Famous Quotes & Sayings

Garry Hynes

I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.

William Wirt

He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.

Wendell Mayes

We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.

Virginia Postrel

By giving unusual people an easy way to find one another, the Internet has also enabled them to pool rare talents, resources, and voices, then push their case into public consciousness. The response, in many cases, is a kind of hysteria.

Michael McLachlan

The policy language is specific and clear, and the jury verdict says that. I feel sorry for these people, I really do. This is a case we should have settled a long time ago.

Anthony Lewis

The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.

Norman Ornstein

The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising),

John Danforth

The path is clear for us to get this case to a jury.

Dan Ravicher

The patent office's decision has no preclusive effect on a court, and there are indeed cases where the patent office made a decision in a re-examination supporting a patent and a court later looked at the same exact issue, disagreed with the PTO, and found the patent invalid.

Yael Grobglas

Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.

Yanni

I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.

Tim Burton

There's something about seeing this little inanimate object coming to life that's just very exciting. That's why with 'Nightmare' I held out for so long to do it.

Imelda May

Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall.

Idina Menzel

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.

Ian Mckellen

Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

'Beyond the Lights' was my fourth film. I gained a lot of knowledge, and I'm excited to share that with young filmmakers because I know how lost I was coming out of film school with that question of 'What's next?'

will.i.am

Coming out with records when you're in a big, successful group that plays stadiums, that's scary to come out by yourself.

Chris Bohjalian

If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need to write 1,000 words today; just write one really good sentence.

Chris Bell

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.

Ariel Sharon

We have already paid an international price for the delay in these negotiations,

George Breed

With the tournament sold out, great weather and a great field, it's not surprising that were experiencing some delay.

Alan Paller

Microsoft's delay is inexcusable. There's no excuse other than incompetence and negligence.

Robert Adams

While the delay has been aggravating, it's great to get the site that we have wanted since the beginning.

William Shakespeare

By-and-by is easily said.

Jake Sanches

We put hard work into this. Given the situation, we'll see if they can pick up the tab. Due to the delay in publication, we feel it's fair.

Jim Smith

We have some people who chronically delay until the last minute. Some just don't want to think about it. Some are too busy, putting it off until they have to do it.

John Conley

We know it's a dynamic situation, but it's totally premature to talk about delays or postponement. Runners need to be prepared and dress for the weather.

Nicholas Garganas

The overall picture is that the recovery is broadening and deepening. My feeling is that euro-area growth will pick up at a faster pace than generally expected.

Jeff Nelson

The 2-2 pitch was pretty close, ... The 3-2 fastball wasn't.

Jason Maynard

The acquisition has effectively expanded Red Hat's market opportunity in one of the fastest growing sectors of software.

Shigenori Okazaki

That was a very big mistake. He should have kept everyone guessing. Now he seems to be losing influence much faster than we would have thought.

Ian Harrington

That was a terrible pitch. I left a fastball up and he made me pay for it.

Russell Sciandra

That would work a lot faster than the lawsuit.

Quincy Allen

That was two minutes faster than Tuesday and four minutes faster than Monday.

Sean Whalen

That was the first time she's swam it this year and it's the fastest on your team this year.

Sam Dresser

That way, we take out that player, put in a faster runner, and maybe score a run.

Inga Cadranel

When we were growing up, we had all these crazy, in-your-face guys around the house. For us, it was like, 'Ugh! Actors again.'

Val Kilmer

I've been very fortunate and met the guys that have become, basically, philosophers and have a kind of sensibility about life that's very precious.

Chuck Palahniuk

When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?' and I would say, 'There isn't one.' And they'd say, 'No, no, you can tell me, you can tell me.'

will.i.am

When you think about the guys who started Twitter, and the Google guys, and the Facebook guys and the Napster guys, and the Microsoft guys, and the Dell guys and the Instagram guys, it's all guys. The girls, they're being left behind.

Alberto Martinez

The overriding theme of these numbers is that these guys are pretty much tied, and will likely stay that way for a long time.

Brian Bell

The guys in the Twins understand that the better Weezer does, the more people will probably care about us.

Wade Henderson

We have a lot of young guys who haven't jelled yet. It's tough when you lose (last year's seniors), but you have to learn to play without them.

Mark Marquess

We have a lot of young guys and we'll see where we stand.

Lindsey Hunter

We need to have our showers, there's some guys in here who should be showering more often than they are.

Ashton Kutcher

Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male.

Bill Bryson

England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

Doug Deming

Whoa! There's not as much ice here as I thought there was. I don't think we'll go any farther.

Jacques Villeneuve

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

Kelly Ioane

I think she's going to be OK. We just had her ice it and we'll see how it goes.

Mignon Waterman

Which is very easy. It actually is a little Italian dessert. It's like a mousse ... kind of like ice cream.

Dan Jones

We even had people showing up in shorts and sweatshirts, but the ice was still safe.

Pierre Turgeon

We can't wait to see what they are going to do. We have to make sure we put everything we have on the ice right off the bat. . . . The first 5 to 10 minutes are going to be crucial.

Steve Denney

We're going to be stocking 20,000 legal-size rainbow trout as soon as the ice is off, as soon as we can get to the lake.

Bob Herman

That would mean would be icing on the cake. The past 27 years has been the cake, that would be the icing.

Keith Klestinski

That was unbelievable. For us to win those sprint relays was really special. To set records was the icing on the cake.

Lee Womack

I thought it would be nice if I got one or two. Everything after that was just icing on the cake.

Doris Roberts

Wow, this is the icing on the cake.

Joseph Garcia

She was icing her left ankle; that's all I know right now. We'll see how she is in practice on Sunday.

Scott Prince

This is just the icing on the cake.

Jeff Horner

This is it. Hopefully, we can put the icing on the cake.

Sasha Cohen

It's wonderful. It means so much to skate well, and then be rewarded on top of that is icing on the cake.

Fred Couples

Annika surprised us all. That was icing on the cake.

Mike Sherman

We have a long way to go. The penalty situation is inexcusable, and that comes back to me, as I told the players, but I put it on them right now because we have to get that worked out. That will not work this season if we have that many penalties. Playing stupid like that does not bode well.

Jarome Iginla

I thought it was going to be a penalty shot. I was upset with the whole play.

Mark Tate

I think it's a skill to be able to take a penalty kick. There's a lot of pressure to step up there and take that shot.

Richard Matvichuk

We've got to play better and stay out of the penalty box.

Don Waddell

I always say the players pick this team, not us. You can't have a team of 12 first-line NHL players. You need role players, checkers, penalty killers. You can't just take the 12 most skilled forwards.

Andy Jackson

He got a penalty already. That is sufficient.

Muriel Rukeyser

In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty.

Luiz Scolari

Was I the only one who saw a penalty on Nuno Gomes? Didn't you see that?

Mary Wilson Little

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

Donald Trump

I played golf with my friends, and then I started to play with the hustlers. And I learned a lot. I learned about golf; I learned about gambling. I learned about everything.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

Will Chase

I played more performances of 'Chris' in 'Miss Saigon' than anyone else.

Colm Meaney

I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less.

Spencer Stewart

That was a totally different team than the one we saw twice this season. They got a lot better and played a tough game.

Demond Garth

That was a stage down at Wallace State, and he played unreal.

Amy Pettibone

That which does not kill you only makes you stronger. We have played with the best. I look at the state rankings, and there aren't many that we haven't played. You've got to test your players.

Janis Pardy

We have all played together for so long. We have a lot of chemistry. We know how each other plays and can predict what they are going to do next.

Dee Brown

We could have played better. We didn't play our best, but we stuck it out and we won.

John Bernett

We know that we have players who could be at other schools scoring 20 points. For us, we are just here to win.

Michelle Snow

We have a lot of players on this team that can make shots and when you have your veterans that are not shooting (well),

Robbie Nichols

We will recognize our players at the end of the season.

Nicole Scott

We wanted to make sure their post players didn't score a lot inside. That was important for us.

Steve Bender

We've made tremendous progress. Our inexperienced post players have come long way, and our freshmen.

Urs Linsi

We have to make sure the players don't suffer from burnout.

Bobby Cox

Usually you have two players for one position,

Rich Rodriguez

Most of our players have never been in there before.

Ron Zook

You have to do what you feel like your players do best,

Todd Bertuzzi

You just have to get in the right spot at the right time and get the puck on your tape.

Shane Connelly

Those games, you've got to really concentrate. They're probably going to get one chance, so I was just talking to myself, saying be ready to stop the puck and keep the lead.

Wade Redden

I don't think of anything too flashy, just get the puck at the net.

Mats Sundin

Getting the puck out of our own end is a victory right now.

Billy Crystal

Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck's puff pastries.

Brett Engelhardt

I was just trying to get the puck on net.

Perry Florio

We make it 4-3, then we turn the puck over. It's frustrating. We've got to execute.

Yann Danis

I was really focused. I saw the puck all night.

Steve Bernier

Most of the time the puck doesn't come to you. This time I was lucky.

Clint Mathis

You are going to have to talk to the referee because I don't know why I got thrown out,

Harry Redknapp

The referee has done us, he had a terrible time of it,

Lindsey Graham

If this were a fight, the referee would have stopped it.

Gary Johnson

Liam says Hayles nudged him first and the referee has said he will have a look at the video.

Steve Price

I couldn't understand why the referee called 'tackled'.

Chris Coleman

If the referee sees that, he's off, simple as that,

Arsene Wenger

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.

Arsene Wenger

I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.

Arsene Wenger

One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win.

Bill Bradley

We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.

Bill Bradley

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

Roy Oswalt

The 20 wins is nice, but it's a whole lot better that this team is in the playoffs,

Craig Biggio

The '98 team was probably the most disappointing.

Aaron Small

The 7-0 thing is nice, but more importantly, it's a team win,

Jim Pace

That was the most disappointing thing about this game. We have a veteran team and we should know what to do in those situations.

Alan Paton

Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.

Alan Ball

Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same.

Charles Kuralt

There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.

Carlos Emmons

We'd look at film and see linebackers not get touched and they would get praised, ... And I was like 'Hey, we don't get touched, I'll make every play.'

Frank Iero

When the water touched my balls, that's when I got scared.

D. H. Lawrence

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.

Don McLean

Something touched me deep inside The day the music died.

Asfandyar Khan

We are touched by this gesture. We will always remember.

Jamie Brown

It touched the ceiling, ... They don't look as big on the farm.

David Bailey

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.

Kevin Kruger

We've had enough things go wrong this season.

Anthony Schlegel

We've done it for a while. We're just going to keep it rolling. There's nothing wrong with that -- just have a little fun.

Winston Churchill

It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.

Warren Littlefield

I think if you're not comfortable with change, you're in the wrong business, ... It's all about change.

Tim Woods

Unfortunately sometimes you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Phyllis Oakley

We are on the wrong track, and we need a fundamental change,

Marc Crawford

Only if it's the wrong message. I know it wasn't wrong.

Kathleen Ham

I feel very, very vindicated. I feel a wrong has been righted.