Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.

Timothy Noah

The intriguing aspect of food charges on airlines is that they create the perfect laboratory for any economist who wishes to study the question of how to price a good that possesses, by universal consensus, absolutely no objective value.

Theodore Isaac Rubin

Health is relative. There is no such thing as an absolute state of health or sickness. Everyone's physical, mental, and emotional condition is a combination of both.

Ian Mckellen

So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?

Ismail Kadare

The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant.

Gale Harold

I'm a bad interview because I want to always feel like I'm being totally honest, but at the same time, I'm absolutely paranoid. That combination results in a lot of spaces.

Garry Hynes

I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.

Gail Carriger

My absolute favorite food of all time is alpaca.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The combination of lentils with rice or bulgur is the absolute height of Levantine comfort food. I could eat it every day.

Liza Maza

The approval of the resolution is urgent. In light of the US government's intransigence on the issue of custody, it's imperative that we take measures to assert our sovereignty and show our determination to expedite justice.

Anders Rasmussen

The approval of the Nice Treaty is essential if we are to proceed on schedule for enlargement.

Chris Browning

The application and registration process at the ministry of environment requires criteria like community involvement, training of community game guards, management skills, and management plans must be drawn up to obtain approval by the authorities.

Toni Harris

We could get that approval any day now. As soon as we get federal approval, the patrols we fund will start back up.

Larry Andrews

We have to wait for the successful outcome of that litigation before we'll be given final approval in Canada.

Chris Corrigan

Toll have effectively negotiated with themselves a transaction which is not in line with the board approval that was given,

Russell Mael

We've met with the band a few times in Los Angeles. The original idea was to gather a dozen or so Sparks songs as sort of a stamp of approval of our band. And they want to do one or two songs where we write and perform them together. We hope it will happen as soon as there is a gap in both bands' schedules.

Jason Keadjian

We're very pleased with the result. We got unanimous approval and we'd like to see the project move forward.

Todd Taylor

Utah is an exception to the rest of the country mostly because of partisanship. Here, it's 'my party right or wrong.' If Bill Clinton had done the things Bush is doing, his approval ratings in Utah would be in the basement.

Todd Rundgren

I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists and making them feel good. I can see now that in some cases, that's what you have to do because that's the only way you're going to get them to produce.

Inara George

I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.

Virginia Postrel

Lofts were never supposed to be homes. They were vacant old factories and warehouses, taken over by artists looking for cheap space and good light.

Elaine Stritch

If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less fear. These great artists take me out of my life and make me want to go there.

David Byrne

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks can hear it risk-free.

David Byrne

I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

Jason Schultz

The patent system serves an important public purpose in our economy. Keeping illegitimate patents out of that system helps up-and-coming artists and entrepreneurs succeed for all of us.

S. E. Hinton

'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.

Common

Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early days of listening to OutKast and Goodie Mob that Atlanta and the South has a diverse sound to it. You have bounce music. You have soulful musicians. You have artists with vocals who try to do different things.

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'

Wendelin Van Draanen

Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!

Jose Diaz

The police are not very nice in Mexico. And you learn that growing up.

Brooke Smith

I remember seeing 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' with Colleen Dewhurst, and that made a really big impression on me, and I remember wanting to be like her and I still want to be like Colleen Dewhurst! My mom took me to a lot of theatre growing up, and I also remember seeing Pippin and being like, 'Wow!

C. S. Lewis

When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on. A man does not always say to himself, "hullo! i'm growing up." It is only when he looks back that he realises what has happened and recognises it as what people call "growing up.

Cecelia Ahern

Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane

Cecelia Ahern

Katie is like my calendar, watching her grow and change. She is growing up so fast, learning to have opinions of her own, learning that I don’t have the answers to everything. And the moment a child begins to understand that, you know you’re in trouble.

Cecelia Ahern

I love it here in Boston and I love studying medicine. But it’s not home. Dublin is home. Being back with you felt like home. I miss my best friend. I’ve met some great guys here, but I didn’t grow up with any of them playing cops and robbers in my back garden. I don’t feel like they are real friends. I haven’t kicked them in the shins, stayed up all night on Santa watch with them, hung from trees pretending to be monkeys, played hotel, or laughed my heart out as their stomachs were pumped. It’s kind of hard to beat that.

Cecelia Ahern

She wanted to be irresponsible, she wanted to be looked after, to be told that she didn't have to worry about a thing and that someone else would take care of everything. How easy life would be without having grown-up problems to worry about. And then she could grow up all over again...

Venus Williams

If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

Yehuda Berg

It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.

Steve Marks

The overall perception was that it would take a year or two to get the problems ironed out. It is a huge endeavor, and we realized it would take time.

Brittany Snow

I love hanging out with my friends; I love to run. I box. I'm a huge movie buff.

Brittany Snow

I am a huge fan of Reese Witherspoon, and I always get told that I look like her little sister. So I would love to play her little sister one day.

David Steinberg

And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again.

David Cross

I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.

Brent Cahill

That was huge. That was a quality team we beat. We've got some tough kids, and it's a tough group. For us, this is huge for our confidence.

Jason Tapp

That was huge knowing there was a minute to go and we kept them at their end.

Carrie Underwood

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

Diablo Cody

I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.

Billy Joel

I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if I go cold, I won't get sold I get put in the back in the discount rack Like another can of beans.

Billy Bob Thornton

We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous from a contest show we'd be embarrassed in my generation. But if that's the benchmark then I thought well young people who want to be filmmakers, or musicians, or whatever are screwed. But maybe they're not because what they're doing is they're creating their own thing.

Kevin Corrigan

I've had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me.

Benjamin Franklin

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

Breckin Meyer

My idols are Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Keaton, John Goodman. Maybe that's what I want for me.

Denis Leary

I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.

Conor Maynard

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.

Vijay

I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!

Louis Walsh

Michael Jackson is an inspiration and we are approaching him,

Miyavi

Michael Jackson had a stable vision. He had a strong message, not only pop. People just fainted at his concert.

Danny Fortson

Just because he is Stu Jackson and all that, maybe I am supposed to be scared and not speak my mind. But if I see something that is wrong, and I feel wronged, I am going to speak my mind. As simple as that.

Victor LaValle

It's tough to write beautifully about ugly things, but Mitchell S. Jackson makes it look easy.

Bob Hartwig

Jackson was not targeted for any other reason than the physical condition, the location of it and being able to put students in other schools.

Daniel H. Hill

Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington.

Aidan Turner

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue.

Michael Caine

Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael Caine a wonderful actor?' then I've failed.

Madeleine Stowe

Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.

Larry Fitzgerald

Michael was just throwing it up and I was just trying to make a play. That's all. I couldn't tell what was going on back there (in the pocket), I couldn't see.

Brian Hill

Michael Redd is an outstanding offensive player. He made some big shots down the stretch.

Dave Whelan

Michael rang to say thanks for trying to sign him,

Terry Stotts

Michael played a terrific game. It was entertaining, but I'm not taking much consolation in that.

Adrian Bevington

Michael Owen will not be travelling with the team to Turkey on Thursday afternoon,

Jean Todt

Michael is normally quite cool, but the way he reacted is quite significant, ... He missed an opportunity, and we know that we haven't had so many opportunities this year.

Mike Gatting

Michael is getting stuck on the crease and is not moving his feet,

Carl Sagan

We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.

Bette Davis

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

Bertrand Russell

Calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people… As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected.

Jackie Spinner

That was a sign of respect for her. She was able to make a connection.

Rebecca MacKinnon

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

Rob Brzezinski

We have a lot of respect for Seattle. This wasn't about trying to be antagonistic or anything like that. It's business.

William Shakespeare

You have too much respect upon the world; They lose it that do buy it with much care

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

I am not going to respect ... gray hairs unless there is wisdom beneath them.

Preston Sturges

I never write down to my audiences. I respect honest sentiment and honest pratfalls.

John Rhys-Davies

I think I have more stamps in my passport than most stamp collectors have in their collections.

Kevin Russell

Telstra has effectively put a time stamp on CDMA in Australia.

Rob Thompson

We just wanted to do it our own way, put our own stamp on it,

George Bernard Shaw

Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap

Friedrich Schiller

It is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part.

Rick Riordan

I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to kneel or buy stamps from him or what.

Virginia Postrel

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.

Robert Plant

The 50s were great because I collected stamps.

Yehuda Amichai

And what will you do now? You'll collect loves Like stamps. You've got doubles and no one Will trade you and you have the damaged ones.

Andrew Young

To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

Sesil Karatantcheva

I am shocked. All this is some interpretation of the French, with whom I have never got along.

Sam Worthington

I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.

Tancredo Neves

I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach.

Tom Lehrer

I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand.

Ernie Allen

The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.

Houssaye Houssaye

Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you what you are

Jane Byrne

I have three sisters, all of whom lead very normal lives.

Azzedine Alaia

I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'