Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's a big boys' game of capture the flag.

Jenny Nimmo

I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture.

It wasn't just my stomach that was bloated, my whole entire body. I was like the Pillsbury Dough Boy -- I mean, I was puffed up.

It was always going to be a fast finish when the VIS boys got together and Brad surprised us because we didn't think he had much petrol left in the tank after being away for so long.

It was a lovely day, so quiet. My husband, Tim, and I were skiing with our two boys and a friend in Yellowstone National Park on Dec. 30, when all of a sudden, we heard the noise of a snowmobile.

It was really hard for my dad psychologically. That's one of the reasons why he stayed an 11-year-old boy for so many years.

It was a very frustrating loss for us. This team really needs to have someone on the floor all the time that says 'okay boys it's time to go' on a consistent basis. We may get that for four or five minutes at a time, but not for a prolonged period which is what we need.

It was a tough loss for the boys. Benjamin Russell has a good boy's team. We were playing without our regular number one, three and six.

It was a remarkable decision the boy made, remarkable.

It was a special occasion for the girls. In the old time, girls were not able to be seen. It was the only time the girls could go out and the boys could see them secretly - without being seen by their parents.

It was a thoroughly deserved win. The boys all worked really hard.

Jason Allen

It says a lot for the boys. They're not taking anything for granted and they're wrestling every match like it's their last match. They're going out there and dominating and we're going to step it up here the next couple weeks.

It's a challenge. You know, you're supposed to have perfect little boys. And mine are perfect for who they are. But it just takes 45 minutes to get them ready for school.

Bobby Bowden

It's a bump in the road. But when you've been it as long as I have, it's not the first bump. When you're dealing with 100 players, and somebody steps out of line, you hate it. You hate it for the boy as much as anything ? or whoever else is involved.

Jeff Davis

It's a bummer, ... because we get so many emails from young kids saying stuff like, 'It's Boys Night Out, not Unisex Night Out!' It's frustrating, but we realized when we started writing that we wanted to make a record that would make us happy.

Ezekiel Emanuel

Our dad hugged us and kissed us so much that some friends and relatives complained that he was going to turn us into sissies or homosexuals. But my dad didn't care. Let them raise their kids in a reserved and reticent way. He grew up in Israel, and his boys were going to be hugged and kissed by their father and know they were loved.

Cayden Boyd

I've always loved superheroes, and I'm sure every single kid out there is gonna love these superheroes and want to see 'Shark Boy and Lava Girl'... and the fact that it's in 3-D.

Rachel Nichols

They say that women dress for other women, but I don't think that's entirely true. If we want to look flossy out-and-about on a Friday night, we're dressing for the boys - and it's nice when they notice.

Cassandra Clare

I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's a saying in publishing that girls will read about boys, but boys will only read about boys, and it's important to give women strong heroines.

We played as a team today. I'm very proud of my boys.

We play better with the lead, but I think most teams do. We told our boys that that needed to be our focus ? to get a lead and then try to hold onto it.

We practiced defending the last two days and the boys executed exactly the way we planned. We really haven't been playing that well lately but this definitely makes us legit.

Ted Naifeh

I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.

Salma Hayek

You know how macho boys get when they're all together? Well, the set of 'Desperado' was like that. They were all trying to put me down, saying, 'Bring on the stuntwoman, Salma can't do that.' But I did everything.

Seth Gabel

'Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

Tamala Jones

I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.

Charles Dickens

"Then what can you want to do now?" said the old lady,gaining courage. "I wants to make your flesh creep," replied the boy.

Charles Dickens

The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.

Alanis Morissette

So many boys, so little time...

Alan Alda

I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.

Bear Grylls

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

C. S. Lewis

Oh, Lor!' said the boy, sitting down on the grassy bank at the edge of the shrubbery and very quickly getting up again because the grass was soaking wet. His name was unfortunately Eustace Scrubb but he wasn't a bad sort.

Charles Dudley Warner

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one