Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.

Timothy Noah

The intriguing aspect of food charges on airlines is that they create the perfect laboratory for any economist who wishes to study the question of how to price a good that possesses, by universal consensus, absolutely no objective value.

Ian Mckellen

So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?

Gale Harold

I'm a bad interview because I want to always feel like I'm being totally honest, but at the same time, I'm absolutely paranoid. That combination results in a lot of spaces.

Garry Hynes

I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.

William Weld

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

Vincent Bugliosi

This book here, 'The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,' in it, I put together a case against George Bush that could result - it absolutely could result in his being prosecuted for first-degree murder in an American courtroom.

Chuck Palahniuk

There's a television show, 'Hoarders,' where people have those homes filled with stuff. Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

Colin Angle

Did Google need to make robot cars in order to make Streetview work? Absolutely not. It's the equivalent of saying you need a walking robot in order to push an upright vacuum cleaner. It's gratuitous robotics!

Ismail Kadare

The laws of literary creation are unique; they don't change, and they are the same for everyone everywhere. I mean that you can tell a story that covers three hours of human life or three centuries - it comes to the same thing. Each writer who creates something authentic in a natural way instinctively also creates the technique that suits him.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

There is a blueprint that young female singers seem to follow to make it, to make some noise when they first come out. And it's a hyper-sexualized persona. And the thing is that it works. And they do make noise. But the problem is if it's not authentic to you, then you're trapped in that persona. And you have to live that persona 24/7.

Chris Robinson

I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.

Ravi Zacharias

Jesus said, 'Greater things of these you shall do...' Become a peace builder, a bridge builder, not a destroyer, and the way you do that is through friendships and relationships, and through authentic character.

Bruce Carlson

We have an authentic German oompah band. We've also got the samba flamingo band from Southwest Harbor. ... They'll parade through and welcome people at the gate.

Joe Green

We could not have launched Causes without Facebook Platform, providing real identity and real friends. Facebook Platform was created so that experiences that are inherently social in our off-line lives could be brought online as an authentic expression of who we are; Facebook did this best in revolutionizing photo sharing.

Ryan Coogler

I'm kind of a tech geek. With the camera work, I chose to shoot super 16, which has a real tactile feel. I feel it's as authentic as possible; I love the way the grain feels.

Michelle Nixon

We have that driving bluegrass authentic and traditional sound, but I don't have your typical real high bluegrass voice. I sing like I sing, and I like to intermingle both audiences. We try to pick selections and songs that really capitalize on that sound.

Zachary Quinto

I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.

Brandon Jay McLaren

I would never watch 'Lost' on TV; I'd just wait until I could get at least five or six episodes in a row. Saved myself a lot of anxiety that way.

Scott Bakula

By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.

Margot Kidder

I'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with the hard work of getting better and haven't had a blip in almost 10 years.

Tony Fox

You'll just have to tune in. They typically turn around an episode in six days.

Paul Heath

I thought I was watching an episode of Rambo .

Eli Wallach

I still get more mail for that one episode of 'Batman' than just about anything else.

Adam Brody

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.

Evan Katz

We know in general we'll avert a terrorist threat, and we try to get the first four to six episodes down. But even as we're writing those, they change. And I think one of the reasons the show has the quality it does is we're so critical, and revise ourselves. We then revise it again.

Charles Wicks

We're not sure yet if this is a normal episode or not.

Rick Sherlund

Microsoft needs to show all the 'eye candy' features that reside in Vista.

Scott Roesch

You'll see people doing short films and people doing features specifically for the Net, as opposed to people using it as a stepping-stone.

Shaharyar Khan

We have not permitted Malik to feature in this series which comes in our domain.

Zahi Hawass

Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons.

Henry Selick

There's the animation ghetto of feature films in this country. There's this flavor at DreamWorks, and Pixar does their own thing, and generally they're safe. But if you look at Walt Disney's original films, at the time and in the context, they weren't safe. They were really dark and troubling.

Robert Scoble

On mobile, make sure Facebook's app can know where you are. That not only makes features like Nearby Friends possible but also makes your feed have a few items from your location.

Matthew Stewart

One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results.

Romy Schneider

I wish to present myself in front of the camera, each time under the features of a different woman. I would like to live and apprehend the problems, the conflicts, the feelings and the impulses of women radically different from me.

Mira Nair

For seven years, I made films in the cinema verite tradition - photographing what was happening without manipulating it. Then I realised I wanted to make things happen for myself, through feature films.

Andy Gibbons

We're really trying to get our screen-game going again. And Kevin is a big part of that.

Jamie Martin

I did just enough. I'm not a lineman, I just tried to shield him and let Kevin do what he wanted to do.

Bob Odenkirk

If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.

Bruce Barnes

We ran our spread offense to Adam. He can do what he wants with the ball. We had Zach (Weismann) and Kevin (Brush) on the perimeter. He can also take the shot if he's open.

Daniel Gillies

Kevin Smith is so great in 'Kingdom Come,' isn't he? He's kind of this very earthy poet. He just has this immediate gregariousness, like, you kind of just want to be his pal.

Trevor McDonald

I'm much more on the phone to Mr. Kevin Pietersen these days than anybody else I know.

Howard Fisher

Robert and Kevin really communicated well on the court.

Marc Conti

Kevin is Kevin; that's just him. That guy's got 'em where it counts.

Steve Sampson

Kevin has literally played every single minute up until today's game. I didn't want to go into the playoffs without Steve Cronin getting some playing time.

Bruce Anderson

The patterns we are seeing are similar to those witnessed in the last campaign, but the past is not always a reliable predictor of the future.

Victoria Osteen

Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.

Richard Daley

I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

Nas

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.

Cecelia Ahern

She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone.

Bertrand Russell

The saviors of the world, society's last hope.

Jim Edmonds

The always-important last at-bat. That's big, especially here.

Charles Hayward

The $5 million will not last us until the summer.

Thomas Carter

That was it, that was the last straw,

Ian Mckellen

I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.

Gloria Gaither

When we're in trouble, it's usually a line from a song that saves us. I wish it was sermons, but, I'm sorry, it's not. When you're in crisis, what comes to mind is 'O love that would not let me go.' You know?

Clive Thompson

A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.

Cecelia Ahern

Any tightrope walker can walk in a straight line and hold a cane at the same time. It's the balancing on the rope at those dizzying heights that they have to practise

Carrie Vaughn

I punched to line. "Yes? What?" "Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.

Carrie Fisher

Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

Carrie Fisher

My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.

Sidney Crosby

That would be unbelievable, but I'm not going to have any expectations going in. I'm not sure how the lines are going to shape up but, if I had the opportunity, it would be a dream.

Bryant McKinnie

That will make our line a lot better, especially having Birk back. Having (Hutchinson) next to me is going to make me a lot better.

Victoria Strauss

Very wonderful books might be published, and very terrible books might be published.

Herman Edwards

That was something that might not have been as special to him as it was to all of us, he's not that kind of guy. He's about the team, that's what makes him so unique.

Brad Johnson

Most communities will not have any trouble by 2008, but 2013 might be a little tougher.

Thomas Reid

might not be an appropriate place for him to stay.

Chuck Smith

Might be guilty' isn't enough. 'Possibly guilty' isn't enough. 'Probably guilty' isn't enough.

Eliot Spitzer

Who might or might not be my opponent on the other side of the aisle, I'll just wait and see how it plays out,

Eliot Spitzer

who might not understand the ways of Wall Street.

Kweisi Mfume

who might not like what we have to say.

Chris Morrison

Who knows? You don't know who you might draw.

Bill Burr

D.C.'s always had a great scene.

Casey Wilson

The alternative comedy scene is actually pretty small, I guess.

Michael Chertoff

going to be about as ugly a scene a you can imagine.

Rutina Wesley

I did my first Broadway play, 'The Vertical Hour,' in 2006, with Julianne Moore, who's always been one of my favorite actresses. My scene was with her, so it was nerve-racking.

Charles Dickens

The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you are for ever floored.

Diablo Cody

It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes.

Luke Pasqualino

You can't steal every scene. There are scenes in which you need to sit back and do a lot less, verbally, physically.

Eva Mendes

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.

Shanley Caswell

I try not to think about any of the production side of things. If you do, you tend to get unfocused and distracted. I just try to think about the character and the scene and what I'm doing.

Yao Ming

I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I'm thinking about going back to work out in a very short time.

Don Howard

We have a long way to go and a very short time to get the work done.

Roger Miller

We haven't had as many workers over there. We have a shortage of workers,

Stephen Jones

We're not short on supply -- we're potentially short if something were to happen.

Frederick Burke

Ports could be a bottleneck in the short term.

Louisa May Alcott

Never use a long word when a short one will do

Thomas Ford

Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.

Grace Young

On short notice, we're not going to get a lot of people.

Sam Cassell

I don't think he tipped it. I just shot it short. I shot it short over a 7-foot guy.

Tom Lewis

I think it will be a lot like our first match, where Nos. 2-3 singles will be critical,

Chris Rix

We anticipated a lot more single coverage, but we didn't get it as often as we wanted to,

Kenny Williams

We'll never let A.J. get on top of the world. Never. Not one single day.

Robbie Williams

My self-doubts are disappearing day by day... However, my first single was a cover.

Michael R. Bloomberg

had to work every single day of his life.

James Nesbitt

I don't know a single person who doesn't regret the things that they did to hurt their parents, or the things they didn't say to them.

Daniela Hantuchova

I feel fantastic. It's something really special. Now I can concentrate on my singles career.

Diane Setterfield

There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas.

Byron Katie

I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.