Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Vance

The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.

Kevin Williamson

Typically in horror films the character just services the plot, and you really are just going from 'point a' to 'point b,' just so that you can end up at 'point c.' They are just sort of stick characters. That's just not interesting to me.

Beverly Cleary

The exterior circumstances have certainly changed for many children. The world is not the safe place it was when I was growing up.

John Gray

Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished.

Daniel Yergin

Within four or five years the US might be getting 10 percent of its gasoline from ethanol - that would be like creating a new Indonesia.

Henry David Thoreau

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Zane Grey

Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.

Robert Sheckley

So I try to stick with the structure, make the sentences work, and not to follow one sentence of 114 words with another of the same length.

Elizabeth Moon

So I didn't think it was odd for women to have technological knowledge and yet be mothers, and very devoted family members and have friends.

Steve Morton

Once the shootings occurred in Jonesboro and people asked if there is hope for the future, is there hope tragedies like this can be avoided, we stood up to be counted and said yes, there is hope.

Chris Kelly

Delta employees continue to rise to the challenge every time something is asked of them, ... Delta employees know how important their job is and how every passenger matters.

Jack Rogers

I've been asked for a list of things that these folks need, ... They need everything.

Bobby Charlton

I've been asked about that goal every day for the last 40 years. We didn't have the technology back then to show whether it was a goal or not, which led to the controversy. I'd like to think one day we'll have the technology to show whether or not it was a goal.

Bryn Terfel

I've asked Tom in the past, but I don't know what was wrong with him as Tommy boy didn't return any of my calls,

Kathy Kawaguchi

I've asked for an evaluation of all programs funded through the (federal Office of) Safe and Drug-Free Schools. I've also asked the staff to take a hard look at what are other options, especially those that have a strong scientific research base.

Robert Castellini

I wanted Lou to come up here in the worst way as a special advisor. He promised me, if I asked him to, he'd come down to Spring Training. He's just a terrific guy. He will not be with us this year.

Rodman Philbrick

After I had written more than a dozen adult genre novels, an editor I knew in New York asked me to write a mystery for young adults.

Norman Thomas

After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.

Jim Sheehan

No one was ejected and the reason explained to me is that the officials couldn't identify exactly what happened. That to me is disappointing.

Christopher Sands

So the sense of where the problem is has shifted as people become more sophisticated about what exactly is going on,

Aaron Miller

I skated pretty good today, but my back gets tired. It's going to take some time, but I'm not exactly sure how much. Hopefully soon, if it keeps getting better like it has and I don't have any set backs.

Bob Djurdjevic

This is exactly what IBM went through during that time frame.

Steve Platt

This is not exactly the type of game you want at this stage. But you can't do anything about it but play hard.

Kanye West

I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.

Ryan Walker

To jump out to that good start was exactly what we needed. We got stops and made shots. That lead keyed this whole game for us.

Paul Freeman

We will be in the same type of shelter, undergoing the same stresses, the same situations, lack of privacy, food that may not be exactly to your liking, but it's hot food and it's good food,

Joe Viterelli

We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable.

Noel Coward

Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses.

Kevin Lowe

Killer instinct is putting teams away and not making mistakes.

H. Hart

His natural instinct took over. He was a little off today, but he makes big plays.

Chris Samuels

It has to be instincts because he's been around a long time.

Courteney Cox

In this movie, I feel like I didn't notice Monica in it at all, ... Your instincts would probably be to think about Monica, but I have to make sure you don't.

Josh Lucas

My instincts are not comedic.

Edith Piaf

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence.

Kim Moore

We needed the killer instinct tonight and not let them get back in it.

Stacy Kim

Probably the toughest part is knowing that I have to play well. That's the one skill that I am still working on.

Arthur Mitchell

Walk into a room, knowing you are somebody, somebody special. Don't ever let them smash that or pull you down.

Brian Johnson

My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix whatever goes wrong allows me to paint, not without thought, but without hesitation.

Bryant H. McGill

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Celia Imrie

I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never know. Some people are like that with their marriages. They work and strive and labour and toil at them. God, what a bore! What an unromantic bore!

Charles Babbage

An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision.

Diane Ackerman

The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.

Brian Eno

My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when - and he won't necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either.

Booker T. Washington

Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.

C. S. Lewis

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Louis MacNeice

I do not envy any animal, though I envy many of their capacities.

Edgar Allan Poe

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Edgar Allan Poe

To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.

Anu Garg

Hindi is my mother tongue. Even though I do not get to use it as often, it's still a part of me.

Katie Jacobs

Even though they are competitors, we really wanted to do the right thing by the users and give them other choices.

Mike Eaves

Even though we've slipped a little bit, we understand that at the end of the year is when it truly matters.

John Parsons

Even though he never said anything; you could just tell,

Doris Day

Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had constituents initiate legislation, lobby for it, organize meetings and events, and, of course, call, mail, e-mail and visit legislators to express their views. It's really great to see how much difference that individuals can make.