you near me.

Stephen Dorff

I'd like to make a movie in the South of France. I'd like to make a movie in London again. And, I'm going to make a movie in Amsterdam.

William Shenstone

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.

William Shenstone

Nothing is certain in London but expense.

Trevor McDonald

I love living in London.

Roger Moore

I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.

Winston Churchill

We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

Washington Irving

[I]n the gloomy month of February.... The Deserts of Arabia are not more dreary and inhospitable than the streets of London at such a time...

Steve Cram

Paula Radcliffe needs to be gutsy to win the London Marathon.

Katie Price

I like to spend time with my family. The majority of my time is spent in London, but I do like to escape and spend time with them in my hometown of Brighton on the south coast.

Bill Freeman

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

Greg Puhalski

He didn't play too badly. It's just a matter of getting a little rust off.

Doug Miller

He comes up with a lot of big plays no matter where you put him.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Sloane Crosley

Going to a museum is one of those inexplicably tiring things. You're not actually doing anything, more shifting your weight from room to room than walking. And yet it is one of the more tiring things one can do, no matter how thrilled you are by the exhibits.

Brian Beckwith

His success is all to him. It's all a matter of how he thinks each night and how he prepares for each game.

Dave Duncan

His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things.

Arlen Specter

I think it's more a matter for them than us because we've got ... a lot of matters which take precedence over this for our own time,

Jim MacDonald

I think it's just a matter of time before I get one break.

Tommy Bowden

He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.

John Connolly

Norton-Knight is a very talented player. He's versatile. He did very well at the weekend.

F. Stone

We had so many talented receivers, but our quarterback was being very rushed.

Pat Riley

There's not many who have a better or more talented (trio).

Dan Hendricks

I think this is a very deep, talented group.

Mike Sillinger

He always makes the right shot, the right move. He's a talented young player.

Laura Thomasson

There are a lot of talented choreographers around here. I think of this as a mini-ADF.

Steve Lambert

I would say that by the end of the month, we will know whether it can work.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Susumu Tonegawa

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

Gary Sherwin

If you're part of the community, whether you like it or not, you're part of the brand.

Deirdre O'Kane

You worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage.

Enrique Morones

We still don't know whether it will be a march, a strike, or a fast.

Rivers Cuomo

It's so important to me that I feel like I'm doing something that's never been done before, whether that's in the show, or I'm writing a song. I can exist in this little box here, but I have to do something new with it.