Famous Quotes & Sayings

Reese Witherspoon

When I signed on, I just signed on to do the acting part,

Rob Reiner

When I show up to act in a movie for somebody else, I just want to be nice and helpful and do what they want because I know how difficult it is to make a movie. I don't want to cause any problems. So you show up and do your job, and I think if a director understands that, you don't make a lot of demands.

We're no longer in a buy-and-hold environment. You have to be much more active in sector allocation. That's where the future of this business is going.

We're trying to act like the development office of a private school. They can't live on tuition alone, and we can't live on taxes alone.

We're thrilled with this sales velocity and expect all of the activity around the Oscars to further boost sales and awareness this week and well into next. But truly, it speaks volumes to the strength of the film and consumers' continued love affair with the DVD format.

We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a bath - at 14 months or something like that. My mother and dad both swore that was true, but I'm sure it wasn't very good... We always had the Metropolitan Opera on the radio on Saturday afternoons.

Richard Pombo

We knew the Endangered Species Act had problems, ... We knew there were things that needed to get fixed, that weren't working in current law.

We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images.

We kind of act as a trusty secretary, helping to set up these calls.

We need to draw inspiration from those who came before us. And though it may be difficult to recreate stage acting and the styles of other actors, we can get to know them and to get to know about this history of stage acting in this country.

We thought that providing a coach's challenge would act as an additional safety net and give the coaches more involvement in the process.

Colin Powell

We thought it would be useful to point out to the Pakistani leadership at every level that we are looking for and expecting their fullest cooperation ... as well as (to see) how helpful they might be if we find a basis to act on that information,

Mark Johnson

We thought it would be good to start off with a little bit of action, and secondly, tell a young audience what was going on in England and how disempowered these kids were.

We thought housing would be falling away as business activity picked up. But what you have now is the two overlapping.

We think we can continue to have a successful skywalk system and restore activity to the street.

David Rosenberg

We think that countries and areas of activity that have been weakest in the last couple of years are likely to see the strongest rebound in growth. Thus, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands should see more marked recoveries than Spain and France, where activity has held up well.

We're not ready for any action tonight. Some people may think this is a done deal. It isn't.

Steve Miller

We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act -- we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear some blues, some jazz, a little of everything. The guys in the band are great musicians. When we play, we're there for real. It's not about posing, strutting in tights, that kind of stuff. It's all about music, and I've always respected my audience that way.

We think this company more than most would be leveraged to an improvement in market conditions and lower rates. Market activity comes back this company has a lot of operating leverage and it should show through on the bottom line.

Michael Penn

We think the risks are that activity will pick up rather more slowly than the bank expects. In this environment risks to rates are lying on the downside in our view, and we continue to expect a 25 basis point rate cut in May.

Mary Daly

Why indeed must ''God'' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.

Why? His body type, his arm action was real fluid and he had a good, strong arm -- and he wasn't much of a hitter. He just looked like a pitcher to me.

We've decided to act as an industry rather than individual hospitals or hospital systems.

We've decided there is nothing to talk about unless there's some actual songs on the table. In our spare time we'll start to compile some demos, and if they start to sound good, we'll do something.

We've decided that the actual digitization is not our core competency. What we want to invest all our efforts in is adding value on top of that content.

Shawn Ryan

We've certainly discussed different kinds of departures on this show and on 'The Unit' as well because that's a team that engages in very dangerous activities. It probably would be unrealistic to have a huge number of activities where somebody didn't get killed or very badly wounded. But I've never wanted to do something like this to be edgy, or prove how different we can be. There are shows that do that, and I am never impressed with that. And I think, in the end, the fans see right through it.

Alaina Huffman

To be perfectly honest with you, having a mother as an actress - who I watched struggle tremendously during my childhood - and to watch fluctuations of ups and downs is difficult. She did mainly television, so I think I associated that with a life of inconsistency. As I've come into my own, I realize it has nothing to do with the medium.

Cecilia Bartoli

You have different directors, and as a singer you have to be an actress too. It's a fusion-make singers interesting, or this makes an artist actually, the fusion between music and comedienne is together.

You have continual suspense, unfolding letter by letter. You have all these ups and downs in your characters' fortunes. Success or failure is only seconds away, and it's in their own hands. You have character and action built right in.

Dominic Purcell

You have to believe in hope, not only from an acting point of view but also from an audience perspective.

Too often, the Democratic Party has been split between its grass-roots activists on one side and its elected officials and party leaders on the other. It's important to remember: We need both wings to fly.

Those acts could be abstaining from meat on some other day of the week or volunteering or making a donation to help the needy.

Those activities that are in danger must undergo a tough fitness program.