Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Noah

Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is 'federal.' Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds.

Imelda May

I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but that didn't last long. I thought I looked cool at the time. But then you look back and wonder, 'Why did anyone let me out of the house looking like that?'

Ian Mckellen

Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.

Igor Ivanov

Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the Security Council, which carries the main responsibility for ensuring international security.

Zac Goldsmith

Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

Wentworth Miller

Prison has a universal fascination. It's a real-life horror story because, given the right set of circumstances, anyone could find themselves behind bars.

William Kirby

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.

Wendy Kopp

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

Vivek Wadhwa

If anyone tells you that you're too old to be an entrepreneur or that you have the wrong background, don't listen to them. Go with your gut instincts and pursue your passions.

Barbara Rosenblat

I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recognized me and started tweeting... It was the first time in my life someone handed me ice cream for acting.

Joan Anderson

The alligator's popular. We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food.

Joan Anderson

The alligator's popular, ... We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food.

Bob Wright

We've made more space where there was none. We have expanded by 12 booths this year by using the lobby.

Paul McManus

We've known for a while that we are going to have long lines at the confessional booth and long faces through third-quarter earnings season. I just think that a lot of the pessimism right now seems overblown.

Ed Goren

I think it will be an entertaining booth, ... A three-man booth has limitations. Most people prefer a two-man booth.

Peter Gallagher

Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.

Al Groh

We were kind of determined that we weren't going to let the game be played in a phone booth today, ... and it worked out pretty decently.

Don Beck

One of the key items we will have is a flag that flew over a polling booth in Iraq that was donated by a soldier.

John Lyboldt

You can go to all the manufacturers very quickly and save yourself a lot of time.

Mike Shanahan

We try to get everything done as quickly as possible. We have to be ready for March.

Katie Brown

He cantered quickly and was just very quick.

Sunil Mittal

You can choose to be very profitable very quickly if you don't want to grow.

Nicole Draper

The day they were born, they immediately started having complications and quickly went downhill.

Rashida Jones

I thought they were trying to put it out. I couldn't tell you how quickly it happened. I was so traumatized that this whole thing had happened.

Dick DeGuerin

It is important to us to get this over with as quickly as possible.

Armando Iannucci

I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.

Tony Mowbray

I am surprised by how quickly he has come back,

Brandon Flowers

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

David Hewson

I don't think I'd seen anything like 'The Killing.'

Chris Crutcher

If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.

John Torchetti

That was a team win, if I have ever seen one. Everyone from the goalie out tonight just competed. That was the word for tonight, compete.

Paul Thompson

That was ridiculous. In 16 years of coaching, I've never seen anything like that.

Piero Fassino

We have already seen after two days, that this is how it will finish.

Luis Rodriguez

We can't have standardized testing because there is no such thing as standardized child. I have never seen a standardized kid. Have you?

Bob Thompson

We'll probably find more deaths. I don't think we've seen the end of it.

John Scott

We have been travelling to the old battlefields for years and never seen anything like it before.

Carrie Fisher

I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.

Carrie Fisher

A lot of the time, I'm just smart enough to be unhappy.

Carrie Fisher

Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger.' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.

Carrie Underwood

I'm always thirsty when I wake up, so I guzzle a bottle of Smart water before I scramble tofu with onions, peppers and spinach and top it with salsa. I've been a vegetarian for years, but I recently became vegan.

Carl Sagan

How smart does a chimp have to be before killing him constitutes murder?

Carl Sagan

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.

Carl Sagan

We are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible and which are not.

Carl Sagan

It is the responsibility of scientists never to suppress knowledge, no matter how awkward that knowledge is, no matter how it may bother those in power; we are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible, and which are not. ...

Ashton Kutcher

Be smart, be thoughtful, be generous.