Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Foley

There aren't many opportunities for celebs to do promotion that doesn't involve anecdotes about a crazy vacation.

Dave Foley

There aren't many opportunities for celebrities to do promotion that doesn't involve five-minute anecdotes about a crazy vacation. You really see them being themselves.

John Audubon

Hundreds of anecdotes I could relate. It may happen that the pages I am now scribbling over, may hereafter be published.

Mark Olson

Real-time, on-the-ground anecdotes get to us faster than does the information that rolls up through the reporting process. Those anecdotes are enormously useful and we pay a lot of attention to them.

William Mosher

Instead of just anecdotes and stories that raise people's anxieties, I think it's best to have real numbers. And now we have those.

Graciela Daniele

The audience will feel like Chita is talking to them personally. It's not like a play. It's like this woman is sitting on a chair, telling you these fascinating anecdotes in such a natural way that it's as if you were sitting in the living room with her.

T. J. Miller

It's much better to wreak havoc on a show and be a maniac than promote myself. Plugs and anecdotes aren't really in line with my beliefs. Besides, if someone sees me on a morning show and thinks, 'That's not funny; this guy is crazy,' then I don't want them to come to the show anyway.

Lauren Weisberger

Naturally, I mine my girlfriends' lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.

Kelly Macdonald

I'm no good at anecdotes.

Kerry Leitch

Kids get to that sort of Y in the road where if they are ready to go to college, they have to make some decisions. It's whether their skating offers them a future or whether they should go to college.

Kevin Sneddon

Jaime is one of the toughest competitors in college hockey, yet off the ice he is one of hockey?s finest citizens. He has had a major impact on the growth of community service participation during his time at the University of Vermont. This is a tremendous honor for Jaime, his family and the university.

Lorenzo Romar

I would say that 90 percent of everyone involved with Martell felt like it would behoove him to go to college initially. But he was given such a great opportunity as the sixth pick, it was hard for him to turn down.

E. Hicks

I talk to him once or twice a week. He's enjoying it, and he is learning a lot. He is tired, but that comes with being a college football player.

John Brady

I think it does nothing. It's window dressing. You either come to college for a year or you go to a prep school. How many high school kids got drafted anyway? A handful? So I don't think it does anything to help.

Ben Howland

He can score from 3, he can score off the bounce, he can score in the post, he rebounds his own shot as well as anybody. He poses a lot of problems. There's only a handful of people that are playing the game in college that would ever be talked about in that same light.

Steve Manstedt

Heck I didn't think I was going to play football in college. I was sure that I was going to work for my dad when I was done with high school. So getting good grades in high school was never a high priority for me.

Aaron Gray

He let me know we're stuck with him. It's great, because he's a guy who's been here for everyone's college career, and we've had a lot of success.

Jay Wright

This was a great college atmosphere. I had mixed feelings coming into the gym.

Ken Hill

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

Richard Parry

I was in the middle of staring at the new Mini. The way the two doors open in the back, have you seen that? It's really cute,

Roberto Torres

Knock, knock! Who's there? Success! Success who? Success who keeps showing up at your door and looks a lot like work! Open the door! - QUESTION: Will you open the door to success today?

Bob Gibbons

Kelvin will shut down a lot of open doors (for out-of-state universities). He'll be very successful in getting the top players in the state to come to Indiana.

Phil Jackson

Kareem met these guys at the door and he said, 'That effort wins on Wednesday (in Game 2).' He was very supportive. I think they heard that -- that if they give that kind of effort again, they can win.

Chris Chute

keeps all doors open as long as possible until the real opportunities start to shape themselves.

Scott Clark

I take exotic woods and make funky furniture. One of my favorite pieces I'm showing this year is a ying-yang curio that's four-feet in diameter. The doors are in that (ying-yang) shape and there are two shelves that seem like they're floating and are the dots.

Ryan Giggs

He just kept on knocking on door after door in search of Lee's place. And every wrong one made him more angry. Finally, when he knocked on the right door, he was volcanic.

Kevin Sigana

He lived with them for a while, and I guess it was a mother-type relationship. Whenever he wanted, he could come and stay. It was an open door for him.

J. M. Roberts

I would think that would be a fair representation,

David Blitzer

I think it's a fairly narrow change. I don't think it's anything to worry about.

Bill Self

I think it is fair to say that (the) winner of this game has a serious leg up on the other team. The winner of this game, if you are able to win a home game, is guaranteed at least a piece of it. There is not much margin for error.

Roy Barnes

He was a fair and honest judge. He will be missed by many.

Audrey Lewis

He didn't think he was getting a fair shake in the media, which is why he hired me.

Jim Boeheim

He just had a fluke injury in practice, and we're hoping he'll be back soon. We're hopeful he would be able to play fairly soon, but we don't know.

Stephen J. Cannell

Everyone starts out desperately trying to make a hit, but some people are just more mistake-prone than others. I happened to be fairly mistake-prone. Of the 40 shows I made, I'd say ten were hits, which is a pretty good average.

Alan Cole

This was a goal of mine for a long time. To come over here and win a Fair race. My owner gives us what we need and this is how we should be running all the time.

Mike Mueller

He's a fairly reclusive fellow, and our interview is pretty fun.

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

John Capel

Just to let them know that I haven't given up yet. They thought I was just going to let them have the title, but not yet.

Robert McKinley

Just pay attention. Make sure you're not given a product you don't want.

David Lawrence

I think it encompasses a value that the legislature has given to the transparency of government operations, to help people understand what their government is doing and why.

Jon Brayshaw

I think it is symbolic of solidarity and what Powder Ridge means to our community. Once in a while in your life, you are given the opportunity to do something to help out someone else and do the right thing.

Max Minghella

I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.

Patrick Jones

He is still in limbo. We have not been given any information formally of what the problem is.

Steve Rives

He is someone who has given us a real go-to guy.

Andrea Harris

has given me a more positive outlook about the growth of my business.

Dan Rohn

Gonzalez was tough early, but we made some adjustments and got some big knocks (hits). That's what you've got to do to win ballgames.

Ricky Stuart

It knocks around our cohesion a little bit. We've got to find a new combination there now.

Justin King

All the knocks that were on him - none of them were true. He's been impressive.

David Jones

To use a hackneyed term, it knocks my socks off.

Henry Johnson

Leadership requires talking about the right things and doing the right things, and sometimes you take your knocks when you do that.

E. B. White

That's been one of the knocks on me, ... that people think I'm not strong. So that's one of the things I want to work on in my last year.

Kelly Osbourne

I never thought in a million years I'd be that healthy girl who wakes up every morning to exercise. After being called 'cherubic and chubby,' I'm rocking a bikini!

Bill Scott

I think it is wrong to spend $4 or $5 million in a campaign.

Larry Sabato

He could have made millions in the private sector.

Mary Schmidt

There are so many millions of people you can't otherwise reach.

Ray Kelly

have a responsibility to the 8.1 million people that live in this city.

Richard Walden

It could be worth tens of millions of dollars.

Jeb Putzier

It comes out to $310 million more for the players.

Dora Schriro

We're on our way to spend $37 million in overtime this year.

Peter Ashkenaz

With millions of people in the program, you are going to see all sorts of different scenarios. This (situation) is unfortunate.

Peter Bart

Or, if it opens on three screens, it's going to stay on those three screens for much of the summer. He's not going to be pushed around like most studios are pushed around.

Ren Ng

Camera 1.0 was film. Camera 2.0 was digital. 3.0 is a light-field camera that opens all these new possibilities for your picture taking.

Dee Brown

When we come out and he plays aggressive, that opens it up for other players. When he plays like that, the sky's the limit.

Craig Smith

The success of my teammates, getting them the ball, and them making plays, opens it up for me come the end of the game.

David Oliver

Even if he doesn't get open, he opens something else up,

Greg Anderson

Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.

Steve Cohn

Until he opens up, there's nothing we can do.

Shannon Edge

She always opens it up to questions, comments, suggestions.

Stephen Frears

When I go and teach, it sort of opens me up in some way. And when you're open, you're more receptive.

Robert Winn

It is a little disappointing, ... That being said, there are others in development.

Genghis Khan

It is not sufficient that I suceed - all others must fail.

Tulin Mendoza

We can get anything really that others can't.

Ed Abner

Others had contacted her, but these were the two others she seriously considered.

Austin Wilson

I now what the same sense of security and safety that I used to preach to others about.

Kevin Hayashi

I haven't played that well in that tournament. And other times, others have played well. It's one I'd really like to win because it's the only 72-hole tournament we have.

Paul Morgan

If one of them does have it, it is possible that others do. So it is very contagious. They are being tested for that as we speak.

Martti Ahtisaari

I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.

Adam Carroll

The instrumentation was a little different. A little more experimental this time. We had saxophone and trumpet and strings and piano. The other two (albums) I've done are more straight-up singer/songwriter. The others were real story songs and these were more poetic-slash-story songs.

Edward Gramlich

I think it is more than several weeks for me!

Hilary Clinton

he could have made that statement several weeks earlier, in time for the holidays.

Brian Archer

It could be several weeks before we know the damage,

Kevin Jenkins

We take 'em from anywhere. But there are several institutions similar to us that play basketball.

Tom Daschle

I think that it is important for us to have an independent commission, as I've said now on several occasions, but it truly should be independent,

Matthew Lillard

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.

Mayor Hassig

There are several threads here of futures you can choose.

Luiz Scolari

There are several teams, and one of them could be Corinthians.

Noam Chomsky

There are nuclear-weapons-free zones in several parts of the world already, except that they're not implemented fully, because the U.S. won't allow it.

Steve Ferguson

What we want to do is make sure that students who come to Bloomington are already prepared.

Michael Gargano

I thought the students were very respectful, and I'm very appreciative of their respect,

John Small

I think a lot of students don't want to give up their high-school experience. They are involved, entrenched in activities. But we tend to get some pretty high-performing students who don't have a lot of ties.

Heather Hillman

I think it was what we were expecting. I don't think it was what students were expecting.

William Saroyan

Armenag Saroyan was the failed poet, the failed Presbyterian preacher, the failed American, the failed theological student.

Vincent Schiavelli

I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos.

Wayne Dyer

BE A STUDENT BY STAYING OPEN AND WILLING TO LEARN FROM EVERYONE AND ANYONE.

Tyra Banks

I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.

Robertson Davies

The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.

Rick Riordan

Hazel!” he yelled. “That box! Open it!” She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. “Open it!” Leo yelled again.

Samuel Beckett

Adulterers, take warning, never admit.

Jorge Luis Borges

It seemed incredible that this day, a day without warnings or omens, might be that of my implacable death.

Henry Rollins

If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings.

Laurence J. Peter

In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.

Libba Bray

I'm going to eviscerate you and leave your organs on a pike in the yard as a warning to those who wear large jewelry.

Libba Bray

Warning: If you are insufferable, do not walk here. We shall eat you down to the marrow.

Jodi Picoult

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?

Cassandra Clare

He remembered Simon warning him, with wryness, that Clary had the nuclear bomb of boyfriends.

Bob Greenly

Justus is very much a work in progress, ... but he's getting better all the time.

Waris Ahluwalia

I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.

Mads Mikkelsen

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

Dan Kane

It can happen. We just all have to work together.

Eric Kristenson

It can be as much of a workout as you want it to be.

Tory Burch

I think you can have it all. You just have to know it's going to work.

Taylor Hawkins

Why go on vacation when work is so much more fun.

Steve Bigam

The only thing that didn't work out was we lost.

Lord Warner

What we've got to work on is the rest,

Dean Fryer

In effect, it shuts them down. They're not permitting workers to be employed.

Kevin Nealon

Workers insist that they are not disgruntled. They are very gruntled.

Cynthia Morgan

Workers making more than $100,000 in yearly salary,

A. Scott Berg

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

Paul Lopez

Every workers should be honored, every worker should be respected.

Daryl Hall

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.