Famous Quotes & Sayings

(The coaches) said I did a good job of getting to the foul line. I know how to get fouled. I know how to make the refs blow the whistle, and that's one of the things I tried to put in my game this year. Even when you're not making shots, you can always get to the free-throw line.

The company has lost credibility and if they were to disappoint this quarter, it would be a serious blow to the stock and I would have to question owning it going forward,

The concept of blowing up innocent people is not permissible.

Neal Stephenson

I am on an expense account that would blow your mind.

John Gay

Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.

Josh Gad

Josh [Gad] is such an amazing improviser and is so good when the material is flowing from him that sometimes, if a written scene isn't working quite right, I'll tell him that we've got it and that he can just play. He'll blow us away with some super weird stuff and some wild things that we might use bits and pieces of in the edit, and then I'll say, "Just for good measure, let's do one more of the scripted version."

Phil Mickelson

Where you can make up ground is if the wind blows and your opponents make big numbers. I think you can shoot three, four, five-under par. But to make up a six, seven or eight-shot lead, that will be tough without the leaders coming back.

Quentin Tarantino

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

Patrick Swayze

It just blows me away that I am on, I don't know what generation of fans.

Patrick Carney

The fact we get played on the radio now blows our minds.

Ovid

We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for another.]

Patty Griffin

God as "he," as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America - "he, he, he." Every time I hear that, it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide, I still hear females referring to God as "he."

Paul Wolfowitz

If the Arab world today looked like Tunisia, it would be a huge blow for the extreme ideologies. But Tunisia needs more support than it is getting, particularly from their close neighbors in Europe who have a great stake in North Africa.

Joan Jett

If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure if you want to do it, or you're thinking you can be famous, you shouldn't do it because you want to be famous. You have to do it because you love it and you want to play for people. And if that's what you want to do, then do it, but you can't go into it with that mindset of "we'll be in a band and we'll be famous."

John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow,

John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.

Lewis Black

What is the difference between a Democrat and a Republican? A Democrat blows, a Republican sucks.

Josephus Daniels

Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible.

Joseph Parker

Sin is a clenched fist and a blow in the face of God.

Josh Billings

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Lauren Bacall

If you want me just whistle. You know how to whistle don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.

Lanford Wilson

But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.

Kurtis Blow

I was called Kool Dj Kurt Walker... but they wanted tocall me Kurtis Blow.

John Keats

Or thou might'st better listen to the wind, Whose language is to thee a barren noise, Though it blows legend-laden through the trees.

John Cassavetes

I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have seen people destroy themselves in the smallest way, I’ve seen people withdraw, I’ve seen people hide behind political ideas, behind dope, behind the sexual revolution, behind fascism, behind hypocrisy, and I’ve myself done all these things. So I can understand them. What we are saying is so gentle. It’s gentleness. We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems.

Lindsey Graham

The world is literally about to blow up,

Gayle Forman

Sometimes the wind blows you places you weren't expecting: sometimes it blows you away from those places, too.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Of all the problems of conservation, none is more urgent that the polluted air which endangers the American people. We have been fortunate so far. But we have seen that when winds fail to blow, the concentrations of poisonous clouds over our cities can become perilous.

Louis Aragon

It sometimes happens that pleasure blows anywhere it damn well chooses.

Louis Armstrong

I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.

Louis Armstrong

Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.

Mahatma Gandhi

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.