Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Rickman

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Al Pacino

Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured.

Al Pacino

Either I act or I die.

Al Pacino

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

Al Pacino

It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.

Antony Sher

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.

Denzel Washington

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

Denzel Washington

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

Denzel Washington

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

Thomas Hobbes

The power of a man, to take it universally, is his present means, to obtain some future apparent good; and is either original or instrumental.

Michael Vinciquerra

We believe that shares reflect significant optimism about the future of the combined NYSE/Archipelago model, and . . . challenges will only become apparent as the hybrid system and Regulation NMS are implemented during 2006.

Gary Bartlett

There are certain apparent violations, basically, of people giving in the name of another in the video industry. We have been investigating this for a year.

Van Allen

We have never had this much depth on the women's sprint side. We have very healthy inter-team competition and the results have been apparent at the meets.

Nicholas Mosley

Not only the style, but the way in which you don't exactly know what on earth has happened or is happening till about page two hundred - then it all becomes apparent in a blinding flash.

Paul Johnston

We've apparently struck a reasonable middle ground and will continue to try to meet the needs of all the authorized purposes.

Kent Beck

The problem is, in software design, often the consequences of your decisions don't become apparent for years.

Saul Klein

When we found out you could register extended names, it became apparent to us that there were a lot of missed opportunities,

Fred Thompson

We've got assistants to assistants to assistants to deputies to assistants to deputies to assistants, ... Who in the world is accountable for what? Mr. Richardson apparently thinks all you have to do is appoint a new czar.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it.

Larry Hansen

The only authority we had was to interview. Everybody made recommendations from different panels, and the city manager picked who he felt were the top three.

Albert Einstein

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Charles Territo

We believe that the (federal government) has sole authority to regulate fuel economy in order to avoid a patchwork quilt of fuel economy regulations.

Craig Turner

We have no issue with adults who have authority over their own children.

Joe Condit

We have no authority or intention to condemn property on the south side of the street. We have received some calls from people wanting to sell us property on the south side, but we told them we're not interested.

Steve Lantsberger

We have never, ever used that authority, ever. We have never run out and taken someone's property ever, that's just not the way we do business here.

Jeff Matteson

Whenever you have a concern about a group of kids, you have to get those with authority together to discuss it.

Charles de Gaulle

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Alan Watts

... preliminary accounting, banking and surveying (known as arithmetic, algebra and geometry).

Alan Blinder

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

Lisa Gansky

RelayRides and WhipCar, AirBnB, Roomorama and One Fine Stay are all stellar examples of how new, access-based offers entice and provoke insurance companies and banks to re-think risk, value, customers and deal terms.

Al Rosen

The other speculation would be that there were some documents that were seized in that raid at the Bank of Nova Scotia, that someone may have noticed certain sales or transactions.

Michael Mayo

The performance of the Bank of New York's retail bank has lagged, the stock value of pure-plays has increased, and Bank of New York stock has lagged. We sense that the time is right for this move.

Tsuyoshi Segawa

The plus reading will definitely pave the way for an end to the Bank of Japan's ultra-easy monetary policy and the market has not factored this in yet.

Don Horner

We are proud to be the only bank servicing the Sand Island community and are pleased to provide an expanded facility to all of the customers in the area.

Rakesh Mohan

We are advising banks to review credit quality and exercise greater control on credit.

Firas Askari

We are seeing a lot of new buying of the Canadian dollar. The central bank continues to tighten and everyone is talking about the election. We expect continued strength in the Canadian dollar.

Charles Dickens

Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.

Charles Soule

This might seem impossible to believe, but some lawyers actually like lawyering.

Charles Sturt

The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.

Charles Stanley

Believing you can achieve a goal is vital to reaching a goal.

Charles Spurgeon

I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it.

Charles Spurgeon

Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.

Charles Spurgeon

Faith is believing that Christ is what he is said to be, and that he will do what he has promised to do, and then to expect this of him.

Charles Spurgeon

I met another man who considered himself perfect, but he was thoroughly mad; and I do not believe that any of the pretenders to perfection are better than good maniacs... for while a man has got a spark of reason left in him, he cannot, unless he is the most impudent of impostors, talk about being perfect.

Charles Spurgeon

I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual.

Larry Hays

With Tomlin and Hynes out we're looking for something. If those two guys come back healthy the fact that we're finding some other people - Butler had a good outing last night -- it's going to help us later on hopefully. Richardson's had two great games in a row. We need him to be ready to go next Thursday and do it again.

Dave Anderson

We're hoping Butler will only be out for two to four weeks,

Nathan Daume

This is a game everyone kind of needs. We need it, Butler needs it, and hopefully, we'll be ready.

Kevin Evanto

This is the same exact system that Beaver, Butler and Westmoreland use. It puts Allegheny County on an equal footing with the counties around us.

Cary Fukunaga

I have these plants in my house that are dying, so having a robot butler to water them when I'm away would be pretty handy.

M. Wolfe

Another solid opponent will be Northwest Cabarrus right up the road. We're going to be playing all the county teams, but they've done a real nice job and it's always a fun rivalry. Butler is in a conference that is night in and night out very strong. We definitely have our work cut out for us.

M. Wolfe

Another solid opponent will be Northwest Cabarrus right up the road, ... We're going to be playing all the county teams, but they've done a real nice job and it's always a fun rivalry. Butler is in a conference that is night in and night out very strong. We definitely have our work cut out for us.

Bill Evans

Coach (Todd) Butler played a lot of sophomores two years ago and a lot of juniors last year. Now they are seniors and it's paying dividends.

Madeline Albright

is going to have operational control of the procedures and Mr. (Richard) Butler will have the independence he had before. And as the president has said, the proof is in the testing. But this is no time for U.N. bashing.

Adger Ross

We want to try and prevent this from happening again. We love our city and want it safe.

John Payne

We want to see the city come back, and we're willing to listen to proposals and ideas. We want to work with local and state officials to get the city back on its feet.

Carl Peterson

The other suggestion was to play in Kansas City at noon Sunday, ... We don't expect any hurricanes here. That was considered, but the league made its decision. It creates some real problems for us with travel, and with trying to squeeze a Thursday, Friday and Saturday practice all into Thursday. But we have to do what the league orders us to do.

Al Naomi

The point is to eliminate that storm-surge threat with one of these plans. The philosophy of what we do during a hurricane would change. We could spend more time protecting our homes and less time trying to get out of the city in these desperate evacuations.

Mike Birbiglia

There are comedians who focus on everything that is external. They focus on politics and the news, what's going on in that city and that night.

William Moore

Where I'm from, the small city that I'm from, everyone thought I could come up here and play as a true freshman. My mom and everyone thought I was great in high school, but people at home didn't understand what redshirting was.

Steve White

We're not going to overlook our other opponents. We're worrying about winning the city championship. Still, we are thinking about STVM. They're in the back of my mind.

Jim Gaylor

We have to go and play them down there Friday and I'm sure they are going to remember. I'm sure it's going to be an exciting time over at Lenoir City for that game.

Mike McDaniel

We have to get the water out of the city or the nightmare will continue.

Jason Couch

We want folks to leave our concerts feeling better than when they arrived.

Jeff Petersen

We were approached by one of our concert sponsors who had a good friend that recently died,

Noreena Hertz

Most philanthropists would still rather donate to elite schools, concert halls or religious groups than help the poor or sick.

Oscar Goodman

We're going to have our parades, we're going to have our symphonies, our concerts and everyone's going to have good time,

Jack Liebau

With the last few years of consecutive declines in attendance, the trends for live concerts overall aren't particularly encouraging.

Gary Loveman

We feared he would fail to fulfill the December 1999 concert if we did not enter a contract for December 2000,

Sally Anderson

About 25 percent of the people who come to the concerts are personal friends or my musician friends. And about 60 percent have been here before. Many come here an hour before the concert to help me set up.

Tricia Nguyen

A concert gives students a memorable experience to share with friends for years to come.

Steve Cole

It's just one of those concerts you have to go to,

Adam Ereli

They've also said that they're going to be conducting a comprehensive investigation not only into this incident but into all facilities where detainees are being held.

Paul McCabe

It's a group of highly trained and well-equipped FBI personnel who specialize in organizing and conducting major evidence recovery operations.

David Hare

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

Yousuf Stanizai

The situation is totally under control... we are conducting a clean-up operation.

Stephane Dujarric

The Secretary-General is pleased that the United Nations has been able to support the IECI in conducting the two national elections and constitutional referendum of the past year under challenging circumstances.

Lincoln Kirstein

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed to me to be in a state of emergency.

David Martin

So now what you can do is control the release of the drugs out from the inside of these little tubes, because these conducting polymers can be actuated.

Michael Gray

Employers will be conducting as many searches as they used to, but they'll be tracking fewer applicants. Employers don't want to keep any more resumes than they have to, because it increases their potential liability.

David Lloyd

The beginning of Book Three is the last one that I drew, where V's conducting the 1812 overture.

and City

All other documents in the Getty's possession that could in any way be relevant to the Italian investigation have been retained and preserved by the Getty.

Carol Reed

American taxpayers are forced to subsidize education, health care, food stamps and other generous government services for illegal immigrants, as well as the printing of government documents in other languages.

Dee Stanley

We operate off the law and the premise that all documents we have here are public documents, whether on public computers, on public file, generated by public employees.

Stephen Cutler

Destruction of documents is obviously an extremely serious matter. Documents are an essential ingredient in our investigations.

Paul Boyce

Nowhere in any of these previous 2-1/2 years worth of investigations and documents has there been any reference to lions being used in detainee operations.

Saddam Hussein

These documents are forged. I have never done anything to a youngster.

Shannon Hurst

This is a really sensitive issue because these documents are confidential.

Suze Orman

You should keep a copy of your tax return indefinitely, but you need to save supporting documents for only three years.

Auguste Rodin

Even with all the documents, you can never forge nature

Michel Therrien

We started playing in the second period. We started to execute our plan in the second period. When we're doing what we're supposed to do, we're a tough team to play against.

J. Horton

We have to go in there and be tough. Playing an IU team you have to be mentally tough. Those guys play really hard and they take pride in playing at home. We have to go in there and be tough, execute and value the ball.

Joe Grippo

We were a long shot to get to Central. We just didn't play well in the two tournament games. We didn't execute the way we did all season long. I don't know if we ran out of gas. But I'm not going to make excuses.

Ben Roethlisberger

We're going to put together our first game plan and, hopefully, come out and execute it, ... The big thing is, we want to work on the little things. If we can put the little things together, the big picture will come together and, hopefully, it will be pretty nice.

Tony Dungy

When we do what we're supposed to do and execute the play, we've been pretty good on third-and-1 or 2.

Kyle Wright

When we didn't execute this season, it didn't work. At times, inconsistency hurt us. That was a big thing for us.

Gary Waters

We were in a position, and it turned on us in the last minutes. We didn't execute well in the last minutes.

Kobe Bryant

We botched the play up and didn't execute it right. The spacing was messed up. We had a nice screen and roll situation. ... We just didn't execute if properly.

Smush Parker

Usually, I have big quarters. Tonight, my points were spread out. ... We're finally starting to come together and play team D. We're starting to execute on offense a little more.

John Marshall

We've already talked; we've done some pre-work on Jacksonville. I'm on the phone with him all the time. It's Ray's game plan, and we're just executing it.

Mike Sewak

We're executing on offense right now. We kept putting the pressure on them today.

Tisha Hill

It's encouraging to see that we are getting some better looks, executing a lot better on offense and being more patient.

Amanda Radovich

They knew what they were doing. We knew we had to get after them. They were just executing a lot better than us.

Tim Dawson

They are getting better and they are executing their offense.

Joseph Unsworth

They are executing in line with what their plans are.

Robert Doll

This merger combines highly complementary product in terms of markets, geography, expertise and talent. As always, when you see that on paper the trick is executing and making it work. That's the task in front of us.

Russell Ahr

We know where he lives and where he hangs out. We?re not limited to executing the warrant today.

Charli Thorne

Offensively, we are working too much individually. We've gotten away from working together in our motion offense and executing our two-man game.

Doug Anderson

We guarantee we can find financing for everyone. If we are unable to find someone financing for any reason then we will pay them $100 for their time.

Don Bluth

Usually with things, you go where you can find the financing to do it.

Darrell Haire

This is going to help us immensely. It really helps our health and welfare financing situation, not only in California.

Donald Sumpter

The way they do things in the U.S., if you have a show, you'll option your actors for five, six or seven seasons. In the U.K., we just don't have the financing to be able to do that.

George Hood

We have a plan and financing to make this project a reality while providing wide public benefits.

Jim Adams

My hope is that we will get the framework of how financing can be done. I am pretty confident.

Bill Brandt

Now that the financing is lined up, I think there will be other parties that come to the fore.

H. Hunt

If we're financing our program ourselves, then we know our money's going to our program.

Joel Kinnaman

Mid-range to low-budget movies have to have a name in the lead to get financing for it.

Li Yuanchao

Surfing the Internet every day has become a habit for many leaders and officials, including myself.

Phil Ruffat

A lot of people think the market is going to be stuck, including some very big hedge funds.

Casey Neistat

For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring.

Mark Trakh

They are going to be scary for a long time. And I'm including this year when I say that.

John Gregory

They are effectively going to get several minutes worth of return, not including promo time, for the supply of the goods.

Tom Izzo

That was a big game, including the way we won it.

Sushil Koirala

After the 1960 royal coup, I spent time in India - including three years in prison.

William Jefferson

the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area.

Mary Roach

Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times. If you forget to tether a tool, it's gone. Ditto yourself.

Audrey Hepburn

To be happy - that's all that matters.

Lucio Tan

No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.

Michael Franti

It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful.

Cass Gilbert

Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.

Carl Crawford

Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs.

Charles de Lint

There's never an easy route to the things that matter.

Chen Guangcheng

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

Chantal Kreviazuk

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

Bill O'Reilly

Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony.

Lee Melchionni

Whenever you can be a part of something where the number one team and number two team are playing each other on national television, it is special. How many people get that opportunity?

Russ Knocke

We were already operating under the National Response Plan.

Nerlens Noel

My goals for next year are to win a national title first and foremost.

Michael W. Smith

I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral.

John Wilhelm

We've become persuaded that, after two years of trying to reform the national AFL-CIO, it is unwilling to change,

Garth Jowett

Woodruff is a public personality with wide public recognition. He's a national story.

LenDale White

We're back-to-back national champions. You can't spell BCS without USC.

LenDale White

We're back-to-back national champions, ... I know you can't spell BCS without USC.

Dave Freudenthal

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.

Mark Spitz

The officials I was with, I don't know if they were unaware, but they didn't say anything to me. The whole thing turned into what did I see and what did I know.

Ann Coulter

The tolerant liberal suddenly becomes very intolerant when their official religion is challenged.

Tom LaBonge

I don't like to see public officials attacked,

Jesus Dureza

Our panel of 22 officials are here for the meeting. I think we are on the right track.

Lorna Luft

It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

Adam Ereli

We will also make the point that all protests and demonstrations need to be peaceful, legal; all parties should refrain from violence.

Susan Gray

This was different than some other parties because of the sheer numbers,

Latin Proverb

Those who do a thing are consenting parties

Ahmed Hussein

Because we are not the only parties in this meeting, we can't predict the outcome.

E. B. White

For parties and big gatherings, this is what we sell.

Emile Sheng

I think it shows the differences between the parties are pretty big.

Emma Roberts

I like to go to parties if I know who's going to be there, and if it's people I want to be with. I don't just go to go. And I always drive myself, because I hate being stuck places - there's nothing worse that going out and then being stuck!

Joshua Hoyt

The political parties have to understand that this is something that is not going to disappear.

Jon Brion

We're so used to everything being properly manicured, like you can hear every footstep in a movie, you can hear every bit of dialogue, and everything is in its place.

Jim Ratcliffe

Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer.

Publius Tacitus

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader.

Dan Quinn

I told my wife this would be the only lakefront property we'd ever have,

Tamsin Greig

In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.

John Pistole

The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight.

John Jones

Proper legislation can put a stop to many of these practices, but politicians need to know their constituents are being ripped off and are upset about it.

Suzanne Kuehn

It would be a property tax rebate program.

May Yan

The whole property sector has been quite hot.

Arthur Phillips

How much of life could he spend aching? Aching is not a stable condition; it must resolve into something

Bill Richardson

We want to resolve this diplomatically, but we are not ruling out any option.

Benjamin Franklin

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.

Meta Minton

It seems like (the mistake) happened, was not ignored, and resolved immediately.

Alan Greenspan

It is risky, ... It's risky doing nothing. It's risky doing any other solution. ... I know no way to resolve this without risk.

George Somerwill

The situation has been resolved and everyone has been released,

Jeffrey White

Is it going to resolve the sectarian killings? No. Is it going to end the insurgency? No.

Wayne Gandy

This team is totally different than other Saints teams. There's a resolve to this team.

Saifur Rahman

We will sit Wednesday to resolve the issue.

Bill Donovan

Tubby Smith always went out of his way to be friendly. He had me in his office. He would talk to me while we waited. He always made me feel at home.

R. Ingram

Mr. Smith was the first person in the door, so to speak,

Mark Goddard

The question I always get is, Why didn't you throw Dr. Smith off the Jupiter? I get that all the time.

Gideon Sam

I just want to say thanks very much Graeme Smith for that wonderful win.

Jonathan Toews

I never cook. My favorite place to eat is Smith & Wollensky in Chicago.

Rick Rudesill

Whether they play (against Mitchell) is kind of up in the air. You have to wonder about their stamina.

Pierce Brosnan

Whether they made the right choice, who knows?

Karen Burk

Whether someone thought it was a joke, we take it very seriously. This is a food-tampering issue.

John Podhoretz

Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.

Leonard Mlodinow

Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.

Silas Lee

There's a lot of frustration. Whether or not all the incumbents get defeated, that is to be seen.

Teresa Heinz

I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical.

T. Boone Pickens

I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.

Simon Sinek

Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.