Famous Quotes & Sayings

Graeme Le Saux

I was pleased that two very disparate photographs, two images that each worked in their own way had appealed enough to other people for them to buy them. I was also relieved they weren't the last ones purchased, and that they sold for a pound more than the frame was worth.

Woody Johnson

He's got a strong pedigree. He's been a major contributor to a very successful organization. The most important thing is he demonstrated to us a passion for football, a passion for teaching. He knows something about the culture of football that appealed to us.

Woody Johnson

He's got a strong pedigree. But the most important thing he demonstrated to us was his passion for football and teaching. He knows something about the culture of football that appealed to us.

Shawn Ryan

He's going to be a great foil for the guys on our show. Forest has always impressed me with his range. He's got an incredible sweetness and soulfulness but also strength. It's a rare combination for an actor and that appealed to me with this character.

Kelli O'Hara

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most.

Avery Johnson

I'm very disappointed. I've spoken to the league, and I can't get into details on what was said. I can't even find the words. I've appealed to the league about their judgment. I've seen a whole lot worse.

Mohammad Hanif

Indian fielders appealed because the decision could have changed the match as India were losing after being beaten in the Karachi Test. Under different circumstances, India might not have appealed.

Susan Vreeland

I made my personal discovery of Emily Carr while visiting Victoria in 1981 to write a travel article. Immediately, her strong colors attracted me; her spunk fascinated me. Her down-to-earth voice in her writing appealed to me as authentic and original.

Rick Riordan

I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going through the 'greatest hits' from my years as a social studies teacher, and picked the historical characters and eras that most appealed to my students.

Illeana Douglas

It is nice to do an independent film that can be a commercial hit. I think comedies do really well. I wish more independent films were comedies.

Dax Shepard

There's like a shift in the paradigm about every 15 years in movies because one would slip through the cracks. I think if they were more inexpensive you would see many more eclectic comedies being made.

Kevin Reilly

It's been a struggle to find that next evolution of comedy. Earl was our highest-testing show in 15 years, which was kind of a surprise. But we definitely need cutting-edge comedies like that.

Michael Cudlitz

I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done, and I've enjoyed one-hour television.

Tim Horan

We plan to make three feature-length movies for theatrical release this year, probably comedies because that is what works well for local production and we already have a stable of good comedy writers from our television sitcoms.

Alan Alda

Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.

John Thomas

We find it disturbing that the networks in question seem to have no problem exploiting gay persons through mindless comedies or titillating dramas, but when it comes to a church's loving welcome of committed gay couples, that's where they draw the line.

Kevin Reilly

The strength of the ratings and performance and the quality of these two shows make this a very easy decision. We are confident that these comedies will only continue to increase in popularity.

Mariella Frostrup

Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world.

Alan Light

He just digs himself deeper into a hole no matter when he does it.

Joe Logan

Half-court execution is something we've worked on. We still look to run, but as you get deeper into the MAAC, you have to score in the half-court.

Frank Busch

I think we're a little deeper going into tomorrow than we were on the women's side, so I'm looking forward to that.

Mike Strong

We matched up well with them. We were able to push them back off that 3-point line and make them shoot deeper than they probably would have liked.

Ryan Smith

He dug down into his heart. He was tired, but this whole week he has dug down deeper than ever and it is really going to pay off for him.

Tony Rizzo

Road warriors have laptops already, but what we're talking about is making a deeper penetration into the enterprise.

Gordon Brown

Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States have never been stronger, deeper and more cordial,

Robert Southey

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Bob Day

In the last six to 10 years, it's growing somewhat deeper into the lagoon. It depends on where you are.

Doug Flutie

I think it's actually easier for me to simulate him than it would be a Peyton Manning, ... but you can't do it to the full extent. You can't stand there flat-footed and sling the thing 65, 70 yards off your back foot, or when you take off and run.

Dr. Jones

I think it probably could work in terms of making it easier to feel lumps.

Jim Thorpe

I think it played easier today than it did in the pro-am.

Rickey Henderson

He can steal as many as he wants. He's got unbelievable speed but he doesn't have the greatest jump. Right now, he's just running on raw speed. But if you watch a pitcher's move and get a good jump, sometimes you don't have to run as hard and it's easier to steal second.

Christopher McQuarrie

I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself.

Scott Brison

It could be, in some ways, a little easier for someone who wasn't part of that trench warfare.

Tom Poti

It could be a good thing. We could sneak up on some teams. It's easier going as the underdogs.

Noe Cerezo

It could have been much easier. It's not going to get any easier now. It's going to get harder.

Megan Ronhovde

It is a lot of thinking and every game we make some minor adjustments. You go man-to-man it's a little more simplistic. I think it's been a little easier for the younger girls.

Larry Brown

I thought with this young team he was vital for us, ... I wouldn't have enjoyed watching him play handicapped as he is.

Drew Johnson

I thoroughly enjoyed the meetings. It gave us an opportunity to get together and look at the issues we felt were appropriate.

John Reed

I thoroughly enjoyed my years at the newspaper. It was a fantastic, wonderful experience, and I had the opportunity to work with some really excellent people. I leave with a heavy heart.

Wade Miller

I thoroughly enjoyed my 11 years playing for the Winnipeg football club.

Lisa Kelly

We've been through a lot together. We always had fun. We were just a group of friends who enjoyed doing things together.

Henry Ian Cusick

I was a theater actor back in the U.K., and you knew the whole play, so you could plot your storyline and character. And then I did 'Lost' and didn't know, and it was kind of frustrating, but I enjoyed it.

Billy Donovan

I think it was a great experience for our players. Obviously, it's hard to prepare for the White House on such short notice, but I think they enjoyed themselves on the trip.

Wayne Gretzky

I watched him and how much he enjoyed it. His success was probably a factor on my wanting to be a coach.

Tom Costello

I went to all four Theology On Taps, and the whole thing is more relaxed. It is not as stuffy as meeting in a church. I really enjoyed it, and it was great.

David Pierce

Kelsey Grammer is wickedly funny. He's like an 8-year-old child. He's always doing pranks, and we have a great time.

Rob McKittrick

He is that guy in the movie. He is that funny guy who can get in your grill, and be funny about it. He's a lot more interesting in person than you usually see on the screen.

Trevor Noah

Most of my show is true; like, 90% of everything I say on stage is true. I just have to find the way to make it funny - that's the difficult thing.

Taylor Hawkins

Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.

Shaquille O'Neal

Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it's natural.

Maddie Ziegler

I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.

Ginnifer Goodwin

I think it's funny how there are a thousand shows out there, and a thousand movies, that are glorifying (extramarital) affairs, while this man is being completely honest with his wives.

John Pelphrey

I think the NCAA has a funny sense of humor with regards to pairing us up with Florida.

Mike Birbiglia

I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you.

Bill Freeman

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

David Eckstein

Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it's you vs. him, that's all that really mattered at that point.

Greg Puhalski

He didn't play too badly. It's just a matter of getting a little rust off.

Doug Miller

He comes up with a lot of big plays no matter where you put him.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Sloane Crosley

Going to a museum is one of those inexplicably tiring things. You're not actually doing anything, more shifting your weight from room to room than walking. And yet it is one of the more tiring things one can do, no matter how thrilled you are by the exhibits.

Brian Beckwith

His success is all to him. It's all a matter of how he thinks each night and how he prepares for each game.

Dave Duncan

His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things.

Arlen Specter

I think it's more a matter for them than us because we've got ... a lot of matters which take precedence over this for our own time,

Winnie Holzman

I think we put on a real old-fashioned musical in some ways,

Richard C. Armitage

I went into musical theatre, which I'm not really cut out for - I'm not as skilled at it as other people.

Tre Cool

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

Rick James

I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

William Shenstone

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.

William Shatner

I love the musicality of words.

Samuel Rogers

And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical, most melancholy.

Richard Rodney Bennett

Being on a musical quest was something I always enjoyed.

Wayne Rooney

I listen to 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys; also the musical Oliver - I can sing every tune.

Irene Chan

If you look at the time schedule of a park, this is being realistic about it.

Aaron Finch

We set a realistic vision on the playoffs.

Julia Gillard

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

Paul Samuelson

Economics never was a dismal science. I should be a realistic science.

Michael Casserly

It's not realistic that any superintendent could turn around some of these systems within two years.

Mike Campbell

Scenario-based training is one of the big trends -- trying to make training as realistic as possible,

Davin Joseph

That's not realistic football. You can't keep winning with just the run game.

Clint Eastwood

You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.

Dwayne Johnson

Any time I'm on-screen it is realistic because I don't pull my punches or anything like that.

Ricky Fante

I wrote the song in tribute ... at the time she was murdered,

Dan Hill

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

Estelle

Labrinth is a super talented singer, producer, songwriter from London.

Nick Cave

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

Robert Cray

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

Rob Thomas

I've had the pleasure of working closely with Marc Von Em as a singer, but when I heard his original stuff, I asked him to open up a 10,000 seat gig. Just him, his guitar, and his songs. He killed it!

Rob Sheffield

Every moment of my life has a soundtrack, so I never know when some song is going to jump me by surprise and bring the memory alive.

Rob Sheffield

Singing what's in your heart? Naming the things you love and loathe? You can get hurt that way. Hell, you will get hurt that way. But you'll get hurt trying to hide away in all that silence and leave your life unsung. There's no future without tears. Are you really setting your hopes on not getting hurt at all? You think that's an option? You clearly aren't listening to enough Morrissey songs.

Rob Sheffield

It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you.

Saint Ignatius

The wellbeing of the head resounds throughout the whole body, and as are the Superiors, so, in turn, will their subjects be.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'

Alan Simpson

Whatever he does, Dick will do it his own way, because whatever he does, it will be the subject of ridicule.

Dan Smith

He was getting at a really important subject and he did it thoughtfully and gracefully.

Woody Allen

Subjectivity is objective.

Jess Walter

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

J. J. Johnson

I just find the whole subject so exciting, it really is my passion.

Mahatma Gandhi

No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.

J. R. Moehringer

You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.