Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

Jon Landau

The modern recording studio, with its well-trained engineers, 24-track machines and shiny new recording consoles, encourages the artist to get involved with sound. And there have always been artists who could make the equipment serve their needs in a highly personal way - I would single out the Beatles, Phil Spector, the Beach Boys and Thom Bell.

Genesis Rodriguez

I love Miami; I miss it so much. I miss the beach, the peace it brings you. I love the sound and smell of the sea.

Todd Rogers

The end of 2003, we took a second in Huntington Beach (Calif.) and we were pretty consistent after that. We were in the top five, won twice this year; we've always been in the mix, and we've rarely done poorly.

Meg Cabot

We need to talk.” “I’m just – Look,” I said, as he took a step toward me. “I’m just going to give Cee Cee a call and maybe we’ll go to the beach or something, because I really … I just need a day off.”Another step toward me. Now he was right in front of me. “Especially,” I said significantly, looking up at him, “from talking. That’s what I especially need a day off from. Talking.” “Fine,” he said. He reached up and cupped my face in both his hands. “We don’t have to talk.”And that’s when he kissed me. On the lips.

Matthew McConaughey

I say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach.

Paddy Chayefsky

The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!

Kellie Pickler

I was 19 when I first auditioned for 'American Idol.' I'd never been on an airplane; I'd never been outside of my hometown, except to go to Myrtle Beach. I'm 22 now. I'm learning a lot about life, and it's all in front of the cameras.

Katy B

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.

Kathy Reichs

I can't believe you jokers fixed it." Hi was picking his way down to the beach. "Believe it, clown. Too much brain power here to fail." Still pumped, Shelton threw another palm Ben's way. "Oh, I'm sure." Hi streched, yawned. "It was something highly technical, I suppose? Something requiring mechanical ability? Nothing as simple as tightening a wire or flippin a switch, right?" Ben reddened. Shelton developed an intrest in his sneakers. Score one for Hi.

Khaled Hosseini

She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.

Oksana Baiul

One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.

Og Mandino

I am convinced that the greatest legacy we can leave our children are happy memories: those precious moments so much like pebbles on the beach that are plucked from the white sand and placed in tiny boxes that lay undisturbed on tall shelves until one day they spill out and time repeats itself, with joy and sweet sadness, in the child now an adult.

This is a little bit unique with what the town wants to do here (with the groins). In an ideal world, what we envision, this could be one element in the overall beach management plan.

Elle Macpherson

I've always found it very difficult to understand the laws as far as nudity in America - how some things are pornographic and some things are not pornographic. It's against the law to go topless on the beach, but you can go buy a gun. That just seems so absurd to me.

Emo Philips

They have a sign at the beach, "no glass bottles". I think that's so the other sand particles don't feel like underachievers.

Emo Philips

I love Florida. I love the beach. I love the sound of the crashing surfers against the rocks.

The idea is that the customer can wear it to the beach and go to pick up the kids and go to the store.

Robert Groves

You watch the screen and follow the dance steps. It's funny to watch. Kids are sweating and out of breath, but having a good time. I see people doing this all the time at video arcades at the beach or in malls.

You will see about 40 to 50 people getting on buses in the morning to get to Myrtle Beach and to jobs.

Donald Miller

The geese and the seagulls make such a mess all over the beach that it's a health hazard,

Joanne Froggatt

People recognise me when I'm holiday on the beach.

John C. McGinley

My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean. I was like, 'Max, you get the dogs. I'll talk to the hot blondes.'

The levels here have, we're talking about, a magnitude of six times. It indicated to us there is some fecal contamination making its way to the beaches here.

The main objective I will have on behalf of this board is to keep Scripps in Palm Beach County. But we're certainly not going to give away our firstborn to do it.

James Surowiecki

Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional politics and feckless budgeting.

James Packer

I prefer to be sitting on the beach, but I can't. I want to be a billionaire.

Emily Carr

The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear, though, is laziness. It is so easy to drift and finally be tossed up on the beach, derelict.

Emeril Lagasse

I like to keep things simple. It's really about the wine, food and the beach view. Nothing can beat that.

Simon Hughes

Dermot Reeve was so self-obsessed that even on the local nudist beach he only admired himself

Richard Brautigan

I saw thousands of pumpkins last night come floating in on the tide, bumping up against the rocks and rolling up on the beaches; it must be Halloween in the sea