Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rohan Gunaratna

Bangladesh was very much like Nepal or Thailand or like Indonesia before their respective insurgencies broke out ... because all these governments were in denial,

Richard McCann

Any discontent that might be there is part of the report, ... I want to know if taxpayers are getting the biggest bang for buck.

Camila Alves

When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.

Mo Cheeks

You get a guy who can bang a little bit, rebound a little bit, dive on the floor. You got a hustle guy who does a little bit of everything.

Jolene Anderson

We just wanted to get the win for the four seniors ... We wanted them to go out with a big bang and for us to have momentum going into the Big Ten tournament. But I think our team is still there.

Michael Howe

What we've been seeing over the last few years is a lot of families moving north into Martin and St. Lucie counties because they can get more bang for their buck, and they're commuting to Palm Beach County for work. Three years ago, you could buy what was going for $350,000 here, you could buy for $150,000 there. But that's changing. Now those are getting up in the $300,000 range, too.

Rodney Selph

We haven't had a big bruiser that can bang around like that in a while. We can match up in the post better now. In the past, we've had to work in practice every week on coming off of people to double down on the post.

Stephen Hawking

Our minds work in real time, which begins at the Big Bang and will end, if there is a Big Crunch - which seems unlikely, now, from the latest data showing accelerating expansion. Consciousness would come to an end at a singularity.

Zachary Knighton

'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.

Daniel Woodrell

Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.

Art Buchwald

People ask what I am really trying to do with humor. The answer is, "I'm getting even

Elaine Stritch

The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?

Kara Walker

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

Arthur Conan Doyle

We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom and had heard the whole conversation. Who was I? What did I want? What did I mean by asking questions? He had a fine flow of language, and his adjectives were very vigorous.

Bob Costas

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.

Dennis Ritchie

The notion of a record is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column card.

Edsger Dijkstra

PL/1, the fatal disease, belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.

Aristotle

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.