Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rory Bremner

I'd done an Edinburgh show before, in 1981, called 'The Importance of Being Varnished' - I was in the pun trade at the time.

Tiffany Anderson

If you like name brand, you know Edinburgh is the place to go, they've got plenty of them.

Norman MacCaig

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

Prince Philip

You're not wearing mink knickers,are you?

Prince Philip

If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion.

Shahrukh Khan

Don't become a philosopher before you become rich.

Martin Henderson

My mother was a product of World War II. My grandfather was on leave in Edinburgh when he met my grandmother.

Philip Kerr

My parents had never been to Germany. But I knew what I didn't want to write about, and I didn't want to write about Edinburgh. A lot of writers find Edinburgh fascinating, but I never did. As a matter of fact, I couldn't wait to get away from it.

Ian Rankin

It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.

M. Wolfe

Killing me doesn't punish me, it punishes my family,

Stella Young

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

Omar Suleiman

I think it (suspending aid) will be a punishment for the people, which we don't want.

Mike Lorello

He tends to remind me about that a lot. You just have to roll with the punches around here.

Saint Augustine

Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.

William J. Brennan

Capital punishment...treats members of the human race...as objects to be toyed with and discarded.

William J. Brennan

The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.

Woody Allen

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

William Gilmore Simms

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

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.