Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benedict Cumberbatch

You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it's almost inhuman. So, that's been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series [of Sherlock Holmes].

Beau Bridges

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

Bear Grylls

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

The performances of our boys and girls are normal.

We are pretty sure that the boys were seventh and the girls tied for fifth, but I don't even know who we tied.

We've already got to Twickenham so we have got nothing to lose. The boys are relaxed and positive. We are going to have a lot of support there so we are looking forward to the day.

We started out when our two boys were early teenagers and we wanted to show them the country. I guess we've been in every state of the Union except Hawaii and Alaska.

We are looking forward to Saturday's game as we will not only have a full, team but we will even have a player to spare on the bench. Recruiting boys to play has paid off.

Bobby Bowden

There are changes. Just like all times, there are good boys and some who are mischievous.

There are Boys & Girls Clubs in 46 of Florida's 67 counties helping 180,000 children. And we know our programs work.

The team we had, the Hobie Vita-Pakt Super Surfer team, you know, the Hilton boys were on there, Conrad Hilton's grandkids, and they were really good. After being around those kids, I could ride a little. Do a 360, some kick-turns, stuff like that.

William Kent Krueger

Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.

Katie Aselton

You put three girls in a house, and all of a sudden before you know it, you're talking about boys and drinking whiskey, and things go down and you get deep real quick.

What about a Boys Club and a Girls Club, something for the kids to do? Instead of buildings and parking lots for doctors, these kids have nothing to do.

Caleb Landry Jones

Well, I'm a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood.

Cal Hubbard

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.

Caitlin Moran

You are educated equally to boys. You're expected to go into equal employment with boys. In a marriage, you are legally equal. So, you know, you cannot deny we live in a feminist world.

Caitlin Moran

I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.

Caitlin Moran

I have a rule for working out if the root problem of something is, in fact, sexism. And it is this: asking 'Are the boys doing it? Are the boys having to worry about this stuff? Are the boys the centre of a gigantic global debate on this subject?

Esther Williams

With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.

E. O. Wilson

We're still really young on the boys' side, ... We just have to be patient and we'll eventually get better. We're running a lot of first-year juniors and sophomores and we've got to get the experience and understand how to run those races.

Bill Murray

Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.

Bill Moyers

In those days [1955], affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small Texas town where I grew up were it not for affirmative action for Southern white boys.

Bernard Hopkins

I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.

Bernard Baruch

When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.

Cecily von Ziegesar

There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears tiny underwear!

Cat Cora

In my family, we let our boys have a say in what veggie side they want for dinner that night. We list off a handful of options and get them excited about helping to plan the dinner menu. They're much more inclined to finish their plates when they've helped decide what goes on them.

Carrie-Anne Moss

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

Charles Mingus

I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things other than just swing. But blues can do more than just swing.

Charles M. Schwab

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Bob Saget

I have the brain of a German Shepherd and the body of a 16-year-old boy; they’re both in my car and I want you to see them

Bill Ayers

But the frat boys were all frivolous and idiotic in our minds now, a bunch of conformist fools going through the motions of hip.

Bernard Lagat

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.