Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yolanda Adams

All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.

Yanni

My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.

Irving Stone

My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence.

Vivienne Westwood

We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning.

Chuck Palahniuk

'Romance' is based on my entire creative process. I fall in love with an idea, obsess over it, isolate myself with it, and when I eventually introduce it to my friends, they all tell me that it's stupid.

will.i.am

You know, I do music. If you look under the hood of the industry I'm in, it's all based on technology. From radio to phonographs to CDs, it's all technology. Microphones, reel-to-reels, cameras, editing, chips, it's all technology.

Constance Wu

It's my privilege to be able to play somebody not myself. I'm an actor who creates characters based in voice, movement, emotional quality, speech.

Elizabeth Warren

I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage.

Brian O'Neill

The overall performance of the Grand Caravan was similar in all three tests, except for the fuel tank, ... Based on these tests, the 2001 models manufactured before the redesigned fuel systems are rated poor for crashworthiness because of the leak.

Chelsea Clinton

Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are regardless of the sexuality.

Feist

I get really scared about how the Internet is shifting and changing everyone's minds, and the way we see ourselves and interact online. Everything is so diluted now.

Rick Smolan

Americans are changing right before our eyes. They are choosing different lifestyles, families, traditions and ways of living.

Rick Riordan

It's hard enough to be a middle-school kid, because you're dealing with so many facets of your identity - you're changing socially, you're changing physically, you're changing emotionally, everything is in flux, and to put race on top of that as well and have to figure out your racial identity is extremely hard.

Dave Bonnot

You are changing the rural environment of the area. That is what is going away ? piece by piece.

Madonna Ciccone

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

Kevin Arquit

Microsoft has said the decision could hurt the overall economy; it's something that's been followed like no other case; and its happening in an industry that's changing very rapidly where justice delayed is justice denied, ... All the elements are in place for them to take it.

Steve Appleton

Micron's products, customers and the solutions we enable have evolved to a point where changing parts of our organization will continue to increase our presence and competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Jonathan Todd

Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies which were imposed in the commission's 2004 decision, nothing more nothing less. We are not moving the goalposts as has been suggested, we are not changing our demands.

Robert Gossett

What effect am I having on this world? I'm not sure yet. I have my worries, doubts and fears, but the way I'm trying to affect the world is with positive, right action.

William Blake

He who doubts from what he seesWill ne'er believe, do what you please.

Bill Rowe

I don't have any doubts at all how he's going to do here. I realize at the end of the year he could walk. We've just got to slide through this first year, and I think we will.

Jermain Taylor

I don't have to have a knockout. I just need to win this fight and leave no doubts in the minds of my fans or his fans,

Felipe Alou

I don't have doubts that he'll hit or that they'll walk him. The swing has always been there.

Norman Finkelstein

I voted for Nader, and I have no doubts at all that it was the right thing to do because the Nader candidacy was extremely energising and a terrific phenomenon in American life, and I hope he continues.

Natsuki Takaya

I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.

Reinhard Kurth

Unfortunately, it has been found that the swans were infected with H5N1 from Asia. We have no doubts whatsoever any more.

Tony Mosa

We had no doubts that we made the right decision. They violated one of the standard rules that we have. Every team knows that you can't do that.

Brian Young

He was firmly opposed to oppression and he recognized God in everyone.

Condoleezza Rice

I can tell you firmly and without any contradiction that this is a terrific list, a really good government, and we are very pleased with the names that have emerged.

Dave Lockett

From an organizational standpoint, there haven't been any discussions; he's still firmly entrenched (here).

Tamara Tunie

Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Tim Walz

I feel like I've got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety.

Ivo Sanader

It is not true and I firmly reject it,

Jonathan Klein

I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp.

Cecily Strong

When I write on 'SNL,' I've found I'm most productive while collaborating and joking with friends and not being firmly attached to any one idea.

Andrew Mitchell

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.

Donald Trump

I shake hands very gladly politically. I don't think you could be a politician if you didn't shake hands.

Carrie Underwood

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts,

Carl Sewell

That was probably ours, ... We're glad to help. We just hope we get paid.

Rebecca H. Davis

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.

Amber Cunningham

We hadn't been shooting too well from the perimeter, and I'm glad that we stepped it up.

Luke Donald

We were steady, nothing too great. But I was glad to come out with a win.

Larry Easterwood

We've lost enough of them like this. I'm glad we got one tonight. I was proud to see it.

John Carter

We're where we belong, in the heart of Detroit. And we're glad to be back where we've always been.

Paul Armstrong

We're very, very glad to have you with us, and we hope to make it feel like home for you this semester,

Gillian Armstrong

I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore.

Buck Leonard

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.'

Bryan Cogman

I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.

Bridget Kelly

For me, the majority of my music is really dark and to the point.

Frank Pierson

There's no question that the '70s themselves were really wide open. There was just so much being done at that time. Every year, the major studios were commissioning things that they would never touch today or even thought of touching in the 1950s.

Tony Benn

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

Steve Forbes

The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off.

Sue Enquist

The ASA Major Championship is the pinnacle of women's major softball during the summer. I'm really proud of all the players that contributed to that team.

Arlen Specter

We have a major, major problem on our hands, ... It is a matter of very, very substantial urgency.

Cornelia Otis Skinner

mosquitoes were using my ankles as filling stations.

David Lynch

Music as background to me becomes like a mosquito, an insect. In the studio we have big speakers, and to me that's the way music should be listened to. When I listen to music, I want to just listen to music.

Source Unknown

Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

You know the beauty of driving one of these? (Wulf) No. (Cassandra) You can swat a Daimon like a mosquito. (Wulf) Well, since they’re both bloodsucking insects, I say go for it. (Cassandra)

James Wright

If the water is turbulent, the mosquito larvae won't make it to the top to suck in air,

Kelley Armstrong

We scarified a mosquito. I bet that's what did it. It was probably a virgin too.

Prince Philip

You have mosquitoes. I have the Press.

John McCain

Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony.

Elizabeth Gilbert

The mosquitoes here are big enough to rape a chicken.

Jeff Tedford

That was a tough start for him, no question about it,

Brent Bracelin

That will happen. The question now is the magnitude.

Joe Gaylord

We can still stabilize the situation and make it right, but there's no question that this is a rough patch.

Jan Caldwell

We have the same questions about that as well.

Julie Martineau

We will screen questions for relevancy for the position.

John Whitehead

We will rebuild. It is now not a question of whether, but a question of how,

Kevin Lowery

We're well-known for our safety record. When it comes to safety, there is no question when it comes to our company.

Ryan Ford

I worry about, consider, and question everything that I'm doing.

Geena Davis

will happen. It's just a question of when.

Constance Wu

Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest.

Brea Grant

Sometimes shows get into their 5th and 6th season and you're like, where can you go? But 'Dexter' is still so strong, it's really refreshing.

Bonnie Tyler

It's really fantastic because families can come to my shows and they all like it. It's really weird.

Barry McCaffrey

The 1998 study shows that we have turned the tide of youth drug use.

Ross Mathews

My guilty pleasure is elastic-waisted pants. And reruns of shows I've already seen 400 times on TV.

Joss Whedon

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows he was working on.

Philip Treacy

You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around.

Brian Hill

If anything, this shows we're not throwing in the towel on the season.

Pete Carroll

If anything, it shows that we can finish.

Evangeline Lilly

I've not worked with Martin Freeman. I've hung out with him, but I've not worked with him.

John Allen

That worked out so well, and reservations were so popular.

Dean Winters

My brother and I worked in eight bars as the brother bartenders.

Max von Essen

My career hadn't rocketed to the top of anything, but I've worked consistently and done things I've loved.

Julie Smith

Merkel and Chirac would not have worked particularly well together.

Mitch Ashmore

We have not executed well all year on things like that. We made them make a play, and it just worked out well.

Zachary Gordon

Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.

Adam Giles

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

Joan Chen

I worked a year in L.A. That was... a treat.