Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Ron Paul

Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts.

Ron Paul

Expect the rapidly expanding homeschool movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to rebuild a free society with constitutional protections.

Sam Mendes

If you're doing a classic play, where if you do a Chekhov, you do the words as written. You can't do that with a novel; you have to do your version of the words as written.

Ruth Wilson

What you aim for, as an actor, is to be able to play a range of different roles.

Sullivan Stapleton

I started here in Australia, playing a lot of roles but never the lead guy in shows here. I always tended to play the rougher guy, the criminal who gets caught or shot by the cops. Or the boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks.

Story Musgrave

I’m not a risk taker. But astronauts are professionals, so you get out on the field and play ball. I tried to take it in stride because that’s what I had to do to get into space. That’s where I belong, and I’m pretty good at it.

Stone Gossard

I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

Stone Gossard

We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play.

Alan Moore

Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.

Lou Palkovics

I felt like we did everything right in the first half ? our inside game, our outside game, we were finding people, defensively. I thought we got very stagnant in the second half.

Eshaya Murphy

I felt like we could play the No. 1 team and we'd come out and give our best. I was going to do what I needed to.

Channing Frye

I felt like we accomplished a lot. But it's like not finishing a marathon with a mile left.

Lance Armstrong

I felt like today might be the day when the jersey would be given away and it turned out it was,

Sakie Yokota

I felt like throwing up when I read that part.

Susan Smith

I felt like things could never get any worse.

Phil Jackson

I felt like they were frustrated and they have a reason to be frustrated. Things didn't happen for them and it's a frustrating thing for these young kids.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

I felt like the Pacers . . . they've already been there,

Ming Chin

I felt like somebody had a vice and was squeezing it on my head.