Famous Quotes & Sayings

Desmond Tutu

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

Martie Maguire

Sorry to take your award, Faith ... Everybody knows that it's really not about the numbers and the chart positions and the sales and all that stuff, it's about relationships and my two best friends are at home ... I know you're as excited as I am ...

Oscar Wilde

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering.

Markus Zusak

I'm sorry. I shouldn't be asking such things...' She let the sentence die its own death

Brian Deegan

I feel so sorry for them and I feel so despondent for them. It's just so needless, it's just so pointless.

Jerry Seinfeld

Have you ever noticed that the waiter who takes your order is not the one who brings your food anymore? What is THAT about? And which waiter are you tipping, anyway? I think next time I go to a restaurant I'll just say, "Oh, sorry, I only eat the food. The guy who pays the bill will be along shortly."

Jennifer Lawrence

I started to write an apology, but I don’t have anything to say I’m sorry for,

Fannie Lou Hamer

I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.

Francesca Lia Block

Okay. I wish for world peace,” Weetzie said. “I am sorry,” the genie said. “I cant grant that wish. Its out of my league.” “Then I wish for an infinite number of wishes!” Those people on fairy tales never thought of that. “People in fairy tales wish for that all the time,” the genie said. “They arent stupid. It just isnt in the records because I cant grant that type of wish.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Andrew Wyatt

I don't judge people who just hit "play," but I would judge myself if I did that. I wouldn't feel like I was earning my money, I'd feel like I was putting one over on people. I have to play the notes.

William Shakespeare

Play out the play ...

Robert Frost

I play better tennis because the court is there.

Robert Frost

Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes Is the deed ever truly done For Heaven and the future's sakes

Robert Frost

When work becomes play, and play becomes your work, your life unfolds.

Robert Frost

Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.

Robert Frost

Both T.S. Eliot and I like to play, but I like to play euchre, while he likes to play Eucharist.

Rick Perlstein

I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Roger Zelazny

It is no shame to lose to me, mortal. Even among mythical creatures there are very few who can give a unicorn a good game.

Susan Orlean

I heard a computer scientist the other day refer to playing with the Kinect as 'storytelling.' At first I thought that sounded a little high-minded, but after trying a few games I could see what she meant.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he’d never let her see how close she’d come to unseating a champion

Sung Hi Lee

I'm just a big homebody and love word games like Scrabble and Boggle.

Sonny Vaccaro

People will always go to games. And not just Duke versus North Carolina. Even Appalachian State against Chatworth.

Steve Case

And what we did with this new company in 1985 is we did start focusing on PCs instead of video game machines, because we learned the hard lesson about bringing a product to market in a consumer world where it's very expensive to build a brand and get distribution and so forth.

Stephen Rea

People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

Stephen Fry

...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.