Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Vance

The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.

Ron Chernow

The mutual fund industry has been very successful at promoting itself in this glamorous way. Mutual funds are actually vast, impersonal bureaucratic structures, and yet they were clever enough to give a human face to the mutual funds.

Kenneth Anger

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.

Dick Bruna

A few years ago, I had an exhibition at a museum in Holland where, for the very first time, I saw how much Miffy had changed over the years.

Robert Fitzgerald

After leaving college and while working on a newspaper and then on a magazine in New York, I wanted not to lose what Greek I had acquired.

Sarah Zettel

So, The Quiet Invasion is about the attempt to coexist peacefully with people who have radically different ideas and backgrounds than your own.

Nora Roberts

Now, I'll say this. I've never taking a course on writing. I've never read a book on writing. This isn't something that would work for me.

Sarah Vowell

So much of broadcasting hasn't really noticed that Watergate happened, that no one takes the voice of authority seriously anymore.

Vincent Bugliosi

Sometimes when someone is asking you a question you can become Socratic, and ask them a question, and have them answer their own question for them.

Drew Cassidy

Avalon will provide first class customer service, as every Avalon member, employer or producer will be connected to a live voice at all times, and not be subjected to an automatic telephonic prompt system. By keeping people connected, Avalon answers questions quickly and rectifies problems the first time, creating a more efficient and consumer friendly experience.

Paul Kreutzer

As long as I can look at Joe and say, 'Is my food cold or late?' Or (if) the quality goes down, (and) all those are answered no ... to my satisfaction, I'm a happy camper.

Paul Wojda

Our faculty in some ways is answerable to students. The problem, of course, is where do you draw the line. It's a fuzzy line, but there is a line.

Al Michaels

Oswald is definitely worth more than a fourth-round draft choice. I'm going to be a trivia answer someday.

Mitchell Baker

People sometimes ask if there are other features from which we could make money. The short answer is: We don't know. Perhaps search is the only feature that will both benefit users and generate this kind of revenue.

Princess Diana

People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer to fulfillment. Actually a job is better for me.

Craig Robinson

People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'

Marilyn Monroe

People ask me if I am going on making cheesecake pictures now that I'm a star. My answer is that as long as there is a boy in Korea who wants a pinup of me, I'll go on posing for them.

Maurice Sendak

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.

John Hawkes

As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa.

H. Hunt

As a striker you automatically follow everything in because you don't know if it's going to come off the bar, the post or the goalkeeper. That would normally have been my reaction but I just thought it was going to bounce into the roof of the net. I was convinced. People ask me why I didn't just knock it in but I thought it was a goal. It was an automatic reaction.

Brian Moehler

The bullpen could happen. I'll do whatever they ask of me. I'll keep plugging along. I'm fighting it, but we'll work something out.

George Franck

The boys approached me and asked if they could do it. The seniors grew up with him. It was a nice thing to do.

Tao Levy

The big question is whether hospitals will demand a price reduction on their supply costs. They might ask for it, but it doesn't mean they will necessarily get it.

Larry Woolsey

A week ago Saturday we saw five moose on the trail. These ladies from California were asking if we ordered them up special for them.

Jacques Rogge

Authorities approached me to ask if the IOC wanted to support a unification process. At a sporting level, it will not be so difficult but there has to be a political agreement, too.

Miri Eisen

A woman came out of a house and was asked to go back into her own house and announce, to ask the people to come out. That is the only instance of what we know of as a human shield.

Pat Gillick

A year from now you can ask me that. My job is to try to coach and make people better.

Larry Woolsey

A week ago Saturday we saw five moose on the trail. These ladies from California were asking if we ordered them up special for them.

Carrie Fisher

People are still asking me if I knew it was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

Dr. Tullman

Of course, youve also got to follow up and make sure that the changes youre asking for get made. Excuses or apologies which arent accompanied by changes in behavior (and real results) are just insults.

Joshua Bolten

The money we are asking for today is to support all of the relief efforts for the next few weeks, during which time we can make that assessment and come back with a more informed request to Congress.

Cliff Floyd

Day games here are definitely different than night games. The ball travels a little bit more. He ran out real quick. You're asking a guy who is very, very talented - very athletic - but who doesn't play as much to get a good read on the ball over his head off the wall. Your normal center fielder has a slightly better chance because he's out there every day.

John Challenger

Companies are essentially asking employees to do two jobs. Employees can feel like you're piling it on.

Jacob Hilgendorf

Coach has been asking the offense to step up and we finally did.

Scott Podsednik

Coming over my first couple of months people were asking me about the change in leagues. I didn't see a significant difference. ... I don't think it's a necessarily a different brand of baseball. The DH may have a little to do with that but it's probably just coincidental that the American League has won these last few.

Suleiman Awad

Despite the happy ending of the release of the Egyptian diplomat, there are people who are asking what are the reasons behind such incidents.

Tom Daschle

As a veteran, there is no question that I stand strongly with the troops,

Sean Avery

No question that this is a way (for the league) to do something to me,

Pete Carroll

No question it helps. I wish I had two weeks for every game.

Stephen Hess

No question about it. It is overwhelmingly the issue.

Klaus Wowereit

No question about it, it is a glitzy scene but that is also part of Berlin,

Bob Goin

The stakes are higher, ... There's no question about that.

Allen Mesch

The summer's going to be without much question very bad.

Joseph Grundfest

There are a lot of complicated questions to answer.

Apolo Ohno

The first question is always, 'We loved him on 'Dancing with the Stars,' we loved him in the Olympics, but can he speak English?' Yes I speak English. Yes, I can.