Famous Quotes & Sayings

Julian Casablancas

Thanks for passing the torch...I think I burned my hand, though.

Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless kids to work off steam; more than a way for chubby kids to burn off calories; more than a frivolous luxury.

Revenues slightly exceeded guidance and they didn't burn through as much cash as I expected.

Right now we get 93 percent of our energy from burning fossil fuels. If all of these projects come on-line that number will be down to around 55 percent.

Jay Johnson

Right now, the fire is contained. The wind has shifted and they've lit a backfire to get the fire burning back on itself.

Lev Grossman

I've read plenty of J.G. Ballard, but I'm not really a Ballardian. I've met Ballardians, and I know when I can't compete. I like Ballard in his relatively unchallenging apocalyptic mode: 'Vermilion Sands,' 'The Drowned World,' 'The Burning World,' 'The Crystal World.'

I've owned this thing for several years and I've burned more gas in the last four days here than I have in the couple of years I've had it.

It was the same story the whole game. Their receivers got these (short) passes and then burned us for big gains.

Richard Harris

It was the original money pit. Old wiring burns places down and old plumbing floods. So what we have is a 1985 infrastructure or innards covered with a 1909 exterior.

James Wolcott

It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene.

The Secret Service came to me and thought I was burning the White House.

Henry Rollins

The streets lie, the sidewalks lie, everything lies You can try and read it but you're gonna get it wrong...all wrong The summer evenings burn and melt and the nights glitter but you're gonna get it wrong And it's gonna sink its teeth into your flesh and pull you to the bottom.

The story about the great things Senator Burns has done for Montana has been told, but we need to reiterate it and remind voters what a tremendous resource Senator Burns is for the state.

The smell of burning rubber is always great in the air.

As long as you keep up the momentum, keep going and don't take breaks, you'll burn a lot of calories.

Youre through. Finished. Burned out. Used up. Youve been replaced. . . forgotten. Thats a lie!

You should burn very cautiously. If you're burning your trash off, for example in a 55-gallon drum, the big thing is to keep a screen over it and watch for any embers that pop out.

You should be burning by now. If you're not, I don't know what's wrong with you.

This haggling over who pays what should have been resolved long ago, ... We cannot stand by and watch a family residence burn to the ground, whether it's a mobile home or a mansion.

Alan Simpson

They're talking about things that, if I had talked about, they would have burned my humble butt.

They've been trying to put corn in our gas tanks but we don't have the vehicles to burn it.

They told me it was burnt and they don't have any evidence from within, but they identified it as the vehicle.

David Mann

A lot of people felt very burned by that, and it probably underlies a lot of what's going on now. But ... somehow, someway, they've got to get together.

A lot of investors ignore these people because they've burnt them so badly. When all the pompoms get replaced, that's usually the sign of a bottom.

A lot of investors ignore these people because they've burnt them so badly, ... When all the pompoms get replaced, that's usually the sign of a bottom.

A lot of energy was being diffused and burned up in the process.

A lot of people were left holding the burning carcasses of those companies. We've learned a lot in the last few years. The market has become more selective.

a man probably responsible for 50 deaths, the burning of hundreds of homes, destruction of villages and who currently holds several dozen people as hostage.

This is good stuff. It's one of those stories that's easy to make assumptions about. There could be a lot of reasons why the place burned down.

There were kids as old as 14 and 15 who couldn't write past the letter H. Whenever they were raided by government troops the first thing the soldiers did was burn the books.

Terry Moore

There was this pool of money sitting in the retirement funds, that was not part of the (state treasury). A couple of legislatures burned up that surplus. We came back to ground zero and then we got into the loss years.

There were some people out there burning the ditches, and it got a little too close to the structure.

There's a little danger if you start to walk on a really young flow that's just a few minutes old. Then you can step through the crust and then you're going to burn yourself badly. But if you're careful and just realize that you shouldn't go where you're not comfortable going, where it's too hot, then you'll be OK.