Famous Quotes & Sayings

Burn Gorman

I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it apart from a few characters.

There's nothing so tragic as seeing a family pulled apart by something as simple as a pack of wolves.

Mark Margolis

I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful place; it looks over the Hudson River. I can see 30 miles into New Jersey. My landlord would like me to die because the rent is very low. I'm trying to outlive him. He can get a lot more if I disappear.

Jason Reitman

My high-school years were so mediocre - I moved out when I was 16 and started living with my girlfriend who was 10 years older. Apart from that, I was just a video nerd.

Noah Baumbach

I don't know any writer of fiction who enjoys trying to point out or dissect whatever they produced with strangers and let them go through it and pick apart what's real and what isn't.

Tommy Dempsey

We're not going to hide behind the fact that we had a disappointing season in this year of transition. But it didn't break us apart and in my opinion it has really helped us come closer together. I think we're very hungry and we're ready to show everybody that we can become a great college basketball team.

Milla Jovovich

I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.

Miranda Hart

Because I have a dog, it's easier to work at home: I sit in a horrible weird 'Mastermind'-style chair and bask in my own mediocrity. Being single, I've no family life to distract me at the end of the day. Apart from taking the dog for a walk, I have no other responsibilities.

Andrew Parker

That seems to be the trend most of the way around the globe, apart from Asia where there is a lot of BitTorrent. BitTorrent traffic levels are in decline.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

Bobby Knight

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Bobby Knight

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

Bobby Jackson

Every game is important in the last 20 games; you have to win as many as you can. Whoever is playing the best basketball is going to go to the playoffs. We have to get every win we can and play well.

Marcelo Enriquez

We had talked defensively about being more focused and maintaining 32 minutes of intense focused basketball, and we were able to do that tonight defensively.

Rick Hartzell

We will not, in this program, take a back seat to anybody. We've had the best basketball program in the state of Iowa over the last three or four years. We have nothing but plans to keep that going.

Donald Hall

In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty's torch. In football you run over somebody's face.

Donald Glover

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.

Shreya Ghoshal

If given a chance, I would really want to explore the monuments in Delhi, like Qutub Minar and the forts. I have been there as a child, but now I want to go back and understand the history and significance behind them. We take all of these things for granted in life.

Ryan Gosling

I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you.

Adam Rayner

To be honest, unless you rocket straight to stardom as a gorgeous young vampire, you can spend a lot of time working behind a bar.

Darnerien McCants

T.O. was behind Jerry Rice at least four years and nobody ever heard of him. You never know what can happen. They laugh now; cry later. It's all good.

David Perkinson

We are very fortunate that many of the same people behind the success of the first version of the game have returned for the sequel.

Thomas Evans

This one was more nerve-wracking than last year, because I'm retiring from diving after nine years. I was only behind by five points (to Harmon), but I knew my last dives were real strong.

Andy Mangin

This one was for him. We miss him being around. I'm used to him sitting behind the bench for every game.

Ted Kennedy

This one has a lot of horsepower and a lot of firepower behind it in terms of the membership that are in support of it.

Kelly Robinson

We think our hitting came a long way. Our pitching took a back seat. I guess we just have to work on pitching. We've got a solid defense behind them.

Cindy Matthews

Chances are, we're going to break a levee before we reach those flows. We haven't seen levels like this since 1997, and these are significant levels on the lower San Joaquin River.

Sheena Aden

Hopefully I can break the Mercer County scoring record. I need to get better with my outside game. Ultimately, I'd like us to get to the state title game.

Katie Hoff

Hopefully I can break some records, get some medals.

Ricky Davis

Hopefully after the break we'll be able to get in a little more practice and everybody can get acclimated.

Milorad Vucelic

He told me, 'Don't you worry: They will not destroy me or break me. I shall defeat them all.

Rick Adelman

He's very willing to do that. He gives us something we really haven't had: A guy that can put it on the floor and break people down. I think we should give it some time and see how this team grows together.

Moises Alou

He's the only one that knows how long he is going to play. Does he want to chase Hank Aaron? If he falls short, does he still want to break the record? He has said it's not his main priority.

Pat Brisson

He's the kind of player who can make or break a game with a shot or his speed.

Tony Russa

He's an excellent player. We've seen that. He's been exceptional defensively. He had a tough stretch before the break but he's been outstanding. The knee slowed him down some for a while, but he's healthy.

Merlin Lahm

She's been in OK condition, and she's getting closer to race form. She was running great times last year.

Jimmy Howard

I have been dreaming of playing in the National Hockey League all of my life, and to get one step closer to that goal is special.

Pam Robinson

I have a very difficult time moving west of Metcalf when you have families driving past one, two or three elementary schools that are closer than 21.

Marcus Gronholm

I didn't expect to win. It's a new car, it's a fantastic result. I thought I could win before the last stage, not earlier. Everything is possible. We had our problems this morning. I was expecting Sebastien will be closer but I knew it would be a good fight here, I was sure about that. Petter had so many troubles in this rally, he couldn't show his speed. We have to wait for Mexico to see what he can do.

Bobby Cox

I thought he was hitting closer to .300. He's had a lot of big hits.

Morris Gleitzman

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

I think college administrators should encourage students to urinate on walls and bushes, because then when students from another college come sniffing around, they'll know this is someone else's territory.

Robert Vaughn

While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic.

Satchel Paige

Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.

Sargent Shriver

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

Sargent Shriver

I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.

Sarah Vowell

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.

Santiago Durango

Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything.

Vince Young

I feel like I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish in college.

Wendy Williams

I know firsthand that educators are the most overworked and underpaid people around. It influenced me in that it was always about family first, and education was right next to that. There was never any question about whether I was going to college.

Jody Bronson

We've been working toward getting everybody healthy in practice. They showed a lot of heart out there today. It was an all-around effort.

Robert Gordon

Basically, we want everybody to stop for a minute and think about what it is they love about Litchfield, so it will be an example of what we're trying to save.

Here's a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics. Then, if some guy sets a world record, pretend that you didn't see it and go, "Okay, is everybody ready to start now?".

Robertson Davies

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a fascinating monster

Linda Evans

There are no words to express this. Everybody says there's nothing they can do. This is outrageous.

Aidan Gillen

I have Googled myself, yeah, I think everybody has. I try not to make a habit of it - in fact I made a rule once never to Google myself, which made me happy.

Michael Slonaker

He talks to every person on campus. He meets everybody with a smile. You'll see him smiling at everybody. Everybody knows his name.

Paul Reiser

He is an undervalued treasure of American cinema, ... What I'm finding as we're traveling around is that everybody loves this guy. He's been so good for so long. I see it in people's faces. Women want to hug him and guys want to give him a pat on the back. I think that's one of the reasons the movie starts off so well. As soon as you see his mug on the screen, people are at ease. They go, 'I know this guy. This is comfortable.'

Mike Ryan

He makes everybody better. On his line and on the team.

Angie Martinez

The fact that they're taking this service away is disheartening.

Thomas Hobbes

The Register of Knowledge of Fact is called History .

Professor Umran

We observed the ionosphere respond to that. The ionosphere was in fact pulsating at night.

Todd Harris

We no longer need that part of our Web site and had in fact never even accessed it. Therefore, we took it down.

Dave Heineman

The American people are opposed to ObamaCare. They were when the law passed; they're still opposed to it. But the fact of the matter is it's got to be implemented. We're trying to do our part even here in Nebraska. It's very, very difficult.

Carlos Delgado

I would like to think so. The fact if you had all your guys out there and you're healthy. If you are shooting on all cylinders, it is a different story.

Robert Benchley

Most of the arguments to which I am a party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.

Bartolo Colon

Mariano had a great year, ... I did think about the fact that maybe he was going to come away and be the winner.

Laura Bush

Margaret and I feel very, very encouraged. I know for everyone who lives here and lost their home, it's seems like it's been a long time, and it seems slow, but the fact is, there has been a lot of progress.

Joanne Pratt

The Web is a great place to shop and spend money, but it's pretty great for making money too.

Beth Combs

That's why they are Purdue and we're not. They were able to sustain that run and make a great run when it counted.

Stuart Allard

That's why I prefer independent movies. It proves you don't need big stars to make a great movie.

Vinny Castilla

That's why he's here. He's a great player, and that's why he's with us and the National team.

Micky Sullivan

That's why he's going to Oklahoma. He can go and get it. It's great to have a guy that where all you need to do is get it close.

Emilie Ravin

That's what's great about it. Everyone is so different. Different ages. Different nationalities,

Will Rogers

That's what makes us a great nation. We take the little things serious, and the big ones as a joke.

Derek Dennis

That's what makes Peekskill so special. We have a great bench, so we can make runs on teams that aren't as deep.

Marcus Thames

That's what I work for every year. It'll be a great feeling.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Jessica Smith

I learned a lot from them and it has helped my offense and mainly my passing. I have made all-around improvement.

Kevin Murphy

You can't hide anything on the recording so, yeah, it had to be cleaner.

Ambrose Bierce

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Judy Davis

It's like you're getting ready to go to Cinderella's ball, and then, when you lose, it's like you wake up and realize you're not Cinderella.

Jim Calhoun

It's one loss. It's nothing more, nothing less. It's not going to stop us from getting ready for West Virginia.

Greg Marsden

There's a long tradition of rivalry between our two programs, and I know they'll be ready for us.

Jeff Horner

They're going to be hungry. We have to be ready for anything.

Scott Andrews

It's a tight schedule to get two units ready in six months.

Troy Walters

It's a road game, so that's what you kind of expect. It kind of got us focused, like we've got to get ready to go.

Daniel Briere

It wasn't very hard. It was just to keep the timing and make sure we're ready to go.

Tomas Vokoun

On Wednesday, every play, every minute, every shift counts, ... That's what we're trying to get ready for.

Willie Randolph

Pedro will be ready. I trust Pedro that he'll be ready to go. That's what I go by.

Bobby Jones

During the season on Saturdays, I usually sleep in until about 1.

Bobby Womack

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

Bobby Scott

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.

Bobby Sherman

In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR.

Bobby Knight

At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven't called walking for 20 years, now you don't know what it is. When you call walking, you're about half right.

Bobby Cox

This year is different, ... We have 11 for about four.

Clint Eastwood

I've lived through the shooting of movie, the editing and every other process along the way, so it's not for me to really judge it. I'll probably look at it again five years from now to get a fresh feel for it.

Clint Eastwood

I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin Scorsese) and me. I have the greatest respect for him and all the films he's done over the years.

Clint Eastwood

The main thing is, you just want to have your place in history. You hope that people will look back on it in 15, 20, 30 and beyond years, and say, "That was an exciting film."

Dylan Moran

Maybe this is just me, but as time goes by, I'm more bewildered by modernity. It gets more unfathomable with every passing year.