Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Conti

Making a living is not a career. It might be for an accountant, but it's not for someone who says "I want one thing." The guy who feels that his career hasn't happened yet. The guy who has that kind of hunger, who wants money and fame.

Derrick Brooks

Let's not be naive to the system. For the countless examples of people who have changed teams, there are countless of examples of people who haven't changed teams. Darrell Green finished his career with the Redskins and he always was one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the league. Jackie Slater was always one of the highest-paid tackles in the league and he played his whole career with the Rams. Brett Favre got a $100-million contract a few years ago and they found a way to keep him, so it can be done. Is it important to me? Yes. Is it in my hands? No.

Ian Millward

Liam can reflect on his career with great satisfaction,

James Roday

Leonardo Dicaprio didn't change his name, Emilio Estevez didn't change his name. But every case is different. I only have one reference of what my career was and I was very, very blessed and very, very lucky, and it got started very quickly after college. And I only know that by going with Roday.

Richard Bolles

Many people take career tests with the hope that someone can definitely tell them who they are and what they should do. No test can do that. I recommend that people use the results of their career interest tests to stimulate their own ideas about possible occupations.

Royce Chadwick

Senior Day is unique. It's always tough for a lot of reasons. It's hard for them to know that it's their last to play at home. The reality of the season starts to sink in. There are no more games left. But some of them come out and have career performances. I just hope we're ready.

Alphonso Jackson

So I've had a very vast career. And one of the things I think is so phenomenal about my career is I've had a lot of experiences.

Tina Martin

She's such a great kid, and I'm really hoping she'll be able to play in the CAA Tournament. She's had such a great career and we've won all these games. As a senior, you always want to see a kid finish in the championship tournament.

Dan Brooks

She was very good as a freshman, and then the latter part of her career her golf took a turn for the worse. But she told me that when she graduated that she wouldn't have changed a thing because it helped her develop into the person that she was.

Kiaran McLaughlin

She finished second so many times, and I'm glad she finally got a graded stakes win. She's a very good filly.

Jeff Probst

I finally met someone who could teach me about love.

James Garner

I said, 'Well, I'll give myself five years to see if I can make a living at it.' And after five years I was 30 and I said, 'Yeah, I can go another five years on just the reputation I have now' and then I went another five, and another five, and another five, and finally -- at 50 years old -- I said 'You know, I think I have a career,'

Daniel Woodrell

It was in a grim room on Eddy Street that I finally opened 'A Moveable Feast.' I read it all overnight. I read it again the next day.

Fred Griffin

We were having trouble with their press and getting into our offense, but we finally got into a groove. The other night it was 16 teams left, then eight. Now it's four. We just want to finish the mission.

Bobby Carpenter

We've done about 30 or so of these. Now, it's finally winding down.

Brittany Lincicome

Finally playing the way that I wanted to play.

Michael Schneider

finally getting the message and seeing the value of integrated systems-more accurate, quicker response times.

Karen Johns

We have been able to put pressure on people, and we've never been able to come through with that big hit when we needed it. Taylor got up there and stepped up with the triple, and that was huge for us because that was something we've been preaching and preaching and finally somebody did it and it takes the pressure off of everyone else.

Allen Ginsberg

You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening. If you're grasping to get your own voice, you're making a strained attempt to talk, so it's a matter of just listening to yourself as you sound when you're talking about something that's intensely important to you.

Robert Barry

I usually, if I give a talk, I don't usually prepare anything. I just say - you know, I may stop talking by showing some video or slides of what I do but mainly I try to respond to what problems people have with my work.

John Travolta

I have fame on the level of a Marilyn Monroe or an Elvis Presley, but part of the reason I didn't go the way they did was because of my beliefs. People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about.

John Philpot Curran

Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.

Mark Spitz

When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it — and everybody was talking about it — that I decided to keep it.

Megan McCafferty

Most people talk when they have nothing to say. I’m not talking because I have too much to say. None of which I’d want you to hear.

Michael Caine

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

Mason Cooley

Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock.

Jesse Jackson

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

Bill Swain

The timing of this weather is a little unfortunate.

Edward Boyden

A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.