Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Graham Jones

In 1990, I was an undergraduate freshman archeology major sneaking over to the English building and unearthing an amazing repository of books I'd never even suspected. By 1998, I'd have my Ph.D.

David Greene

I never thought I'd be throwing passes to Matt Jones, ... but it's pretty amazing what he can do as a wide receiver. Matt's just a natural athlete. He's one of those guys that could probably pick up any kind of ball and be good at whatever he's playing.

Alexandra Adornetto

I never thought about writing a novel until I was 13, and that happened by chance. I was on school holidays, and I was bored, and I thought I just wanted to do something to occupy myself instead of asking, 'What can I do, mum? Entertain me.' I started, and it really just took over, and I realised, 'Wow, this is an amazing experience.'

Felipe Alou

I never saw him loafing to first. He used to run hard every ground ball, every fly ball, ... It was amazing the way he played the game. Because sometimes you just don't feel like running hard when you think it's going to be an out. If you see him before the game, you didn't believe he was so tough a player. He used to play hurt every day. Used to complain he didn't sleep. But when the game started, he was just marvelous.

Brian White

In five days of practice, he did some pretty amazing things. He's one of the most natural runners, the most physical (freshman) in five practices I've ever seen.

Chad Allen

In BP, even with one eye, he could still hit. He was an amazing man....I never saw him down.

Jake Epstein

In Montreal, there is a friend of mine at school who is a jazz pianist with an amazing voice, and we sort of have this fusion/soul/R&B/folk music kind of thing. We've been keeping it low-key and opening for some friends.

Radha Mitchell

I'm not a very good player, to be honest. I've tried to play the game and especially to get familiar with the characters better. I mean, it's really an amazing game, having just a limited sort of knowledge of it that I have.

Trevor Noah

I'm not a confrontational person or comedian. I think we can explore more things if one of us is not fighting with the other. I take it easy. But I do like comedians who are very different from myself: I love dry comics with deadpan one-liners. I look on and think, 'That's amazing; why didn't I think of that?'

I know we're going to have to work really hard, but we have an amazing chance to do something great.

I know the girls worked hard over break, and I think we are going to shine. KU hasn't always been a golf school, but we've brought in some amazing people.

Trish Stratus

I know what Walk of Fame inductee most people are excited about me being excited about, and that's Pamela Anderson. I think (Anderson) is an amazing person and as a Canadian businesswoman she has accomplished a lot. She has stayed in the spotlight for so long and I definitely could get some business tips, some hair tips and some outfit tips from her.

I knew I had my chances this week, but with the strength of the draw here this year, if someone told me I would win this tournament this week, I wouldn't really have believed them. It's an amazing feeling to win here in front of my family and friends.

Tony Fadell

I knew there were all kinds of interesting things going on at Google, but now that I've seen them, my mind has been blown - in a great way. They have all these amazing projects and people that the world doesn't know anything about. I'm like a kid in a candy store - it's an idea factory.

Amy Grant

I knew that whoever wound up hosting the show was going to have a front-row seat to some pretty amazing interaction with some very deserving people.

I like the 'Blackwell' adventure games, and I'm fond of some of Telltale's games, like 'Hector' and 'Puzzle Agent' - simple stories, but fun. I thought 'Heavy Rain' was amazing.

John Carney

I like 'Guys and Dolls,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'A Star Is Born.' When it works, a musical is an amazing thing. But it rarely works.

Alessia Cara

I'm not good at fashion, so I don't see a point in trying to be good at that. It's important to show that there's different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and that's perfectly fine, and that's amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. I'd wear heels every day, and I'd strut around in a dress, but that's not me.

Bill Gates

I'm excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and of course for technology, ... And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, we're going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.

Shaun Alexander

I'm feeling blessed. I didn't think that I would be able to heal that fast. At halftime, I thought it was amazing how healthy I was mentally.

Rick Pitino

I'm extremely proud. We talked this morning and everything he said he wanted this team to do, it's done. It's really amazing to see.

Shaun White

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

I'm really proud of those guys. They busted their tails all summer. Lifting, running, waking up every morning at 6 o'clock. It paid off. They did an amazing job tonight.

I'm really glad I bought this thing. It has been an amazing workhorse. I don't like to take chances, but at least I know that if it breaks through, it will float like a boat and get me out again.

I'm really excited, even more excited that we have a great team. We have an amazing chance of winning it all this year.

Adan Canto

I kind of stumbled into acting, even though I've always been fascinated by people and kind of their motives, and it's been amazing to me, everything I read before about psychology, philosophy, just to put it into practice somehow.

Miranda Lambert

I kicked the door open, and I'm gonna hold my leg in there. I'm keeping the door open for all these amazing female singer-songwriters that are coming out.

Jasika Nicole

I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn't take much!

I keep telling people how amazing this place is.

Philippe Petit

I keep saying I am an auto-didact, but I have a lot of outside influences. One I could cite is juggler Francis Brunn, who was the first man to throw ten rings in the air; he was really an amazing juggler who showed onstage the quest for perfection.

Dennis Quaid

I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.

Rick Wakeman

I joined Yes in July 1971. I had heard Yes live, as Strawbs had supported them at a gig in Hull. I thought they were amazing - incredibly different.

Sarah Rafferty

I like Canadians. Who doesn't like Canadians? It's amazing! They're the friendliest people on earth.