Famous Quotes & Sayings

Douglas Coupland

Bespoke tailoring: yes! I found this one pair of pants - they're Canali - and brought them into a tailor and said, 'Clone these, dammit.' They just do all the right things. I've got eight pairs in different colors and I never have to think about pants again. The only look otherwise that suits me is, like, the Professor from 'Gilligan's Island.'

Andy Lally

The race was really going our way at the beginning. Marc did an excellent job and brought the car into the pits in second place. We had trouble with my seat insert and we took too long getting me belted in, we gave away a win today. It is nice to leave with the points lead, but we left win on the track.

Chiang Kai-shek

Our late Leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, with his universal sympathy for all oppressed and his profound understanding of Jesus' revolutionary spirit of love and sacrifice, carried on his revolutionary work for forty years and brought about at last the liberation of the Chinese people.

Donna Air

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

Robert H. Schuller

Twentieth century history of Christianity will name Oral Roberts as the voice that brought the Pentecostal movement to be taken seriously by mainline Christianity.

Bailey Chase

'Damages' was cool. It brought me back to New York for a little while, so that was a lot of fun, and I was obviously very excited about the opportunity to work with Rose Byrne and Glenn Close. I'd been a fan of that show before I started working on it.

Bill Viola

The very first video experience I had was in high school. They brought a black-and-white closed-circuit surveillance camera into the classroom. I will never forget, as a kid, looking at that image.

I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe.

Owen Hart

If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.

There was a uniqueness to the American case of slavery. 10 million people, a conservative estimate, were brought to America... hundreds of people were set up in work camps, and hereditary-forced labor was put in place. That's a very different thing than the personal slavery that existed elsewhere.

Evanna Lynch

Sometimes, the other characters are too normal and then you start to be brought back to reality but then Luna shows up and she is just so funny and cool and honest and slightly mad and she's all that matters. She is 100% true. She puts on no shows, because she is so comfortable with herself.

Corita Kent

Words have life and must be cared for. If they are stolen for ugly uses or careless slang or false promotion work, they need to be brought back to their original meaning - back to their roots.

Antonin Scalia

If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.

We knew we had to be more aggressive, stop letting them get offensive rebounds and pick up our defense. Coach (Mike Lonergan) stressed that at halftime and we just brought it in the second half.

We understand the charges ... were brought in court without legal representation for the men,

Wal-Mart has brought lower prices to people, but some of Wal-Mart's labor practices are questionable.

Stephen Hawking

My three children have brought me great joy.

We have to come back here tomorrow and find a way to win a hockey game. There?s no question after all of this disappointment I think it?s brought our team together.

This ship brought vice, violence, protection and cash into Seattle," ()

There is potential for him to at least get something done in the next couple of years, and still not be re-elected as it's brought back to people's memories and attention.

The party stuff was interesting, but what lasted is that we defined a new form of participatory programming that fused TV and internet. That's what I brought back with me when I returned.

The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi has succeeded precisely because in this state, politicians kept their promise about why they brought the tobacco lawsuit.

Reggie Bush

This shows this is a great program. Coach Carroll has brought this program back up to where it used to be. USC was down for a while, but Coach brought us back and today speaks for itself. We're definitely on our way to qualifying as a dynasty.

The players know this system, and they feel good about the fact that it's brought them success,

What she brought to our young kids was a role model. She brought more than points and blocks.

This whole hurricane brought on a whole new perspective.... Before this I think we all took so much for granted,

There have been some important steps taken in the last few weeks that, if brought to fruition, will have a significant impact on the software sector in China.

Larry Fitzgerald

Whenever coach Green calls a personal challenge to the receivers like that, we've got to step up and do the things that he brought us in here to do, make plays and help the ballclub get on the right track.

We're trying everything. We brought up three sophomores to try to give us a spark in practice. It worked, but we still can't seem to get over the hump.

We sang songs and chatted to make the time go by. Lots of people wore headphones. Some couples brought their dogs. It was fun.

We said that we needed to win this game. Our coach did well pumping us up, and good defense brought us back.

We thought this case was pure intimidation; the only thing stopping us from getting the murderer brought to justice is secrecy.

We thought the shift in the Memorial Day weekend this year to about a week later than last year could hurt holiday sales. That was only an isolated case. I think favorable weather probably had more of an impact that brought people out to stores to shop.