Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dead Prez

As artists we have a responsibility to organize and ensure that funds we raise for this cause are disseminated in a timely, fair and orderly fashion,

Dorothy Rothschild Parker

Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much

David Banks

As people continue to get more and more recorded content for free, one can assume that artists will attempt to make more money by performing live. And the artists are pretty powerful.

Charlotte Moore

Probably about 99 percent of the time I don't put my name on my stuff, ... I'm one of the very few artists without an ego. I'm just kind of an average artist. I'm not odd or bizarre.

Gallant

People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'

George Carl

Normally, Collectables will reissue or repackage past projects of well-known artists in every style of music. However, occasionally they will discover a new artist and solicit them for a record deal. That's what happened to us.

Richard Andrews

Comparisons of different artists are a good way to get people to see the artists in a new way. It's a jolt. There's a lot of curiosity about these objects (from Allen's collection). Not many people have seen them.

Pat Connors

Detroit was just like a New York or San Francisco as far as having artists and the music culture, except it was more of a reflection of the Midwest and the car culture: a little hard-edged.

Tom Anderson

depends more on the artists we can find...I'm talking to about four bands right now.

Kevin Nealon

A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November.

Henry Hughes

Any time players have an issue or concern like this, we take a look at it. It's really not an issue from our standpoint.

Mike Griffin

Any time I can have more flexibility and control of my money, I think that is a good thing - as long as it is optional.

Shlomo Yosef

Any improvement in his condition won't be possible to determine until after the prime minister emerges from the coma.

Terri Sullivan

Any facility that takes a sex offender is very conscious of the enforcement spotlight. They're not going to take any chances.

Ryan Hall

Any project under construction will continue to stay on track.

Mark Ferrulo

Any pro-environmental piece of legislation has a hard road to travel in this Congress. It's not going to be a walk in the park, not with current leadership in some of these committees.

Mark Rea

Another typical outstanding game for her. Team-wise, we played defense pretty well. We really took control of our own errors. We kept control of the ball.

J. C. Watts

Another thing we need to concern ourselves with on the coast, is the (hurricane) season is not over.

Peter Dixon

A second half recovery has already been priced in and we are well into the quarterly reporting season. The economic data due out this week will be pivotal and if it does come in worse than expected, there is scope for downside.

Mark Gertler

A year and a half ago it was pretty obvious how to forecast the path of the funds rate. Now, I think what happens is really going to depend on the new data that comes in.

Elga Bartsch

As long as the data point to an ongoing economic recovery, they should feel comfortable about normalizing rates. If anything, the survey numbers are more robust than before.

Joel Kastner

Our data suggest that the planet-forming process may be hardier than previously believed, occurring around even the most massive stars.

Fernando Ferrer

Our data suggests that Latino turnout will be as strong as it was last time.

Robert Rosen

Our data is telling us that updated and improved standards of practice for storm water management would enhance water quality and do a better job of handling the volume of run-off.

Steven Hall

Our data doesn't indicate that you're not going to be able to see the Wind River mountains,

Lee Ferridge

People are still digesting Friday's data and wondering whether the short-term reaction to sell the dollar was right,

Steven Camarota

People come here to work, ... sliced the data really thin.

Jeffrey Lichtman

a fraud through and through, a real snake-oil salesman.

Safwat Rashid

No wide, premeditated and systematic fraud was noticed.

Benjamin Cardozo

Fraud includes the pretense of knowledge when knowledge there is none.

Howard Beales

The results of our survey indicate that fraud in the U.S. is a serious problem.

David Boies

I would be very, very surprised if we uncovered a large fraud at this stage. The work we have done would have been enough to uncover a very large fraud at this stage.

Glenn Jennings

We hope the word is getting out that insurance fraud will not be tolerated in Kentucky.

Craig Fugate

The intent of the program was not to provide you a generator for free. We don't want fraud and waste in our programs.

Eric Carlson

There was just very little fraud going on. I just don't think it was nearly as much of a problem as they suspected.

Adam Ereli

There were major irregularities and fraud that are of serious concern.

Brian Jacques

Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.

Jane Campion

I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten or rested. The best things are always out of your control. It's those moments that surpass the imagination that are thrilling.

Cesar Milstein

I learned what research was all about as a research student [with] Stoppani ... Max Perutz, and ... Fred Sanger... From them, I always received an unspoken message which in my imagination I translated as "Do good experiments, and don't worry about the rest."

Catherine Ponder

It is through the imagination that the formless takes form.

Kate Micucci

There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy.

Arthur C. Clarke

... chemistry is a trade for people without enough imagination to be physicists.

Blaise Pascal

Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail.

Elinor Wylie

I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose.

Stephen Jay Gould

The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to construct functional intermediates in many cases, has been a persistent and nagging problem for gradualist accounts of evolution.

James McKenzie

People have a lot of misconceptions about the district. I just want to get the information out there so they know what is going on.

Fadela Chaib

After SARS they know they should really provide timely information about what is going on.

Shawn Henderson

Once we get through the process, more information will be available.

Norman Siegel

The more information that they issue would shed more light on what actually happened.

Sam Miller

The more information that's out there, the better.

Denise Sposato

The size of our mailing is competitive information and we do not reveal our figures.

Nancy Howe

The study is really about listening to women and getting information from them about themselves.

Mark Nation

The SWAT team members needed as much information as possible. I don't think that happened.

Gil Ferran

Sometimes, I find all that talk slightly insulting. Especially questions like that after I've won a race. I read all that stuff and I know where it all comes from but I don't have any privileged information to share with you.

Billy Crystal

I'm married - I've caught my limit.

Albert Einstein

when u knw ur limits u go byond them

Dorothy L. Sayers

No, no, there must be a limit to the baseness even of publishers.

Constance Baker Motley

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

Ray Stevens

Do you qualify to be alive or is the limit of your senses so as to survive?

Simon Newcomb

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

Stirling Moss

It's hard to drive at the limit, but it's harder to know where the limits are.

Victor Hugo

If the infinite had no me, then me would be its limit. It would not be the infinite, therefore it would not be.

Usain Bolt

I can still improve a lot, but there is definitely a limit to what the human body can do.

Dakota Blue Richards

As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.

Daniel Sharman

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Rick Riordan

As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.' There is no 'next' 'Harry Potter.'

Rocco Calo

As a stockholder myself, I want to see the stock do well but I also want to see them treat people well.

Shawn Amos

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

John Eales

As a captain, it's important to have the right people around you,

Peter Ueberroth

As a lot of people said, 'The U.S. is back,' in a way. We were well received.

Ray Santiago

As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.

W. H. Murray

The big thing is getting more infrastructure in place so that people can just pull up and get the fuel.

Jennifer Dunn

This is not a ripple effect. This is a tsunami.

Jamie Fellner

An immigration violation should not give the government license to rip up the rule book. By restricting judicial oversight and blocking public scrutiny, the government has exercised virtually unchecked power over those it has detained.

Jody Watley

The time was ripe for Flower. The vibe was right.

Daniel Smith

Bob Dylan started out as a folk rip- off but he quickly ran with complex influences and it ended up to be his own sound.

Angus Young

I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

Alex Shoumatoff

Before you rip off three feet of toilet paper, consider that each year 500,000 acres of virgin boreal forest in northern Alberta and Ontario are being clear-cut to make the stuff. These forests are home to some 500 First Nation communities, as well as caribou and bears, moose and wolves, and, in the summertime, billions of songbirds.

Alberto Manguel

Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach to the backs. These evil white scabs rip off with difficulty, leaving leprous wounds and traces of slime to which adhere the dust and fluff of ages, making me wish for a special gummy hell to which the inventor of these stickers would be condemned.

Anne Sexton

pulling off the fat diamond engagement ring, pulling off the elopement wedding ring, and holding them, clicking them in thumb and forefinger, the indent of twenty-five years, like a tiny rip leaving its mark....

Conor Oberst

One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.

Brad Meltzer

All writers steal from their own lives.

Anton Chekhov

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

Sherill Baker

We just tried to be the aggressor. We were trying to get some steals to set up our scoring.

Jesse Jackson

I had to steal to survive.

Pablo Picasso

If there is something to steal, I steal it.

Barbara Corcoran

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

Leonard Bernstein

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.

Jean Harlow

Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal a husband. At least not for long.

Cilla Black

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

Ian Mckellen

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

Ariel Rechtshaid

I've always had this impression that notoriety came when you're trying to get notoriety.

Joss Whedon

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured out what it is I'm trying to do.

Jeremy Moore

I've always been trying to be a writer. This is the first thing I've ever finished.

David Dunn

The most important thing that we're trying to do,

Domo Genesis

Sometimes, when I'm trying to get my thoughts out, and I'm thinking too fast, I stutter.

Marsha Thomsen

Right now, we are all just trying to adjust.

Craig Venter

I spent 10 years trying to find one gene.