Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aesop

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Ezra Koenig

If kids and teenagers can get into a band, it's probably not because they think it's brainy.

Samantha Fox

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.

Michael Leunig

An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, or dull and nasty and insipid, or profoundly stupid in the special way that 'brainy' people can be.

Konrad Lorenz

'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer.

Woody Harrelson

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Karl Pilkington

At the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, 'cause it was never gonna happen. We can't all be brainy, can we? That's just the way the world is.

Tony Martin

I think it's accurate. I think they've locked themselves into a situation where they're gonna be stuck for quite a while.

Randy Ready

Guys missed some pitches to hit. In the last two weeks, we really haven't. That's gonna happen.

Jeffrey Benton

I think it's gonna be a catalyst-driven week,

Cliff Politte

I think you kick a guy in the butt in a tough situation, it's only gonna make it worse. You shouldn't go out there and say, 'You (stink), it's still a strike.' It's messing with a kid's head.

Brendan Bayliss

We try to make the music very dense. There are six people pulling in a lot of directions, so you're gonna get a lot of energy.

Sharon Lewis

I could sing before I could talk, Everything's Gonna Be Alright.

Bobby Januska

If you're gonna pin Billy, you're gonna have to really pin him. He doesn't give up many back points.

Josh Kopelman

If you're an entrepreneur, and you have a choice to go to a place where there are 250 VC firms or somewhere else where there might be one or two, you're gonna go where all the money is.

Josh Thomas

If you live with someone that is depressed, the truth of it - it's not that dramatic, it's just a bit, kind of, 'Here we go, this is what we're doing today. This is sad. But we're gonna get through it.'

Avi

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

Catherine Johnson

If you've ever been in a classroom, you know these teachers are underpaid.

Dave Craig

Saturdays we always have a lot of browsers -- teachers and tourists.

Chris Crutcher

If we are to stop bullying in schools, we have to start with teachers and administrators. If we want to stop it, we have to stop it.

Wendy Kopp

The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Jennifer Fallon

I actually started writing publishable stuff the day I decided I'd actually like to write something I'd like to read, and stopped trying to think what does everyone actually want.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Mark Krikorian

I think it's going to implode. They're trying to do too much.

Steve Foley

It hurts, man. We've done everything we can do to this point; trying not to aggravate it.

Estelle

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

Greg Bowers

We've been trying to play at Brooke's level, and we've been disappointed in past, but this is an accomplishment.

Scott Podsednik

I was just trying to get on base.