Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Jason Shirey

It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league.

Brandon Sanderson

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

Azim Premji

The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.

Brad Falchuk

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

Calvin Coolidge

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Elizabeth Strout

I actually see myself in all my characters. In order to imagine what it feels like to be another person I have to use my own experiences and responses to the world.

Brady Corbet

I think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do.

Booker T. Washington

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

Bobby Baldwin

The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses.

Don DeLillo

The best moments involve a loss of control. It's a kind of rapture, and it can happen with words and phrases fairly often - completely surprising combinations that make a higher kind of sense, that come to you out of nowhere. But rarely for extended periods, for paragraphs and pages - I think poets must have more access to this state than novelists do.

Andy Roddick

I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court.

Amiri Baraka

If you are black, the only roads into the mainland of American life are through subservience, cowardice, and loss of manhood. These are the white man's roads.

Tony Dungy

Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with.

Eva Longoria

Hold on to the love, not the loss.

Jay Griffiths

The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind.

Jill Scott

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

Gisele Bundchen

One thing leads to the other. Deforestation leads to climate change, which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods - it's a vicious cycle.

Eugene White

Every day we wait puts our students at a disadvantage.

Mack Strong

He comes out to compete. He comes out and puts up MVP numbers.

Mike Jacobs

It was a big boost. When you start off with three runs, it puts them on the defensive.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Swami Vivekananda

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.

Sabeer Bhatia

Don't be afraid to tread new ground, but do a sanity test.

Ricky Ponting

Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.

Mark Pryor

You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate.

Jack Kornfield

This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Remember, this life is only a test.