Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dionne Bromfield

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

Charles Boucher

It appears that Intel's significant shortfall in Europe is company-specific, although the exact cause of the shortfall is still unclear.

Jason Lee

It appears at this time, although the investigation is continuing, that he was struck by that white Town Car, lost control and plowed into the clinic. It appears that he's a victim of a hit-and-run and we don't arrest victims.

Shannon Miller

I take a totally different approach to a lot of things now, school and my social life come before gym in a lot of ways, although I know that I still need to keep in shape, and stay healthy enough so that I can keep competing, and keep doing the shows, but it's not my whole life right now.

Dirk Benedict

I also knew that, although infinitely slower, the only real path to personal health and happiness was through my own slow and painful understanding.

John Berger

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

Gary Clark

He could never sit at home and not do anything. I think that's why he didn't retire. I think also, although he never said it, but I think he wanted to keep providing for the family. He was the toughest guy I've ever known.

Michael Vaughan

He just controlled everything in a measured fashion although he obviously had harsh words to say in the sanctuary of the dressing room. His team on the field always appeared to have a huge amount of respect for him.

Russ Sonaty

He likes to be involved although he is over there. They like that he talks to them. It gives them something to work for.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't hang out with the glitteringly successful people; I hang out with people who've been friends for many years, and to some extent I feel my worldly success is a bit uncomfortable for them.

Mike Cameron

I was kind of using it as a joke. But I wanted a team with a little bit of character to it, some diversity. I wanted (the Padres) to get some young, talented athletes.

Chad Reitz

I was looking forward to the 2005 season when things fell apart. I ended up in a dispute with my sister (Chanda) and father (Les) about our race team, and we parted ways. It was a bitter ending and there are still a lot of hard feelings.

Jack Rew

Kevin knew quite a bit and he got me into more and more. I liked it and I got to be pretty decent.

John Beilein

Kevin came in here on a mission. I thought we were a little bit out of character at Pitt. We probably tried to do a little bit too much and probably didn't realize what good defense Pitt plays. We took shots we thought were good and they weren't because Pitt guards you.

Shawn Reynolds

Kent pitched a good game. His pitch count started to get high and I didn't want to kill the kid. We talked a little bit before and he was getting a little tired. We can rely on (Weaver) to close it out.

Brad Clanton

Kenny played a little bit of middle school football. He's fairly quick and changes directions pretty well. He has to learn our system.

Nicole Sullivan

kick in a little bit of money for the house.

Diane Swonk

kick back, put up his feet for a bit and not have to carry the burden of keeping the economy going alone.

Michael Korda

The novelist wants to know how things will turn out; the historian already knows how things turned out, but wants to know why they turned out the way they did.

Julian Barnes

History isn't what happened, history is just what historians tell us.

Lee Hazlewood

Oh no, I'm not a historian or anything like that.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

Niall Ferguson

The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It's very restful - because you read. There's some sociopathic problem that makes me prefer it to human interaction.

Hassan Rouhani

I've said before that I am not a historian and that when it comes to speaking of the dimensions of the Holocaust, it is the historians that should reflect on it.

Rick Perlstein

I look to historians for their power to illuminate not just the invisible lineaments of the present, but also that which is not present. What are the roads that were not taken that most shape our own time?

George W. Bush

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

Jack Horner

Historical science is being left in the dust.

Yasuo Fukuda

Historical perspectives or outlooks represented in textbooks should not be identified as those of the Japanese government.

Ed Harris

I don't have the luxury of the firsthand historical knowledge that you have. You'll probably find the same thing with the board.

Reza Aslan

The New Testament is not a historical document.

William Wordsworth

Those old credulities, to Nature dear, Shall they no longer bloom upon the stock Of history?

William J. Clinton

We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.

Will Eisner

Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons.

Will Durant

Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ.

Will Durant

Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.

Mikael Silvestre

He is proud of his roots. We talked together a lot about his misadventure in the 2002 World Cup, ... Roy is an incredible player.

Andy O'Brien

He's got incredible flexibility, the flexibility of a gymnast.

Beckie Scott

We've been together since we were 15 years old. We've come through so much. It's an incredible feeling.

Kim Clijsters

I think we're going to have an incredible US Open,

Tom Izzo

I think it was one of the most incredible performances I've seen.

Alexi Lalas

I think that this is an incredible opportunity for our organization, and is going to make us stronger.

Lance Briggs

I think we're in the midst of putting something incredible together.

Patricia Arquette

I want to thank you for this honor, for putting me in this incredible company,

Jim Drew

He was incredible tonight. He won it for us tonight.

Richard Wiles

I think it's a very powerful tool for parents as well as kids. We know in our society right now that we have some real issues with obesity ... and maybe this will be the insight that will in turn make a difference.

Warren Buffett

In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?'

Walter White

Chemistry is, well technically, chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change.

Robert G. Allen

The fundamental level of success is doing the hard things first - If you go for the feared thing first, then the rest of the day is easy.

Eric Hoffer

We see through others only when we see through ourselves.

John Maynard Keynes

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

Paul Hawken

What we already know frames what we see, and what we see frames what we understand.

Paul Gauguin

One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.

Leonard Nimoy

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Kellan Lutz

I love the idea of marriage. I definitely want marriage and little Kellans running around.

Keke Palmer

I love competing. I love a challenge. I love going in and showing people what I can do, proving to them that I can get this part, that I can give you what you want.

Grady Sizemore

I always feel like that. That's what I love about the game. There's always pressure in baseball.

Maria Sharapova

I also want to play in the Olympics and would love to represent Russia there as well.

Stephen Jackson

He wants to play with us. He loves his teammates. He has no problem with his teammates. He told me that personally. He wants to come back and play.

Wayne Elliott

He didn't have a lot, but he loved life. He was my only son.

Rod Carew

He cared. I love him. I'm going to miss him.

Peggy Fleming

He just loves what he's doing. And that rubs off on his skaters.

Sami Hyypia

He is very aggressive, loves a tackle and can play as well.

Mark Clarke

It was only $3.99 for 18-packs of Miller Lite so I'll save some money that way,

Jeff Krull

We were trying to get other Herman Miller dealers to bid.

Brian Oxman

Bradley Miller is a very special patient of yours, isn't he, Dr. Katz?

Kent Mueller

Miller is really a nice quarterback. He really throws a nice ball. And he has some receivers who really went out and made some nice plays.

Keira Knightley

I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.

David Horowitz

I wouldn't be persuaded to be here if it wasn't for 20 years of being on campuses and seeing this.

Nastassja Kinski

Just now, I've been working all the time and I don't have much of a personal life.

Jerry Brookings

I actually had a little R&B group, and Tito performed with me once.

Kofi Annan

Guatemala is going through the most promising period of its recent history,

Graham Taylor

Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

Walter Salles

There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.

Dale Decker

There are SMA pavements that have been down for 10 years, and there's no rutting. It's performing well when done properly.

Scott McCallum

What you don't read about, it's never a story of the 98 percent who are doing things right and view this as a public service and want it to work.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Mike Schmitt

He didn't quite make it back to the house.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

James Williams

I was completely speechless. I really had no idea at all, and it was quite a wonderful surprise.

Helen Clark

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

Kimberley Nixon

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Ernie Els

I did see the changes, obviously, and they are quite major.

Jim Sturgess

I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.

Adam Estrada

He had quite a day. He was the star who shone for us Saturday.

Robert Carlyle

People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

Sara Sheridan

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

Voltaire

We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.

Winston Churchill

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

Samuel Johnson

A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth.

Samuel Johnson

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

Ewan McGregor

There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

Ewan McGregor

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

Ewan McGregor

I loved being in Trainspotting and having to dive into the filthiest toilet in Scotland.

Ruben Blades

It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985.

John Fusco

We're not just making 'Marco Polo,' we're living it. Because we traveled to Venice... Kazakhstan... into the jungles of Malaysia.

Bill Belichick

I had no knowledge of the various steps involved in the game balls and the process that happened between when they were prepared and went to the officials and went to the game. So, I've learned a lot about that.

John Oates

I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

Steve Ellis

You had various fiefdoms established in the contracting process.

Kevin Hall

We will be considering the views of the various stakeholders.

Ed Gillespie

Our party may have swung too far right at various times.

Stefano Gabbana

Each one of us interprets various stimuli according to our own personal sensibility.

Mark Leibovich

I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.

Meg Rosoff

The more you live, the better writer you are.

John Dos Passos

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.

Chevy Stevens

Unfortunately, there's still a lot of beginning writers who think you can just write your first draft and hand it in.

Robert Klein

In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate.

Scott Adsit

'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives.

Aminatta Forna

Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained.

Claire Tomalin

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

Brian K. Vaughan

There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium.