Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neal Stephenson

... when I saw any of those kinds of beauty I knew I was alive, and not just in the sense that when I hit my thumb with a hammer I knew I was alive, but rather in the sense that I was partaking of something--something was passing through me that it was in my nature to be a part of.

Jonathan Safran Foer

It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.

James Joyce

Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: — That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! — What? Mr Deasy asked. — A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.

Joko Beck

An old Zen rule of thumb is not to answer until one has been asked three times.

Emraan Hashmi

My victory is when the audience buys a ticket to watch my film. I am extremely thrilled when they give it a thumbs-up.

Kenny Loggins

Bruce Marshall's acoustic set gets a big thumbs up from me.

Arthur Baer

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Bruce Schneier

If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.

Adam Schiff

Too much under the thumb of the Iranians.

Daniel Briere

Having such a long losing streak, it made us take a look at everything and make sure we made the adjustments. Hopefully, we realize that. I really meant it when I said, 'This is going to make us a better team.

Kevin Pittsnogle

I think that's what we're more sad about than losing the game. We're not going to play again.

Joseph Williams

He's been with me three years, through all the championships. He doesn't know what losing means because we win all of them that he plays. So it means a lot to all the seniors over here.

Samir Husni

Husni said, ''those magazines start losing their usefulness.

Viola Spolin

It stands to reason that if we direct all our efforts towards reaching a goal, we stand in grave danger of losing everything on which we have based our daily activities. For when a goal is superimposed on an activity instead of evolving out of it, we often feel cheated when we reach it.

Ryan Tucker

It has made me sick. Losing stinks worse than anything, man. I'm tired of it.

Joseph Addison

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Ben Fritz

It's a very risky business. The majority of movies do not succeed. And if they make several unsuccessful movies in a row to start with, they could end up losing the theatrical rights forever,

Abyee Maracigan

It's really disappointing because we wanted it. But one team had to go out the losing team.

Will Forte

I'm not very good at impersonations.

Ric Flair

I've always been a very good heel!

Salma Hayek

I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.

Zaha Hadid

I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.

Tracey Emin

I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.

Saffron Burrows

I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

Henry Rollins

I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.

Barry Manilow

QVC has been very good to me.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I've been told I make a very good brew.