Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Barnes

Kevin would have to wait at least six months to get a British title shot but if he beats Okine it will fast-track him to a British title shot sooner and jump him up to 15th place in the world title ratings.

It beats the heck out of what was there.

Paul Verlaine

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only for you.

Jim Rash

I will say you could always look at 'Looney Tunes' and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about the beats of comedy. I think you can find out about awkward pauses, because I think they did those well.

Robert Krulwich

I did television for a very long time, but if you're on television, words don't count. What the eye sees beats the words. If you switch sides, from radio to television, you learn that the wordiness that you learn on the radio is useless or not nearly as powerful, and you have to learn to trust that the eye will just beat the ear.

Walker Percy

Why has the South produced so many good writers? Because we got beat.

In the past, we might have had four beats overlapping a single neighborhood. Now we have the technology to go beyond that,

Deborah Moggach

Nothing beats weaving through the rush-hour traffic or whizzing past the eternal gridlock that is the Strand.

Ariana Grande

I grew up writing songs in my room on GarageBand, and I would make the beats just out of layering my vocals over and over again. Very Imogen Heap-inspired.

Nothing beats a private visit to Number Ten or Chequers to take the wind out of rebellious sails.

It's not as nice as a bed, but it certainly beats the cold weather outside.

Everyone says good pitching beats good hitting. That's what we're trying to do.

Ned Yost

It's ridiculous to say we're not enjoying this. It beats any alternative.

Alan Colmes

sure beats being plucked off the top of your home by a helicopter.

It's hard, but it beats being behind the wall.

It was one of those days where you wake up and the room is dark, and you say where am I? But it beats sitting home on the couch watching.

They lost quite a few seniors (from last year), but when you're a state champ you're still the state champ until somebody beats you. We know it's going to be tough. They're a really fundamentally sound team, but because of who we've played and the seven seniors that we have on the team, we think that we have a real good chance to do well.

They've played a lot of big ballgames, and until somebody beats them, they are the sectional champions from last year.

Oh, there's no question we've talked about this. We can, realistically, still win the district if Warren Central beats Marshall and we beat Warren Central. But our first priority is Graves.

It's like a leopard being able to change its spots. New forms come up, and the immune system beats them down again. Because of this a lot of people think you need five years of constant exposure to malaria in its different disguises to gain immunity.

It's more than a rhythm. It's more than a dance. It's more than music. It's stepit's making beats with your feet.

It's kind of who beats who between Nick and I this week, but if one of us just misses out it would be hard not to maybe consider us for a pick as well.

Katee Sackhoff

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Pat Summitt

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

Paul Newman

Admit it. I'm the best you ever seen, Fats. I'm the best there is. And even if you beat me, I'm still the best.

Murray Kempton

A neighborhood is where, when you go out of it, you get beat up.

Kate Brown

Nothing beats performing live. For me, there's nothing better.

Any time you get quality teams playing each other, usually the team that loses is the team that beats themselves. If we can control what we have control of, and that's staying with our plan and executing the way we should, then we're going to be OK.

Scott Lynch

I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up.

Jonathan Demme

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

Johan Cruijff

Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.

It's fantastic for them. It's fantastic for their country. Any time a country with as few curlers as Italy beats Canada, it's a big deal. It's pretty hard not to call them a powerhouse.

This certain beats even the most optimistic forecasts,