Famous Quotes & Sayings

F. Scott Fitzgerald

It was strange to have no self-to be like a little boy left alone in a big house, who knew that now he could do anything he wanted to do, but found that there was nothing that he wanted to do.

Evan Bayh

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

Erma Bombeck

With boys, you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane.

Erma Bombeck

With boys you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane. It's all there. The fruit flies hovering over their waste can, the hamster trying to escape to cleaner air, the bedrooms decorated in Early Bus Station Restroom.

Erma Bombeck

Every puppy should have a boy.

Florence King

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to tell Pooky that they belong to the same tribe, while among the good old boys it serves the cause of masculine dominance by identifying Bear and Wrecker as Alpha males.

Florence Welch

At the beginning of my career I was going through a really weird phase of dressing in boys clothes. I would only wear one American Apparel T-shirt and shorts and brogues the whole year round. Not the same T-shirt, obviously, but one style of American Apparel T-shirt. I think I was going through a tomboy stage.

Florence Welch

I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.

Flavor Flav

Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.

Flannery O'Connor

You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything!

Fay Wray

Recently, a six-year-old boy said to me, 'I've been waiting to meet you for half my life.'

Federico Garcia Lorca

At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon. A boy brought the white sheet at five in the afternoon. A frail of lime ready prepared at five in the afternoon. The rest was death, and death alone

Ezra Taft Benson

Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

Eugene Ormandy

Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.

Eugene Mirman

Like if you're Jewish you have to wear a hat, but only in the middle of your head. But it all becomes clear the second that you realize that God is a 12-year-old boy with Asperger's.

Eugene Mirman

God is a twelve year old boy with Asperger's.

Frances O'Grady

Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.

Francesca Lia Block

Beauty loved him more than anything, her Beast boy, but, secretly, sometimes, she wished he would have remained a Beast.

Fran Lebowitz

When I was young, boys didn't type.

Chris Van Allsburg

The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?

George W. Bush

I suspect people are going to vote for Max Burns because they know him as local boy who's got - share their values.

George R. R. Martin

Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.

George R. R. Martin

It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.

George R. R. Martin

Irri and Jhiqui argued about Rakharo. “You are too skinny for him,” Jhiqui was saying. “You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known.” Irri bristled back. “It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.

George Carlin

You can't be the fastest gun in town forever. There comes a time when you're not the golden boy, and you have to go off somewhere and figure yourself out.

Gene Ween

I can't take any more white boys noodling around on their guitars.

George Eads

I'm interested to go other places, I've been the boy in the bubble since we've been shooting, I need to go travel a little bit, see where the action is, other than going to see family, of course.

Ferdinand Marcos

Little boys have amazing minds.

Cassandra Clare

Lord, you're Irish," said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce...

Cassandra Clare

Hurry up, mundie boy, we've got work to do.

Cassandra Clare

Alec drew his hand back with a low whistle. "The Inquisitor meant business." "Of course she did. I'm a dangerous criminal. Or hadn't you heard?" Jace heard the acid in his own tone, saw Alec flinch, and was meanly, momentarily, glad. "She didn't call you a criminal, exactly..." "No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nun

Cassandra Clare

You’re my sister,” he said finally. “My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you”—he laughed soundlessly and without any humor—“to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do.

Cassandra Clare

Jace, on the other hand, looked like the sort of boy who'd come over to your house and burn it down for kicks.