Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Namath

I thought we'd win when I said those things. I wasn't trying to be cocky or anything.

Ernie Els

I really feel good, but you can't get cocky in this game, ... You've just got to shoot the numbers.

Lamar Odom

You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That's a road we don't want to go down.

Mark Twain

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

Craig Mottram

Not to be cocky or anything but I knew the national record would go.

Suzanne Yoculan

It's important to make sure (the gymnasts) don't get overconfident or too cocky or too arrogant. We've had teams in the past that would've responded to that (ranking), but these girls are not like that. They're very professional in their approach. It's been pretty much a textbook season in terms of us teaching and them responding.

Carly Rae Jepsen

I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.

Mindy Kaling

I feel like if I had my personality but was an OB/GYN, you would be psyched. You'd be like, 'My chatty, pop-culture-interested but plainspoken, wants-to-talk-about-clothes but serious-minded doctor.' I feel like I would clean up with patients. That's kind of a cocky thing to say.

Ken Venturi

People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

Rob Sheffield

One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman.

Richard P. Feynman

When a photon comes down, it interacts with electrons throughout the glass, not just on the surface. The photon and electrons do some kind of dance, the net result of which is the same as if the photon hit only on the surface.

Will Ferrell

I'm in a glass case of emotion

Tracy Kidder

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

Robert Rodriguez

When you put on the glasses in a 3-D movie they just kind of sit there and you forget about them.

Ursula Burns

I’m an advocate for change and eager to break a little glass when needed,

Robert McAfee Brown

The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture.

Walt Disney

Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.

Saul Bellow

Losing a parent is something like driving through a plate-glass window. You didn't know it was there until it shattered, and then for years to come you're picking up the pieces -- down to the last glassy splinter.