Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gilbert Hernandez

Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell.

Johnny Damon

We had opportunities; we just couldn't capitalize. That's the most aggravating thing about this game. When you're not hitting and scoring runs, it dictates how well your season goes.

Mitt Romney

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

Zakk Wylde

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?

Grant Heslov

His public persona dictates that he's the life of the party -- which he is -- and that he's all about fun -- which he is.

David Yalof

What history dictates is even relatively weak presidents have often gone for home runs with nominees,

John Scalzi

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give my attention to everything else I have to do.

Orson Welles

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Ferdinand Buisson

A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.

Brandon Flowers

I'm not sure how young kids get to the point where they're memorizing and knowing songs, but I knew the words to 'Missing You' from John Waite probably from when I was three years old. For whatever reason, that was the song that I gravitated toward when it was on the radio and I was driving around with my mom.

Wole Soyinka

Those nations that say it's a crime to preach your religion are making a terrible mistake. All they're doing is driving underground other forms of spiritual intuitions and practices.

Steve Burtt

That was the driving force. That was in all of our heads and we wanted to prove a point and end that curse.

Gary Horrell

That was a great learning experience for him. It's kind of been driving him.

John Hargreaves

We can't have a police officer on every single street making sure that people are driving to conditions,

George E. Brown

You and I are paying for these thefts. If the public thinks the market is driving up home prices, they're only partially right. It's also theft from construction sites.

Kevin Osnes

We're still trying to figure out how to stop him from driving to the basket.

Megan Fox

In New York, especially, so much of your life is spent on the streets. You don't always want to be driving around in an SUV with a security guard. You want to be able to walk to a restaurant; you want to go and do things.

Brett Favre

I would love to go in. I thought about getting to Tennessee tonight and driving in with some supplies.

Kammie Michael

The police response is to look into it as to whether it's a joke or it's serious. The threat is something to seriously look at.

David Walton

Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever.

Frank Caliendo

I was very stale at Fox. Much of it was my own fault. I was lazy and didn't fight for things I wanted to do at other times. Most of my stuff consisted of setup/punchline jokes to the camera - a very old-school approach. I was part of the establishment, I guess.

Anita Whirley

We have to joke to keep from crying.

Mike Birbiglia

Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways.

Robin Ince

I have a problem with telling jokes about physics. Quite often the audience have no idea what you are talking about and, to be honest, I don't know what I'm talking about either.

Nipsey Russell

is very simple to do.... I start with the joke line and write backward.

Taylor Twellman

He jokes around -- when he looks up, he sees The Big Head. When he sees The Big Head, he reads where I'm going.

Matt Mackowiak

He says the same thing about his son. It's a little joke he likes to use.

C. S. Lewis

This moment contains all moments.

Carl Sagan

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs.

Amy Irving

Theater actors know what their motivation is for each scene. They treat it very seriously as a craft. You do your homework. The reason I always need to go back to theater is the most stimulating moments are in rehearsal... whereas often in film, you've go to do it on your own.

Bob Bauman

That was a real surprise. But even though they scored, I don't think it shifted the momentum.

Derian Hatcher

That was probably the single most embarrassing moment I've had in my career.

Mike Sweeney

That was probably the most touching moment of silence I've stood through.

Stephen Byers

We have the investigators on site as they are at the moment and they will give me their preliminary findings as soon as possible.

Carlo Ancelotti

We will see how they are on Sunday because at the moment we can't say anything.

Roy Jorgenson

We had chances. We had looks. We played a 'B' game. There were moments where we played 'A' soccer.

Jonny Greenwood

I think rhythms can be more satisfying in the short term - like, more immediately. It can be kind of obsessively and compulsively rewarding.

Amy Pettibone

We have struggled a little on offense. We'll find our rhythm pretty soon.

John Burnside

What makes me write is the rhythm of the world around me - the rhythms of the language, of course, but also of the land, the wind, the sky, other lives. Before the words comes the rhythm - that seems to me to be of the essence.

Ai Miyazato

I don't feel tired at all, and want to keep with the rhythm I have right now.

Shinji Mori

I did that a lot in Japan. By doing that, I can get some rhythm back and keep my balance.

Richard Kovalcheck

I feel like we got in a rhythm towards the end there,

Jameer Nelson

I feel like I'm starting to get my rhythm now.

Drew Brees

We're starting to get in that rhythm we need to be in,

Chelsea Handler

I'm not graceful either. I have no rhythm, I'm never on top.