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.

Aldous Huxley

And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.

Deion Sanders

Yes I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells.

Andre Agassi

Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it's an offer I can't refuse, so I rally and try to stay in shape and keep myself active.

Danny Elfman

In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And there are other pieces which are really about - okay, the melody is going to start here and play through to here.

Ambrose Bierce

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

Andy Van Slyke

I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and my paycheck never mattered (in relation) to how I played. I played with Little League enthusiasm and professional flair. That's what fans are really looking for.

Andy Summers

I would like to play with electronic keyboards again.

Andy Summers

I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

Max Azria

For me, one of the biggest designers is Azzedine Alaia. Everything he is doing is fantastic.

Genie Francis

I've always loved interior design.

Oliver Sacks

Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

I was probably born with some designing abilities.

Prabal Gurung

I'm fascinated by furniture design and interiors, and I want to try designing all that stuff.

Pablo Picasso

Good designers copy; great designers steal.

Olivier Theyskens

My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.

Michael Behe

Evolution no longer looks like a random process to me; it looks like a set-up job. My sense is that we'll discover the means to detect the design scientifically.

Robert Love

The interesting thing about Android's design is how little we modified the kernel.

Sepp Blatter

The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.

Noel Gallagher

I've never felt like I had anything important to say.

Kina Grannis

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

Maya Angelou

When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?

Lauryn Hill

It's more important to be righteous than to be right.

Lance Bass

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

Marie Antoinette

When everyone else is losing their heads, it is important to keep yours.

Nora Roberts

My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.

Nora Roberts

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.