Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Blood

The boys on Pennsylvania Avenue have convinced a whole lot of the public that What's His Whiskers had something to do with 9/11. Stay tuned.

David Borenstein

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

Lee Konitz

I've played with not such great players, and found that I was inspired to play very well. I welcome every one of those opportunities.

Lindsey Buckingham

I use dropped D quite often and open G and open E sometimes. And sometimes I make up things, like dropping the G string down a step.

Ike Turner

I used to write songs so fast like this, like snapping my fingers. Some of them didn't even have a title, for I just did the song.

Joan Baez

I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one, why bother to be humble about it?

Matthew Sweet

Things are going to change in this business. Look at how well Bright Eyes has done on Saddle Creek. No one's done anything like that before.

Jewel

The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.

Mike Gordon

The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that.

John Bolton

North Korea today faces a choice, ... If North Korea wants to have a brighter future, it needs to fundamentally shift the way it operates at home and abroad.

Tom Schrader

Oil is always a negative factor for the markets and that, combined with lack of economic data, is contributing to a lack of interest in the stock markets this morning. On the bright side, the series of company upgrades is certainly welcome.

Steve Fortuna

Despite some interesting announcements and a solid display of exciting technology, we don't walk away with the sense that the near-to-medium term prospects for the company are any brighter than previously thought.

Peter Jenniskens

It was unbelievable. It was much brighter than expected with many diagnostic emissions.

Safra A. Catz

The worst decision, hands down, was wearing bright yellow when I was 9 months pregnant. I looked like a bumble bee. I have not worn yellow since.

Brad Hopkins

They are all bright young men and real hustlers.

Guy Kawasaki

You say: "I'm bright and ambitious." Investor thinks: "That's a relief because I usually invest in stupid and lazy people.

John Hawthorne

Your twisted hatred extinguished a bright innocent flame. You are a very small man. Little person, big bomb, but you are still a small man.

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

As for what I might wear, my mantra is that, no matter how chic the event, I don't want to look too prim. I like wearing short cocktail frocks to black-tie events; it just always feels more like me, and a bright red lip is always a staple.

Jim Calhoun

As far as we're concerned, we're incredibly happy to be a No. 1 seed. Obviously, I don't think anything we did changed us from being the overall No. 1. I think it's what Duke did.

David Goldstein

People say I should change it, but it's become my brand, ... I'm stuck with it. I'm the horse's ass guy.

Catherine Rossi

People planned to drive less and expected to change their driving habits. They figure out ways to make vacations happen.

Dan Russell

People's schedules are very diverse and they also change a lot. For those who use these programs for their wellness and health they know that we are one of the networks where they can come by any day, any time and find something in the genre that can help them.

Simon Wolfson

People talk about consumer confidence, but that is a misleading phrase. There are a number of factors that mean people just have less money. Mortgage rates are at a historic high for many people. The fuel price is another major contributory factor. We don't see any particular reason why any of that will change for at least another six months or so. We reckon we can grow market share, but that will be through increasing selling space.

Douglas Duncan

People are trying to judge the degree of the (housing) slowdown and whether it is a slowdown, and if they are on the margins in terms of making a final decision, a small interest rate change one way or the other can have the effect of changing people's minds.

Stephen Simmons

People don't like change and they don't like seeing us at the top of the league,

P.K. Shaw

People do no change with the times, they change the times.

Nancy Hall

People feel strongly. Some think it will change the character of the town, while others think it will be good for business. We're still very early in this though.

Peter Cameron

As long as I've got my eyesight I'm not going to stop.

Richard Rose

Anything you can do like that can be helpful, anything that can open eyes up.

Kevin Brownlow

The silent film was not only a vigorous popular art; it was a universal language - Esperanto for the eyes

David Morris

The temptation is to pick the eyes out of the wines to make a great wine, a trophy-winning wine,

Unknown

The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze.

Brion O'Connor

I usually operate on an intuitive level. I just saw something in this kid's eyes. It's an intangible thing. But there was a spark there, something I just responded to.

Richard Natonski

I wanted to come out here to look you in the eyes to tell you that this is a good aircraft,

Matt Damon

a fairy tale about the guys who wrote fairy tales as seen through the eyes of Terry Gilliam in a wild fantasy world only he could create.

Mike Gillespie

The one thing that he has done is pitch consistently. It's not overpowering, knock-your-eyes-out kind of stuff, but it's good stuff and he throws strikes. He doesn't get rattled or become afraid, you kind of know what you're getting.