Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Evans

Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide.

Vin Diesel

I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.

George Canning

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Hal Capps

You never know what we are going to run. We feel like we have six tailbacks that can get the job done on any given night.

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Mark Rylance

This situation has given them an opportunity to really set themselves up.

Orrin Hatch

We think that this money should be given in tax relief to the American people, not spent by those know-it-alls back in Washington,

Taylor Swift

I never expected anything to be given to me.

Peter Beck

Given the limited policy options they have, they don't have much of an alternative to talking.

Jim Grossman

Given the level of research and development and the products we've seen so far, my sense is that the numbers still have a ways to go up.

Avi Greengart

Given their problem with the Palm OS and Access, they have to do something. It would be better if they could do something more quickly. But it's a win for Palm and for RIM.

M. J. Rose

When I do a workshop, there is always at least one author who comes up afterward and asks if I'll take a look at his or her book and consider blurbing it. For some reason, I can turn someone down in e-mail, but when he or she is looking me in the eye, I cave.

John Waters

Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ""God is crying."" And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ""Probably because of something you did.

Gertrude Stein

How do you like what you have. This is a question that anybody can ask anybody. Ask it.

Nick Hornby

Have you got any soul?"" a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I've got loads, too much, more than I can handle. I wish I could spread it a bit more evenly, I want to tell her, get a better balance, but I can't seem to get it sorted. I can see she wouldn't be interested in my internal stock control problems though, so I simply point to where I keep the soul I have, right by the exit, just next to the blues.

The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?

Nancy Farmer

I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.

Katie Price

I never ask anyone for anything. I've just not been brought up like that.

Sathya Baba

Service has been defined as Love made manifest . Baba repeatedly asks us to expand our hearts to include all humanity. He tells us that to care only for our own interests and those of our families is a constriction of our heart. Such constriction eventually results in loneliness and unhappiness -- as indeed we can see all around us, for it is the malady of the present age.