Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

I would urge the relatives in Miami, if they truly want to get back together with Juan Miguel and his family, that they give me a call and let's talk about timing. Let's discuss this in a civilized way, rather than having national press conferences where demands are made.

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

I would still call it a trading-range market. It's nice for today and the short term, but I doubt it's sustainable.

Ken Lay is what I would call a fix-it man who thinks he can pick up the phone and take care of it because of who he is, a man of power. It's as though he thinks he can call anyone, any time. They're not going to like that kind of attitude.

Norv Turner

keep coaching it. We had a couple of calls that were real close in terms of the 5-yard (chuck) rule. It's right at 41/2 or 5 yards. We just have to understand it is going to be called right close there, and if you are in a collision with a guy, you've got to get off him.

Just think of it as a golf cart with a V-8. Call it the Silver Bullet, baby.

Jose was just in the right spot at the right time on all three of those goals. I wouldn't call them garbage goals, I think it was more of his hustle that made it happen. He's got great vision of the game and he's just in the right spot all the time.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice.

Joe's kids played hard tonight. The next time, we won't call the dogs off so early.

Michael Penn

I suspect the gospel of Judas was not one of the close calls in this process.

Richard Virenque

I symbolized doping, ... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

I talk a lot to Nova on the telephone. You can't be involved with people during such a traumatic time and not be bonded. And that's part of our services. If you need somebody to talk to in the middle of the night, call us.

I think it's much more difficult to keep players happy nowadays. We live in what I call a fast-food society, where we all want immediate gratification. We want what we want and we want it now.

He didn't want her to be around her friends. I used to call her everyday until she said 'don't, because he checks the caller ID at lunch.' I just stayed away because I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

He could hear people calling for help, but he couldn't even see them.

Matthew Murphy

He didn't call us, He just went over and did it as a friend.

He didn't call police because the car was already gone. There was nothing that could be done.

He'd call me here at the house, usually around supper time,

Ernie Els

He knows his swing. If he really feels he needs Butch, he'll probably call him.

He knew how to do some of the moves, but he would call it something different. It was more me struggling because I didn't know what I could say so that he would understand. It's been a heck of an experience. That's for sure.

He laid down the law. He was like, 'We have to make this kind of a Gomez record are you in or are you out? The songs are gonna be about the vocals and the harmonies.' And he never swayed away from that line. ... He kept stopping us from throwing in all the whistles and bells, as he would always call it.

Ron Zook

He knows this situation is a great situation. He wants a chance to call plays.

Harry's 17 years with the organization were marked by outstanding team achievements, including the team's first-ever pennant and World Series appearance, and he will be remembered as one of the organization's legends, ... He was also one of the community's greatest supporters and he did much to make the city of Milwaukee a better place for all of us to call home.

Alex Turner

Guitar music or rock n' roll or whatever you want to call it sort of goes away with trends, but it'll never go away completely. It can't die because it's so fundamentally attractive.

Grandmaster Flash

I named myself Flash many years ago, as I loved the cartoon. Then my own fans said that I should call myself 'Grandmaster,' because of the way I operate turntables. I put the two together and that was it.

Gerhard Richter

A father draws boundaries and calls a halt, whenever necessary. As I didn't have that, I was able to stay childishly naive that much longer - so I did what I liked, because there was nobody stopping me, even when I got it wrong.

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.