Famous Quotes & Sayings

Doug Stanhope

Babies are like poems. They're beautiful to their creator, but to other people, they're silly and they're irritating.

Doug Stanhope

At least black people knew when they were slaves; you remain clueless.

Doug Stanhope

If you really believe death leads to eternal bliss then why are you wearing a seatbelt?

Doug Stanhope

Sex is a very narrow avenue. You only have so many holes and parts, and eventually, you run out of things to do.

Douglas Adams

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Duffy Daugherty

Football is not a contact sport. Its a collision sport

Duke of Wellington

Yes, about ten minutes.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

Donald Rumsfeld

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

Dick Cavett

Great humorists are great insulters.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Danny Elfman

In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And there are other pieces which are really about - okay, the melody is going to start here and play through to here.

Andy Van Slyke

I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and my paycheck never mattered (in relation) to how I played. I played with Little League enthusiasm and professional flair. That's what fans are really looking for.

Andrew Rannells

So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes it's not a good fit. You have to get clear about what it is that you do and not try to be a bunch of other people. Not try to be that guy or try to play that part; find the roles that you do well.

Anastasia Myskina

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

Anatoly Karpov

You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.

Anatoly Karpov

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

Anais Nin

We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.

Amanda Plummer

I don't play roles everybody likes. I'd rather have a career I'm proud of. Like everyone else, I need to eat. But I'm a very unbusinesslike person, and I keep my price low. I'm not a mass product. I'm not everyone's cup of tea.