Famous Quotes & Sayings

Morris Gleitzman

I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I could have the character trying to do something about it or have the problem whack him between the eyes.

Lori Wada

You must register. Otherwise, you will be facing this kind of prison term.

Geoffrey Smith

We don't want people to panic, but they need to realize we're facing a very grave situation.

Brian Dawkins

We mixed it up. When you're facing that kind of coverage, maybe (Moss) doesn't go out and run like he usually would run. In his mind, he's thinking, well, I can't get past. It takes a weapon away from that offense.

Pat Robertson

I apologized and I said I will be praying for him, but one day we will be staring nuclear weapons and it won't be (Hurricane) Katrina facing New Orleans, it's going to be a Venezuelan nuke.

Andruw Jones

It's going to be nice, but we're still facing Pedro tonight.

Brendan Behan

Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.

Ann Beattie

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

Stanley Tucci

What's great is when you're working with somebody with whom you have a connection, it's exciting because there's a shorthand and you trust each other and you have a good time together on the set and so you can go a little farther than you might normally because you're with somebody that you trust.

Starhawk

We cannot change the world alone. To heal ourselves, to restore the earth to life, to create the situations in which freedom can flourish, we must work together in groups.

Michael Drayton

The falcon and the dove sit there together, and the one of them doth prune the other's feather.

Michael Emerson

Now they had to sit in separate places and sometimes they'd even have to sit outside and look through the windows. But they did worship together.

Randy Newman

You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me.

Shashi Tharoor

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

Sherman Alexie

Do you understand how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together. You can do it.