Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Saffo

The lesson about all these things, it's the lesson from time capsules, is you have to be careful lest you set yourself up for enormous embarrassment in two decades. Do you really want to be reminded that you thought ABBA was cool?

Sharleen Spiteri

The song is Texas having a fresh look at that Giorgio Moroder vibe of uplifting electronic pop but with sexy slow vocals. I wanted to combine modern sounds with a real Billie Holliday kind of feel. When I was growing up my dad would be away at sea and my Mum, my sister and I would be at home blasting disco and Abba alongside her old Billie Holliday albums. I knew the spirit I wanted. I knew I could emulate that Billie Holliday sensibility - not the framed icon with the beautiful flower in her hair, but the slightly dark woman on the edge, this tortured brave singer who struggled around this merciless music circuit. It's a bit of a homage from my heart.

Ian Forrester

I've never been a rocker, and I kind of hate punk rock, ... I grew up on ABBA and the Carpenters. When I first practiced with these guys, I was scared. I figured they'd think I was a dork.

Michael Taylor

Come and relive this glittering era of pop history as the UK's number one Abba production - Abba Magic - perform all of Abba's hits live.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though. We were sincere and devoted to what we did.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

Of course, we wore silly outfits, the pictures were corny, and some people still focus on that. But ABBA wasn't a big intellectual thing. We were a pop group.

Bono

I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

I promise you, ABBA will never reform - I couldn't bear the stress of disappointing everyone.

Lance Reynolds

He just wanted me to be careful and not make a decision off of a reaction and emotion or resentment or anything, ... but to make a logical, good decision.

Richard Garnett

He'll be much more likely to use crisp, technical, very careful legal analysis,

Joe Jordan

He shouldn't just say this or infer that. If he has any information as he says he has, he should talk to you and very carefully explain it to you.

Marshall Curry

I think that in our society we use the word 'terrorism' a lot - individuals throw the word around a lot without carefully considering it.

Asa Hutchinson

We measure very carefully what the positives are and I think it is less than one tenth of one percent, so we are very pleased with the accuracy of our biometric checks and we continue to monitor that.

Greg Bortolin

We have to be careful we don't create real exclusive districts.

Quentin Kidd

He has to be really careful about how he positions himself to remain in the spotlight. Luckily for him, he has the money to do it. It's one thing if you don't have the resources. It's another thing if you have the resources, and you can make yourself visible. He's going to have to find a way to do that.

Gore Vidal

He (Donald) is thorough and very careful not to take sides when there's insufficient evidence,

Josh Beckett

He does that after Carlos hits a home run. I'll just say this: You've got to be a little more careful in those situations. You reap what you sow.

Mark Stephens

He knew this was a judgment that would be of enormous interest. So I think he's playing to people who like intrigue.

Gerry Adams

I think that opens up an enormous opportunity for all of us but also presents a huge challenge.

John Calvert

ID is making enormous progress. Is it going to happen overnight? No. Is it going to happen? Yes.

Peter Douglas

He had an enormous impact on the department. He laid the groundwork for the system we have today.

Richard Dawkins

The evidence for evolution is so compelling that the only way to save the creation theory is to assume that God deliberately planted enormous quantities of evidence to make it look as if evolution had happened.

Ron Chernow

Unless you devote an enormous amount of time to anticipating the future, you won't have any future.

Walter Benjamin

The present, which, as a model of Messianic time, comprises the entire history of mankind in an enormous abridgment, coincides with the stature which the history of mankind has in the universe.

Peter Sorensen

Removing one female lamprey isn't always a terribly valuable exercise. But to prevent a group from spawning, there is enormous payoff there.

Pete Carroll

Reggie has had a great season. He's done everything. Every play he's on the field, he's been an enormous factor.

Richelle Mead

You forgot my first lesson: don't hesitate.

Rob Bell

The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.

Rufus Wainwright

Well, my great lesson with that was I went to the same production twice - once completely high and once completely sober - and both times were equally wonderful.

Yolanda King

The best lessons, the best sermons are those that are lived.

Jay Rohr

I'm getting a lesson in post-Charley getting construction done.

Frank Robinson

It's going to be a work in progress. He got a little lesson today. We don't want to make the same kind of mistakes two or three times.

Elizabeth Taylor

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

Eli Broad

You always learn lessons in business.

Randall L. Stephenson

The lesson of the Internet is that no audience is too small.

Tammy Faye Bakker

The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.

Anne Rice

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

S. Walker

I keep being reminded about how tough the remainder of our schedule is. But we just need to worry about us, not about who we're going to play.

Ray Liotta

The first script I got was Narc and I really responded to it; it reminded me of a '70s type movie, I really liked the characters, I didn't anticipate the ending.

Greg Walker

It wasn't so much what we told him. We just reminded him of some things that he had done in the past.

Scott Weiss

I don't like sweating the details, and I'm pretty disorganized. To be a better leader, I need to stay on top of these shortcomings, and being reminded really helps.

Rhys Ifans

The older I get, I'm really reminded how important the arts are to our wellbeing as a society.

Rich Galen

What it reminded me of the other day is 'Baghdad Bob' saying there are no Americans at the airport.

Rabih Alameddine

No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.

CeeLo Green

My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.