Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Graham

History is full of surprises, and the next century will be no exception.

John Challenger

I think that the social compact hammered out in the mid-20th century has been superseded by a new compact that is different and doesn't promise the potential for lifetime tenure. Workers are free agents.

Erich Fromm

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead

John Van Hamersveld

In this century of hyper-postmodern ideals, with the digital future, we're segmented into different people, places, and things in a constant state of change.

Dr. Graham

In its century plus years of existence, it's had only two owners: the Flagler System and Flagler College.

Paul Spiegelman

The Century Club has done a lot of good work to raise money for charity. But on this one they've gotten their heads in the air.

Jose Barroso

The energy challenges of the 21st century require a common EU response. The EU is an essential element in delivering sustainable, competitive and secure energy for European citizens.

Robert Thompson

The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it.

John Shelby Spong

The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.

Tom Scholz

I will say that I know Nirvana did a show and played a few chords from 'More Than a Feeling' before they did 'Teen Spirit,' and it wasn't very good. But in all seriousness, 'Teen Spirit' was a great song. If subconsciously or somehow I had any influence on that, I'll take that as a compliment.

Janelle Monae

I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

Tony Goldwyn

I've done a lot of movies other than Ghost. It's amazing. I get sick of it. I mean, I'm grateful for it. But I think it's one of those movies that struck a chord in the consciousness of people and they watch it over and over again. It's weird - I haven't seen the movie in 10 years!

Sid Vicious

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music.

Tommy Chong

The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes.

Stevie Jackson

Actually, it's just the opposite. Stuart is still the main guy, obviously, but he now draws more from the group than ever. In the old days, people would come in with their finished songs. Now, everyone in the group contributes ideas ? a chord sequence or a riff or a rhythm or anything.

Jeff Tweedy

You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played.

Benjamin Disraeli

When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.

Tommy Bolin

I just started off on my own by learning the regular chords then the barre chords. Then I'd lean the notes that would go with them.

Willie Randolph

He knows his body, he knows what he has to do to get ready. He might not have been on the field a lot (in Florida), but I trust him. And when he tells me he s ready to go, I give him the ball.

Tim Cleland

This was one of the toughest, if not the toughest, fields we've had.

Michael Vick

Guys are four and five yards down the field and I'm throwing bullets. You can't do that.

Bruce Arena

I think the first half we were a little sloppy in different parts of the field, but I think in the second half we were much more solid. Obviously, we could have scored more goals.

Josh Scobey

We're on special teams, and that's our job. Get our team in great field position so they can score, and keep the other team from scoring.

Peter Bell

We're now on a level playing field with diesel.

Ron Gardenhire

When he was on the field, he knew what was going on. He was always in the game. ... I had a lot of fun with Denny. I probably knew him as well as anybody.

Romeo Crennel

We've got to take it from the paper and put it on the field. That's where the test comes in.

Jerry Rice

What you saw out there on the football field was an individual who loved the game.

Buddy Bell

He's done it before, he understands situations. He doesn't freak out.

Raf Simons

I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed of consuming, the speed of ideas. When fashion moves so fast, it takes away something I always loved, which is the idea that fashion should be slightly elusive. Hard to grasp, hard to find.

Anne Johnson

I kind of don't like to think about it. It freaks me out. What if I've peaked and I'm not even 30 yet?

Brad Miller

It's always some freak injury that seems to happen with us.

Jude Temple

It was just one of those freak things. And they happened within 23 hours of each other.

Kevin Plank

I realized early on that I was pretty good at organizing. A lot of it was about control. While my friends were out getting hammered at concerts, I was making money. I am a control freak.

Quincy Jones

I've met every freak in the business.

Lisa Bonet

It's okay to be a freak.

Joss Whedon

I'm not a control freak - I'm a control enthusiast.

Dave Andrews

The leakage is reduced to very minimal amounts.

Jim Struzzi

You're going to have some traffic restrictions, but we're going to try to make those as minimal as possible.

David Nicholson

For the most part the philosophical differences are minimal between party members.

Cy Twombly

It's absurd to talk about paintings that you haven't finished.

Rick Page

Right now I don't think my 5A schools would go to the Valley. But they could put us with Laredo.

Anthony Hamilton

It was very important for me to touch on things that haven't changed, like schools. I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. My lady's from Ohio, and the schools are being torn down, and they turned them into high-rise condos.

Fred Wilpon

You can't get much more New York than this.

John Catsimatidis

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

Cary Fukunaga

New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.

Tamara Tunie

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.

Rita Ora

A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.

Santiago Cabrera

I've been to New York a lot. I grew up in London but I'm from Chile originally.

Eddy Curry

That's just how things happened. I think in the long run, New York is going to come out on top.

Erik Estrada

I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor.

Antonio Sabato, Jr.

I'm a Laker fan, always have been. And the New York Yankees, for sure.