Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Nicholls

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

Alfred Kazin

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

Donna Karan

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

Dorothy Dunnett

If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.

Danny Elfman

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

Jhumpa Lahiri

He owned an expensive camera that required thought before you pressed the shutter, and I quickly became his favorite subject, round-faced, missing teeth, my thick bangs in need of a trim. They are still the pictures of myself I like best, for they convey that confidence of youth I no longer possess, especially in front of a camera.

Goldie Hawn

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood-Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

Harper Lee

Miss Caroline seemed unaware that the ragged, denim-shirted and floursack-skirted first grade, most of whom had chopped cotton and fed hogs from the time they were able to walk, were immune to imaginative literature.

Aziz Ansari

Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.

Brad Williams

I don't know why you'd go to a comedian and say, "You know what? You have a large menu of items, but this one thing I did not like and therefore, you should be shut down. You should cease to make a living and you should be thrown out in the streets."

Aubrey Plaza

Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.

Tom Green

I considered myself a professional comedian because the club would pay me $20.

Taylor Momsen

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.

Marcus Brigstocke

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

Jim Carrey

Magicians are definitely more arrogant. They're kind of like "Abra Kadabra, you're an idiot," they don't let you in on the joke. Comedians, you're always in on the joke unless it's Andy Kaufman.

Hannibal Buress

When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever.

Hannibal Buress

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

Brian Sun

While the firm may have historically done some work for Mr. Ovitz, neither the firm nor Mr. Fields was involved in any way in the Anita Busch matter.

Ann Aguirre

But it was like a dance across a field strewn with razors, and I bled with every step I took.

Tim Clark

I do feel more comfortable over there. I go there and feel like, 'I can win this week.' I want to feel like that over here, too. There's no doubt, this is the toughest tour to win on, and the fields at the top are always much more bunched.

Anthony Lewis

Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.

Perry Miller

would be like not spraying your fields and hoping the weeds will stay away.