Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Williams

We didn't say anything about it until they started mouthing off over there. The boys didn't like that, and I didn't either. That was the mistake they made.

Hanna Rosin

The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.

Ice Cube

'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only, called HBO. One of them looked like LL Cool J. Eazy wanted to write a song for them, a street song, like what we were doing on the mix tapes. So when I wrote it, it was too West Coast for them.

Gillian Armstrong

Hollywood is a very old and very structured situation. There's still a lot of old boys at the top who have the money.

Gillian Armstrong

Boys are lacking in female skills, dropping out of schools and ending up in jails and unemployed because they lack these skills.

Maximilian Schell

We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe.

A. J. Jacobs

Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.

We had every chance, and we just couldn't put them away. We were coming at them the whole game, but it's OK. I told the boys it was OK and to keep their heads up, but we've got to work on finishing. That's all there is.

We got off to a good start. We ran hard and learned a lot about what we need to work on. The girls and boys are very optimistic that they will have a good season. They learned a lot about themselves.

Curtis Sittenfeld

Before and after... I heard a thousand times that a boy, or a man, can't make you happy, that you have to be happy on your own before you can be happy with another person. All I can say is, I wish it were true.

Daniel Alarcon

As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasnt made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.

Israel Horovitz

I learned Hebrew from a high school teacher named Mr. Cohen. We would drive down the highway to meet his car, and Jewish boys from these Massachusetts towns would sit in his car and learn the lessons.

Sergio Garcia

We knew we needed a big day to get close to the English boys and now we have a chance to win.

Cormac McCarthy

They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It's us, Papa, the boy whispered. It's us.

Cormac McCarthy

Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.

Cormac McCarthy

He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die. He's going to die anyway. He's so scared, Papa. The man squatted and looked at him. I'm scared, he said. Do you understand? I'm scared. The boy didn't answer. He just sat there with his head down, sobbing. You're not the one who has to worry about everything. The boy said something but he couldn't understand him. What? He said. He looked up, his wet and grimy face. Yes I am, he said. I am the one.

E. W. Howe

When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.

Stephen Hawking

In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians.

Mike Campbell

This should be a good thing for him going into state. He'll be confident and he knows he can wrestle with the big boys in the state.

This was a great high school soccer match. I'm proud of my boys. I felt like they competed hard.

The playoffs are such a step up from the regular season. Every team will have a full line up and the boys should come out flying.

Anne Spencer

When you have Kelly girls and boys grading those things that will determine whether teachers' will get that pay is unconscionable in my estimation.

There are about 40 or 50 boys in the school system that can play Division 1 cricket but there is only one team (Barbados Youth) playing at that level.

David Marshall

There are 12 points to play for and Rangers can come back. They would have liked to have won here, it is their home ground, but the boys were up for it.

When you don't play, you don't feel like you are part of the team. It was nice to be out there with the boys working hard and laughing and joking.

The prevailing thought was that it was going to be tough for our boys to come back from that. You're sitting in the stands with a four-point lead and 25 seconds left, and you're high as a kite. A few moments later, you feel like you've been punched in the stomach.

The pretty boys were working for us tonight.

Hale Irwin

What she has done with her boys and what she is doing to establish a new life in Phoenix is just unbelievable.

Dusty Baker

We've got to get our bullpen shored up and do what we can until we get our big boys back.

Dusty Baker

We've got to do what we can until the big boys get back with our starting pitching. Hopefully, we'll do better when we get home.

Andre Malraux

There has been talk of the risks this painting took by leaving the Louvre. But the risks taken by the boys who landed one day in Normandy-to say nothing of those who had preceded them 25 years before-were much more certain.

We think we got an OK draw going into the first round. We'll be playing the team with the third-worst record going into the tournament. Not that record means a whole lot, but for the boys it looks a whole lot better than playing a 24-2 team.

We're not Novato. It does make our league look strong, but Novato is one of the big boys in our league and I'm not sure we are on that level. I would like to put on a good showing over there for the league if nothing else.