Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sanaa Lathan

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

Prince Harry

Maybe it was a sign of my own immaturity. I'm becoming 21. ... Something like that I will never do again. It was a very stupid thing to do, and I've learned my lesson.

Clayton Christensen

No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped. I've developed tests that I'm hoping can help entrepreneurs manage that shaping process, so that the business plan that comes out the other end has a very high probability of success.

Now the virus is becoming crazy. The virus is becoming unpredictable.

Gary Patterson

Next week will be the hardest week that we'll have. For me, I hope it gets to be about 85 or 90 degrees again. We need a little bit more heat to start becoming condition ready and keep working.

George Johnson

News is becoming more of a conversation. You can express opinions online in real time. You don't send a letter to the editor and wait a week.

Growth going forward is becoming the big issue for stock investors. Things are still OK on the earnings front, but some companies are beginning to be more conservative with their guidance.

Groups feeding the homeless at the Downtown Plaza has had unintended consequences. There are so many folks clustered in downtown - it's becoming a crisis.

Getting older is something you make a decision about. You can get old without becoming an older person (in your outlook).

Gift cards are becoming an easier gift to give. Of course, nobody ever returned cash, either.

Furthermore, like any legislation, before becoming law back-to-work legislation must go through three readings in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, not to mention possible committee hearings. Given that Thursday is Budget Day this option can only prolong the strike and keep students out of their classes unnecessarily.

Fundamentally, we see a positive correlation between gas prices and sales of vehicles. We're certainly seeing fuel economy becoming a more important issue with consumers as we continue to see gas prices rise.

Judy Carter

If a person sleeps less than four hours a night, there is a 73 percent risk of obesity, and five hours a night equals a 50 percent risk. Sleeping only six hours a night, you have a 23 percent chance of becoming obese. Listen to your body when you are tired.

Casey Neistat

I don't send and receive messages on Snapchat; I never have. Stories is the only feature I use. I think of them becoming a more dynamic social network, and I think it's great.

Evelyn Waugh

I expect you'll be becoming a schoolmaster, sir. That's what most of the gentlemen does, sir, that gets sent down for indecent behaviour.

Kevin McCarthy

Fortunately, there is a project that will create jobs, provide direct investment in our economy, and move us closer to our longstanding goal of becoming energy independent: the Keystone XL pipeline.

For the really big-budget films, the North American box office gross does not always have to be spectacular. International is becoming a bigger part of the pie and so are worldwide video sales.

Given the timing and changing requirements for new USAF tankers, the prospects for the current 767 production program to extend uninterrupted into a USAF tanker contract (are) becoming less likely.

Given the time and circumstances, nothing under the sun shall stop this country from becoming a super power.Being grateful has limitations, no man can be grateful at the cost of his dignity, no woman at the cost of her chastity and no country at the cost of its freedom.I hope that Mr. Gandhi will not drive me to the necessity of making a choice between his life and rights of my people, for I shall never consent to deliver my people bound hand and foot to the orthodox for generations to come.

John Franklin

God has used this situation to give my people on-hands experience at working and putting the rubber to the road in ministry and becoming missionaries. I think our church is going to be receiving a blessing from this years from now.

If it weren't for them mowing the lawns and doing the things they do, all the prices for services will go up. People are talking about how we'll save money on social services (without undocumented workers), but I see them working hard. They should get a fair shot at becoming legal.

J. Taylor

If the 20th century is any guide, the 21st century looks quite rosy indeed. Any indices you look at, whether it's human mortality, life expectancy, caloric intake, any tangible measure of human well-being shows that the world is becoming a healthier, safer, better-fed place than it was before.

Vinny Testaverde

If that was my last pass, it was a great way to end my career. It's been great for me to play football where I grew up. I always dreamed about becoming a New York Jet football player.

Mike Scioscia

He's had better at-bats for the last two or three weeks. He's becoming productive. We need Fin. It's good to see him contribute.

Michael Robinson

He's had another year of becoming more familiar with the personnel, more familiar with what he has on the offensive side of the ball, but I think Galen is one of the best coaches in the country as far as coaching on game day. He does a great job making adjustments on the fly, and that's a hard skill to do.

Randy Houser

One of the most important times in my life was the first time that I remember seeing my daddy get onstage and play music with a bunch of guys. All of them playing something different at the same time and all becoming one, and me soaking that in at 5 years old and going, 'That's my daddy up there, and he's a part of something.'

Meg Rosoff

One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like the person. It doesn't always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books.

O. Henry

I wish I could be taking golf right now. That's what I want to be working on when I get out, becoming a scratch golfer.

Reggie Bush

I guess I'm the best running back, at least this year. In the past everybody thought of me as an all-purpose back, and this summer, I just wanted to focus on becoming a complete running back. First and foremost, I would like to be known as a great running back. It's a great honor to win that award.

I got the feeling: It's time to do a Marco Polo story. I felt like everything was lining up right because long-form television series were becoming to me like the new great American novel.

She's very young. Already, she's becoming famous for the number of books she's written. Her latest book got starred reviews in the journals, so people are beginning to know her.

She's really becoming a star. She works really hard. Plus, she's developed patience, and her confidence level has finally caught up to her talent.

She's becoming more of a complete player and not as worried about the scoring box.