Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Culos

Now, it's an extremely big name to live up to, but it kind of fits. We had all played in other bands before, and so this was our musical revolution, where we could finally play the music we wanted.

Billie Armstrong

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.

Marnie Stern

I was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around doing it.

Aaron Stern

I think a lot of bands just, they sort of mark themselves as they can only go so far. They sort of screw themselves by setting the bar so low, that we can only go so far with music. Instead I feel like our band as people, our personalities, we kind of had the feeling we can do anything and go anywhere.

Michael Franti

I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music that has a message to it.

Nikki Sixx

I know I'd feel emotional if one of my favorite bands was going out.

Krist Novoselic

Smells Like Teen Spirit. Well, it was a phenomenon. I think a lot of it was timing as what was going on in the music business. And a lot of the Sunset Strip hair bands were past their prime and people were ready for something new. Nirvana always tried to be sincere.

Emma Anderson

Exactly, they just get some bands and say, This is the future of rock-and- roll, this band, and then they're everywhere.

Brian Major

Around 2000 or so, we began to see more of this type of cruise, focused around bands and music that, for lack of a better term, is more contemporary music. It reflects the growing diversity of cruise passengers. We do have studies that show that cruise passengers are getting younger.

John Ensign

We all have a commitment to this and we need to keep our eye on the ball,

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

Mark Leonard

That first period was probably the worst period we've played all year. We had a talk about commitment and skating after the first and I thought we were fortunate to be down only 1-0.

Gina Gallo

It's in the tens of millions of dollars to make a commitment like this, to really make this come to be a reality. There's no question it's a large commitment for our company, our family,

David Byrne

It is the price which must be paid to restore public confidence in our commitment to protect public health.

Tom Cuddy

It's an extension of our commitment to enhancing our customer service.

Janet Williams

It's great to be named at No.,1 but even without this list Cummins has a decades-long commitment to being environmentally friendly and making the company a diverse and welcoming workplace,

Janet Murguia

It's disappointing. We need to see more of a commitment than, 'Oh, we can do better.' What steps are they taking?

Scott Helbing

It's very rewarding to be recognized as an industry leader in the consumer market by such a respected research group as Forrester. We will continue our ongoing commitment to provide customers with one of today's greatest service values -- creating and delivering a customer-driven experience at one of the industry's most competitive price points.

Phil Kendall

There were two key trends in the global wireless market in 2005. First, emerging markets contributed phenomenal levels of subscriber growth. In particular, Russia, India and Indonesia saw major growth in new users in 2005, up 40-50 percent over 2004 levels.

Atsushi Osa

Most of the Japanese automakers have a lot of exposure in the U.S. and it's important for their overall performance how the U.S. market performs.

Bill Self

Today couldn't have been scripted much better for Kansas. This did a lot for our program from an exposure standpoint. Playing well was icing on the cake.

Flula Borg

More exposure has give to me more discipline because I am seeing that more people are wanting to observe what I am making/filming/singing; this does motivate me to make videos for every week.

Henry Lewis

The music, the dress, the color, the stage settings ? there's nothing in the world like it. The whole of Massachusetts should rush here, honestly.

Jeff Tweedy

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music. I listen to music on a Walkman; it's from the 19th century, I know.

Billie Holiday

I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.

Adam Lambert

I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.

Ani Difranco

I don't like my language watered down, I don't like my edges rounded off.

Andrew Marvell

Music, the mosaic of the air.

Amy Winehouse

I would love to study guitar or trumpet.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Tom Peters

It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.

Robert Duvall

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Aung San Suu Kyi

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

Booker T. Washington

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Richard Hatch

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

Bernie Bickerstaff

The opportunity was there. Offensively we were lethargic.

Henry Rollins

The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time.

Steve Martin

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

Michael Eisner

Sometimes you have to be worn out and burnt out to become authentic and original.

Jorge Luis Borges

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

George Gershwin

It is always possible to create something original.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Pam Brown

People can sip tea and have a little tidbit to eat.

Ed Rollins

People don't view him as a Republican or Democrat, and he has the resources to run without having to worry about funding.

Brent Carpenter

People don't understand the law, and they get in a hurry.

John Waters

People don't understand how this water went, and people don't understand this bridge.

Matt Eastwood

People don't throw out technology for no reason.

Kevin Spacey

People don't tend to hassle me because when I've got a hat on, I look like a banker. I'm just a plain guy.

Jim Miller

People don't shop the way they used to. We had to throw in the towel.

Phil Simms

The team performed even better than I thought they would,

Jim Brown

We are trying to see who can perform under those conditions.

Ken Martin

I can't say we'll see this kind of performance every quarter.

Dieter Zetsche

It has performed well in the world's toughest market.

Van Morrison

When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I was recording. Performing is the roots. That's where it all came from. You didn't start out doing it because you wanted to make an album.

Linda Duessel

The performance of dividend-paying stocks has more to do with the fundamentals in their industries.

Lu Shanzhen

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance of our gymnasts.

Michael Davis

TI is performing well but it is being unfairly tainted,

Bayard Taylor

My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.

Jane Addams

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

Brodie Croyle

Don't get used to that. I want to stay back there and throw it if I can.

Suzanne Collins

Stay with me. Always.

Oscar Wilde

The best revenge is to live well.

George Carlin

Surround yourself with what you love.

Jose Gonzalez

That was the most important thing to see this weekend, to see where we are at. If we stay together as a team this year, we're going to do very well. I can't see us not making the playoffs.

J. Hoover

We have to stay prepared. When the time comes we should be ready.

Melissa Marr

'Graveminder' is about a mortician, a young woman with commitment issues, a dead teenager, and a town called Claysville where the dead don't always stay dead.

Cory Lempka

If (Gallagher) has to choose, I would like for him to stay as the wrestling coach.

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.

A. Hodge

They are 4-0 for a reason. We know it is going to be a true test.

Charles Kingsley

Love is sentimental measles.

Laura Bush

but we'll see if it's true once we get to New Orleans.

Isabel Allende

True friendship resists time, distance and silence.

Robert Pattinson

I see love as an evolution of true friendship.

Ellen G. White

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.

Quintus Ennius

A true friend is a friend when in difficulty

Carla Ponte

It is true that the co-operation with Belgrade has started,

Charles Dickens

My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind.

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,