Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephan Pastis

I write for three or four hours and then hopefully I'll have something. Then I draw for the rest of the afternoon... I literally block out Wednesday-Thursday-Friday - I more or less disappear.

Jonathan Maberry

I write every day. Most weekdays, I write about ten hours a day. That doesn't mean eight hours of surfing the Net or watching videos on YouTube. I park my butt in a chair and write... I learned that writer's block is a myth created by people who don't have, or understand, a writing process.

Justin Williams leads the nation in blocks for a reason. He's got a long body and he's quick to get up (to block a shot). You've got to give him a lot of credit for stopping a lot of our offense.

We haven't seen a shot blocker like that. They had nine blocks in the game and obviously that leads into our somewhat miserable shooting percentage.

We just didn't block very well up front. That was part of it.

Jerry Sloan

We just couldn't do anything with them in overtime. I can understand guys missing shots, but I don't understand not being able to block them off the boards and give them second shots while we're trying to win a ballgame. They got to the free-throw line and we didn't. That was the difference in the game.

You knew he was long and would be a factor that way. But he has very quick reactions. He's a quick second-jumper. He has not only blocked a lot of shots but changed a lot of shots.

E. O. Wilson

You can have it pop up with what historical location they're by, what restaurant they're by, what landmark they might be by, so yeah, you can get within a pretty good block radius, if not the exact location.

You can block shots. We didn't get in any lanes. All their shots got through all night, and they blocked a ton of our shots.

Win or lose, you didn't know, but there was no doubt at all that we were going to give an effort. The guys were going to block shots for each other. They were going to take hits for each other. You could sense that right from the morning breakfast all the way through. I think that's the feeling the guys have and we've tried as a staff to continue that this week.

Larry Coker

We can't block him, ... He'll be an outstanding player. He's smart, plays hard every down. He's good.

When it comes to blocking for Mike Vick, you have to stay on your blocks a lot longer,

Norv Turner

When it happens over and over, and it's no call, no call - then a call ... The touchdown by Randy Moss looked like a touchdown to me. The call on Langston Walker looked like a good block to me.

We put him in it, drove a couple blocks and took him out.

Kyle Brown

We pushed that blocking sled all over the field, ... We didn't like it, but it's paying off right now.

We played great defensively tonight. The guys did a great job blocking shots.

Peter Cameron

We have taken all the measures to block any traffic through the Serb villages, in particular Albanian traffic, which could inflame the situation,

Jesse Ventura

If you behave like a good citizen, and you upgrade and improve your property, your reward will be the government will take more money from you. So using that analogy, you should let your house become the shithole on the block and they'll reduce your taxes and you'll pay less. Be a bad citizen with your neighbors, right? You'll save money then.

Janet Fitch

We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know; it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a different universe in every house.

Janet Fitch

Love could never bloom in a concrete block room.

Janet Fitch

And I realized as I walked through the neighborhood how each house could contain a completely different reality. In a single block, there could be fifty seperate worlds. Nobody ever really knew what was going on just next door.

Janet Evanovich

Ranger picked up and there was a moment of silence as if he was sensing me at the other end, taking my body temperature and heart rate long distance. “Babe,” he finally said. “Do you know the slum apartment building Bobby Sunflower owns on Stark?” “Yes. It’s on the same block as his funeral home.” “That’s the one. I’m going in to look for someone. If you don’t hear from me in a half hour maybe you could send someone to check.” “Is this a smart thing to do?” “Probably not.” “As long as you know,” Ranger said. And he disconnected.

Jane Roberts

I stand upon a block of stillness. It is more secure than any sidewalk. I bring with me my own sidewalk.

Etgar Keret

I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

Etgar Keret

I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really think it's the other way around.

Christina Aguilera

I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It's noise I block out automatically. I love my body.

Greta Gerwig

When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.

Gordon B. Hinckley

The religion of which you are a part is 7 days a week. It isn't just Sunday, it isn't the block plan, it isn't just 3 hours in church, it isn't just the time you spend in Seminary - it's all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Jerry Ferrara

The Sopranos,' for instance, is arguably the best cable show of all time. They could have made a movie, but that show ended so perfectly, it would almost be a disadvantage to make a movie like that. Then again, if you made a 'Sopranos' movie, people would be lined around the block to go see it.

Jennifer Capriati

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.

Jennifer Egan

I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly.

Jennifer Egan

I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd writing, outright flailing around. Writing that doesn’t have a good voice or any voice. But then there will be good moments. It seems writer’s block is often a dislike of writing badly and waiting for writing better to happen.

Jeff Sessions

There's been this attempt to block Donald Trump, in primary candidates and Democrats, that - to try to make everything he says some sort of extreme overstatement.