Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Doe

Restraint can be tough. I've made a point to learn how to make a slow song have as much impact as a fast song. That's a challenge I've given myself, because it's easy to just get out there and blast through a bunch of things and feel as though you're exciting the audience. If you can do that with a slow song, then you really have some variety and some range.

Ben Bennett

I had a blast up here. The people here gave me tremendous support and the ownership gave me every opportunity to put together the team I wanted.

Roger Federer

I had a blast out there today, ... Rarely the crowd gets into a match like they did tonight. The way he plays, the way I play, I knew it could be a great one...it was quite windy and it was tough to get it past him, particularly when he was coming to the net.

Bob Wickman

I hear a lot of what is said about me on those shows, and it really ticks me off. Guys who call and blast me will have an effect on whether I want to come back here next season. My kids hear this stuff and it makes me mad.

Joe Walters

I knew I had nothing to lose, and I really didn't even expect to make the team. I just knew it was going to be a blast being on the same field with all those players. Every one of those guys has been an idol of mine.

Casper Dien

I'm not into the froufrou kind of stuff. I've had my fair share of partying and being out there and doing all that crazy stuff and it was fun and I had a blast and I'm over that.

Ben McClelland

I just want to have a blast and watch people dance and sing. That's what success is to me. It's not the money, but the feeling you take home." ()

Robert Evan

I joke around and call it, 'This is My Mortgage,' ... It's fun to have a signature song. I was at a point where I was glad I wasn't singing it anymore, but now I'm having a blast because I've reinvented it. I'm more passionate about this version.

Douglas Coupland

I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that.

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Gregory Craig

I would urge the relatives in Miami, if they truly want to get back together with Juan Miguel and his family, that they give me a call and let's talk about timing. Let's discuss this in a civilized way, rather than having national press conferences where demands are made.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Brian Finnerty

I would still call it a trading-range market. It's nice for today and the short term, but I doubt it's sustainable.

Jamie Richardson

Kim's stuffing recipe was sent out to the media in a holiday press release just as a fun marketing tool,

Mark Mooradian

Kickoffs are a lot of fun. I go out there and just nail it.

John Tuozzo

Kids playing sports should be about learning the game they're playing and having fun doing it.

Mats Wilander

James Blake's playing tennis for the right reasons. He's playing to have fun and to find out about himself, not to win the U.S. Open.

Rusty Robinett

Jake has been working hard and that's just a lot of hard work that paid off for him. Jake is very mature for his age, but he has a lot of fun out there.

David Pierce

Kelsey Grammer is wickedly funny. He's like an 8-year-old child. He's always doing pranks, and we have a great time.

Willie Randolph

Keep it going, I love it. The guys were having fun tonight and obviously everyone was making a contribution. That's what you need to do the job on the road and hopefully we can get something special going.

Ben Curtis

Just seems like one good thing's led to another. Everything has kind of come together at the right time. It's just fun to go out and play again.

Henry Nutbrown

I think in the end, it's inevitable we'll be talking with all of our funding partners.

Ken Klee

Having said that, I'm glad to be back. I wanted to be a Maple Leaf and it seems they wanted me.

Marty Schottenheimer

He's a big target with great hands and a terrific player. We're glad he's back.

Chris Linsley

His personality shined back through, and we knew we still had our old Dillon. He looked at his mother and mumbled the words 'Mama,' which made us glad to hear that.

Laurie Glass

I thought we executed our game-plan very well. We served very aggressively, and that got them out of their offense. They've had a great season, and they have a great volleyball program here, and I'm glad we got out of here with a win.

Andy Palmer

I thought that last one of his looked good. He had the responsibility on top of that zone and that's a lot of work, but I'm glad to see him play well.

Rep. Baxley

I think all those things together do raise your presence and I'm glad they come.

Alex Rodriguez

I think it was the last one he threw. I'm glad he threw one. He had us talking to each other, and really nothing was said that was helpful.

Mike Holmgren

I think it was necessary, and now in retrospect, I'm glad I did it.

Ko Simpson

It has been a great experience. You only go through it once in a lifetime. But I'm kind of glad it's going to be over soon.

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.

Maria Semple

I'm not the comedy police, but you watch a movie, and everyone's laughing, and then you shake it out, and you realize, 'There's no joke there!'

Bob Herman

The joke was that we were retiring at the end of every year.

Ethan McAfee

The joke is that these stocks trade at 10 times news flow.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else

Eric Andre

If there's an intelligence behind the joke - - it's a good joke.

Ben Walker

Every once in a while, we'll joke around about it. But we all understand one another.

Bob Taft

Taft, I feel, has kind of made a joke out of all of us.

Lincoln Castellanos

It was no joke for him. This was something he worked on for a long, long time.

Yelawolf

I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

Gary Newman

A lot comes down to how passionate Mitch is to keep it going.

Jerry Woods

Steve was a tough businessman who also had a passionate side. He always wanted to give back to the community, but he didn't want the recognition. He wouldn't like this at all.

Paul Auster

For one reason or another, I became a passionate reader when I was very little. As soon as I could read, I wanted to read.

Kristin Kreuk

I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about.

Mike Birbiglia

I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.

Matt Bomer

I see myself working, making a living and doing projects that I'm passionate about, regardless of the medium.

Marguerite Duras

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.

Lea Michele

Find something you’re passionate about and you know, do something.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Andrew Kohut

His ratings for being trustworthy, which were his strong point for all of his first term, have tumbled rather substantially this year.

Robbie Bach

Historically, there's been one price point and one configuration. You got it whether you wanted it or not,

Rich Baccellieri

I think (the point spread) would go to 3 before it went up to 4. But I think it's pretty solid at 3 1/2.

M. Thompson

I thought she was going to make a four- point difference. Turned out, it was five.

Roy Wright

I think we?re getting to a point of equilibrium. I think we?re getting back to the norm.

Tania Zaetta

I think at any point you go it's disappointing because everyone would like to make it all the way through,

Luke Hudson

It got to a point where I was rushing through everything. I had to try and slow everything down. I never did.

LeBron James

It got to a point where it was kind of mental. I've got to regroup.

Frostee Rucker

When he stayed back this year it wasn't just to have fun. It was to put his signature on his work.

Wendy Wasserstein

The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

James Joyce

Signatures of all things I am here to read.

Lexa Doig

I'm totally on a mission to find my signature scent, but I'm too mercurial.

Joan Rivers

[Signature phrase:] Can we talk?

Tom Ford

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

Abdul Kalam

SUCCESS DEFINITION-- WHEN OUR SIGNATURE CHANGES TO AUTOGRAPH ,this marks the success.

Pierce Brosnan

I have had a singing teacher in L.A. for many, many years just to work on my voice as an actor.

Travis Tritt

If you're gonna sing, sing loud.

Robert Wyatt

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

Rod Parsley

God loves to hear your singing - so sing.

Robin Trower

It was an experience being on a Beatles tour. They weren't very good. The singing was great, but the playing was a bit weak.

Zachary Levi

I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe I can still do it.

Rosemary Clooney

I just would like to keep singing. As soon as I'm not singing well, I hope that I know it, so that I can get off the stage and leave what I have done. I hope I'll know, and if I don't, I hope somebody tells me.

Rufus Wainwright

I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

Willie Nelson

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.