Famous Quotes & Sayings

Trent Reznor

Just spent the day discussing touring up through next summer, then played our asses off to the least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to. As I'm walking to the bus to leave Sacramento as soon as I can, I learn Jerome is back in the hospital. I have no idea what this means.

Glenn Stanton

John and I are both very disturbed by audience members who don't conduct themselves well, regardless of which side they are on. But that is very rare. Most people seem thankful for the way and seriousness with which we engage the issue and our obvious respect for each other.

Zhang Ziyi

He creates characters that draw in an audience no matter what language they speak. His insight into the human heart crosses all boundaries. I know he is also making a huge influence in the lives of younger filmmakers and actors.

Rory Bruer

Having a Jim Carrey film over the holidays is a pretty sure bet. Audiences trust he'll have the goods, and they want to laugh and have a good time this time of year.

George Pierce Baker

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.

Ingrid Jensen

There are so many pockets of places around the country where I play at tiny little towns, and the audiences in general there are so much more appreciative than big city audiences.

Cillian Murphy

He obviously knows through his movies how to exploit terror, and he seems to be able to investigate fears that we all have and exploit them or magnify them. There's a particular way of doing films like this. There's a particular way to manipulate the audience to get sort of a reaction out of them, and he can do that.

Wendy Liebmann

Here is this audience that is waiting to be plucked. They have a lot of money to spend, so they are a really big deal.

Frank Darabont

He's delighted with it, ... And indeed, I think that for him, this really came from the heart, this piece. So to have it represented well to the movie-going audience was quite a pleasure for him.

Stephen Jones

Kid books can get cute and a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e. Garfield says cute rots the intellect. Don't forget the name of the cat! You pick up cats the wrong way and they stop being adorable...they become Scratch.

James Patterson

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.

Spike Jonze

Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.

Jan Nash

Just look at the shelves of any bookstore in any airport, and you see how much people love crime and mysteries, how much they love solving puzzles.

Mark Patton

It is a great thing for him to have read so many books. You just don't usually hear that about a first-grader.

Robertson Davies

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible) have no friend in me, for in their realm the fully comprehensible is not worth comprehending

Mark Foley

We track library books better than we do sexual predators.

Ray Manchuk

We're optimistic that the new Harry Potter will bring more foot traffic to stores and perhaps become a catalyst to drive sales of other books as well.

Hilaire Belloc

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.

John Spencer

Having been involved with the space tourism movement and industry since the beginning?in the early 1980s?I have seen the evolution of a concept from start to entering into a phase where several very smart billionaires are investing millions of their own dollars into it and the government and media takes it seriously. Space enterprise and tourism is real and growing.

Dan Clark

It has been my experience that what perplexes and frustrates many people are the higher-level concepts of object-oriented programming

Daniel Peris

The Internet as a tool means all the leading retailers are going to be on the Internet in the next couple of years. The pure selling concept over the Internet has proven not to work and the pure plays are gong to be surpassed by traditional retailers.

Russell Sheldon

The Fed has identified consumer confidence as the most important concept right now. They are extremely worried that the problems in the stock market and the weakness in the manufacturing sector will lead to pessimism and lower spending.

Michael Williams

The cool thing about the concept is it's a way to discover up-and-coming designers without having to travel around the world.

Donald Trump

The concept was no good. You had so many things going wrong. Theresa, you're fired.

Bernie Williams

The concept is like a dream for me. However, the timing of the tournament is questionable at best.

O. Henry

The Hail Mary portion is the wholesale reform of Medicare. The idea . . . has technical problems to be solved, and it involves concepts around which there is not a major consensus.

Jim Tracy

The great thing about Roberto Hernandez is he understands the concept of what we're trying to implement here. Stay within the framework of what's being drawn up to create that continuity.

Jamie Wyeth

I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.

W. Somerset Maugham

Great writers create; writers of smaller gifts copy

Bre Pettis

We got involved with the RepRap Project, a community focused on making 3-D printers that could make copies of themselves and help create a world without money. We started making prototypes.

Johannes Ulrich

While there may still be a few copies of the JavaScript around which try to download this trojan, it will no longer be able to do so.

Nick Harkaway

Digital books are still painfully ugly and weirdly irritating to interact with. They look like copies of paper, but they can't be designed or typeset in the same way as paper, and however splendid the cover images may look on a hi-res screen, they're still images rather than physical things.

Randy Vossburg

The township received the administrative order on Wednesday and has provided the solicitor, engineer and management system with copies for review and comment. A meeting to discuss this issue will be scheduled in the near future.

Don Shula

Learn from everyone, copy no one.

David Bailey

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

Steve Swasey

If we have more demand for a specific movie than we have copies of that movie, we will give preference to our lower-volume customers.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.

Bill Gray

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Russ Yarworth

He's a very tough worker. Mentally, he's tough, despite what he might tell you. He's got a good feel for the water.

Rupert Lowe

I did not offer to stand down because of Clive Woodward's involvement and there is no suggestion of that happening despite this report. I don't know where this has come from.

Saddam Hussein

help with the legal justification for the use of force ... despite U.S. resistance.

Mike Dubbelde

Our relationship with the parents so far has been great. Despite being a new sport, the fundraising and support has really been there.

Richard Martin

In this regard, Japan stands out as the dominant threat to regional stability, despite its low share of exports as a percentage of GDP.

Willie Green

I know I've been in motor sport for 46 years and some might think it is time I grew up, but I am still here, despite smashing up my legs.

Larry Wachtel

I also like Tandy ( TAN : Research , Estimates ). They sell all the electronic gear that is so exciting on the dip.

Peter Lilley

Physical money possesses greater risk than electronic money or even gold.

John Ford

Electronics is clearly the winner of the day.

Bill Steiner

It's fast. It's easy. You don't run the risk of math errors. I can't think of a reason not to use electronic filing.

Henry Paulson

This acquisition highlights Goldman Sachs' strategy of expanding our electronic market-making capabilities,

Tracy Mullin

This is going to be a great season for kids, ... Lots of hot toys out there. A lot of electronic toys, interactive toys. A lot of wonderful things for children.

Eva Simons

Music is real when it goes inside you. You know when you really love someone, and you look into their eyes and you know it's real? Even though I'm an electronic artist, I wanna keep it real.

Kevin Mitnick

I saw myself as an electronic joy rider. I was like James Bond behind the computer. I was just having a blast.

Andrea Lewis

Now, the way in which we send that information will be by secure and encrypted electronic transfer.

Paul Scheuring

I wouldn't be surprised if you saw something like 'Prison Break,' colon, and a few other words. But it's not going to be 'Prison Broke.

Anthony Zinni

I would say we're within a week or so. We're ready now but there are a few more pieces to put in.

Michael Lloyd

I would say up until the recent few weeks, it looked like CSX might be doing a better job, now the shoe may be on the other foot, ... I'd be more worried about CSX going forward than Norfolk Southern.

Greg Shivers

Katie did much better in that game. Her pitching has really picked up the last few games.

John Gibbons

I talked to him today about a few things and I hope he got the message. You see guys on the other side like (Derek) Jeter and (Gary) Sheffield get down the line.

Joseph Beninati

There are such very few large-scale opportunities in Greenwich.

Daniel Woodrell

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

Dani Shapiro

The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which the mind can remain single-pointed, empty.

Rick Hackman

Here at the PUC, we see a kind of gathering storm. Here in the next few months, you will be seeing some sobering utility bills.

Lupita Nyong'o

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.

Thomas Vinje

What Microsoft is talking about is freedom for them to innovate, not others.

Larry Mowry

There is a good possibility of a freeze or frost mainly to the north and west of Interstate 4.

Dan Rose

We're probably not as offensive on the back end right now. But we have potential. We'll concentrate on having six solid D on the ice and be as mistake free as possible.

Robert Price

We took our free shipping truck and ran over their obstacle.

Sal Sinatra

We took entries from nine shippers. Those horsemen will be required to produce a 72-hour health certificate at the stable gate, which indicates that they are free from the virus.

Chris Spencer

We talked before the game that we have to make our free throws, especially on the road.

Mark Schneider

I think that's what we're all trying to gather. We've got one proposed licensee saying, 'We'll give you a free arena,' and another saying, 'I can only give you a first-class casino.' Somewhere in between would be the truth, I think.

Alan Keyes

It isn't a free speech issue; it's a matter of public decency.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Toshifumi Suzuki

The Japanese retail industry is totally unique. To be successful, you have to have a thorough knowledge about the market.

David Sowerby

It's more and more the sobering acknowledgement that the industry is significantly challenged.

Gustav Humbert

The year 2005 was a record year for the industry as a whole and for Airbus in particular.

Ridley Scott

There's a big film industry in Egypt, and quite a big one in Syria, and there's a big Muslim community in Paris.

Mike Casey

I did what they wanted, and they offered it, so I think I have it coming,

Kristin Hasson

We're going through rebirth right now. And the school has offered a lot of support.

Rob James-Collier

Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.

Jeff Bridges

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

Ron Moody

I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.

Wade Wimmer

We have offered a 30 percent over plant for the 2006 crop. For every share that a grower owns, they can plant 30 percent.

Tom Keith

If he wants us to do an investigation, I've offered that we have the SBI standing by. This is cooperative. It's not the usual confrontational, sandbagging games.

Bill Hader

I was offered a lot of supporting crazy parts in comedies because that's all I had done.

Don MacAdam

We'd end up in the office talking hockey. He offered (to coach), and I'm not one to turn down help.

Madeline Albright

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

Heikki Kovalainen

Danger is part of my job. It's always there, but you can't think about it too much otherwise you start to be too slow.

Pete Sepp

No spending reduction is easy, otherwise they would have been done a long time ago.

Reed Hundt

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?

John Banville

I always think that if you know somebody's name then there's something slightly fraudulent about that person. Otherwise we wouldn't have heard of him or her.

Richard Shelby

Otherwise the taxpayer is going to ultimately underwrite everybody's risk,

Hicham Guerrouj

Otherwise there is not much point in me going.

Alan Greenspan

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

Atharva Veda

We should strictly keep away from such people otherwise it will prove detrimental for our own spiritual growth.

Kypros Chrysostomides

It seems that today we reached a satisfactory conclusion.

Tom Duxbury

There's at least one more we could reach for another flyby.

Rick Wagoner

These negotiations were done in a positive, cooperative, problem-solving spirit, ... While it may have taken some time to reach this cooperative solution, I think it was time well-spent.

Joseph Biden

We have to do more to reach out and get the rest of the world in on the game,

Marina Tsvetaeva

Don't you know no one can escape the power of creatures reaching out with breath alone?

Sandra Williams

We're uniting together to reach out into the community.

Richard Wagoner

While it may have taken some time to reach this solution, I think it was time very well spent,

Kypros Chrysostomides

It seems that today we reached a satisfactory conclusion.

William Whewell

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

Will Wright

I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.

Wayne Dyer

Every obstacle is a test.

Rod Lurie

You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. With both comedies and movies that are intense, you need to calibrate the film and see how audiences react.

Barbara Ehrenreich

So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.

Leila Aboulela

Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah" - Utaz Badr

Madeleine L'Engle

Almost all the joyful things of life are outside the measure of IQ tests.

John F. Kennedy

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.

Lois McMaster Bujold

I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune.