Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Hooper

If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.

Carolyn Russell

You hear about all kinds of things that go on; you turn on the TV, hear a patient has been murdered or robbed. I think a background check and registry is a very good idea.

Diane Smith

We have a couple of guys who are on call to make deliveries if we have a real rush but mostly it's just us. We do everything. We all bring our separate strengths to the business. Jan's background is in marketing and public relations. Teresa has 30 years of experience in sales in San Antonio and I take care of the business development stuff like paying the bills and updating the Web site.

Nicola Sturgeon

There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.

James Awad

The trade deficit has always lurked in the background as a potential negative for stocks, but it was fine (in the past) because the dollar was strong.

Scott Reed

We talked to a lot of very talented people and when all was said and done, we wanted someone with a deep frozen food background and someone that would fit in Jackson County. Pat has a tremendous background in the frozen food industry and has been with major food manufacturers over the last 25 years.

Tom Lamb

We're excited to have Cara with our field hockey program. Cara comes from a great background at Walpole. She's an excellent educator. We're excited for the kids to get a chance to work with her.

Henry Ian Cusick

My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television.

Jan Jones

We'll talk about some of the infrastructure questions that we think people would like more information on, details of why the project would be good, background information on the company, conceptual information on what we think the property might look like, how we'll go about getting public input on the design so that it's compatible with the area, those kinds of things.

M. Wolfe

Our slogan is 'Money for Nothing, Checks for Free,'

Kevin Cosgrove

The one thing about Steve, he's got a tremendous motor. But he still has a ways to go as far as his checks and things like that. We're looking for the exactness in his play, and that's got to continue to develop.

Madame Stael

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened

M. J. Rose

Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.

Kirk Douglas

Because I love you, I will be checking up on you, ... You have honored me and I thank all of you.

Katherine Miller

This one looked like we needed to have it checked out,

Marty Barnes

We didn't panic and got some quick baskets and then solidified (the lead) with rebounding. This was a good gut check for us. This could be a big game, to let us know that we can come back and perform under pressure and execute.

John Laws

We are going to get the money back, but like everything with the federal government you don't just have them cut us a check for $500,000. It's coming from various sources and it's going to take some time.

Kasey Keller

Tonight was a reality check for us. I don't think I can express how I feel in words you guys can print.

Jeremy Teela

Other courses there's a lot of rest, you can work hard and rest, work hard and rest. And if you don't have as good a physiology, you can get away with the techniques of speed and power. But this kind of course, the guys who are genetically gifted ...

Charles Curtis

A plane is not just a big toy but a useful thing. You can use it for travel, research and of course fun, like sightseeing.

John McCarthy

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

Andrew Magee

This is one of the top-five golf courses on the PGA Tour already after just one practice round,

Terry Jones

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.

Daniel Anderson

Francis is back in the 20 and we'll see how he goes during the course of the week.

Dennis Gartman

Friday's intervention efforts seemed long over-due, well organized and much needed. They shall prove fruitless, however, for of course the long-term economic reforms that Europe is in need of are only now, rather reluctantly, being put into effect, and only in small doses rather than materially.

Howie Dickenman

Frye must have taken a speed course this summer. He can put it in another gear.

Wendy Strub

Fund managers don't want to hand investors high dividends in the year 1999 but if they take them over the course of the year 2000, it doesn't hurt as bad.

Mark Fuhrman

A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can't figure out.

David Larsen

As I've said before, I think criminal intent was lacking.

Rafael Goyeneche

Really, a lot of the violence in New Orleans was, I think, a direct result of the failure of the criminal justice system. And I mean every component, including the public, because the public is one of the main reasons why a lot of these prosecutions didn't go forward. ... Because they failed to cooperate.

Paul Gianelli

People's thoughts should never be the subject of a criminal prosecution.

Asa Hutchinson

These criminals are leaders and mid-level brokers of Internet drug-trafficking rings. They used the World Wide Web as a worldwide drug market.

Marc Ecko

This is not intended as a how-to, ... This is a pop culture moment, not a criminal activity.

John Deane

Criminals use cars, it's as simple as that.

Carlos Valdez

At this point there is no reason to look into it. Everything points to this as an accident. There is nothing, nothing, nothing to indicate there is any criminal wrongdoing by anybody.

Rhys Ifans

There is no such thing as a criminal life. Life is life, and life is criminalized. No one ever, in the history of life, has chosen a criminal life. No one has ever said, 'I want to be a criminal.' No one ever has done that.

Chris Shays

No, what I wanted you to do was do your job,

Brett Ratner

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

Brett Favre

My job is to throw passes and be a leader.

Brandon T. Jackson

I'm always doing comedy and will never hit up a 9-to-5 desk job.

Brandon Sanderson

Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.

Brandon Sanderson

My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.

Barbara Steele

If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.

Art Linkletter

The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes

Benigno Aquino III

I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

Mack Brown

We didn't want to be stubborn, ... We rushed for 145. We'll take that.

Suzanne Vega

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.

Tom Robbins

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.

Nina Simmons

There is not really a way to stop them - if they really, really want to rush the court.

Steve Wilson

A thank-you to all of you who rushed to Kersey and valiantly searched for Sam,

Tiffany Thornton

I trained in Texas at Nikki Pederson Talent Academy.

Spencer Boldman

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.