Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jethro Tull

Sand castle virtues are all swept away, in the tidal destruction, the moral melee.

Chris Rock

I've never seen stunt casting that's actually funny: 'Oh, it's Shaq,' and then there's some horrible excuse for him to dunk, ... It's, like, 'We got a famous guy, and he's gonna be famous tonight' -- and it sucks!

Jennifer Garner

I've often said to J.J. Abrams, the creator of the show, 'I don't know why you cast me in this role. I don't know why you thought I could do it. I know I was good in Dude, Where's My Car?, but seriously...I can't thank you enough!

These results cast more cold water on the notion that if nondiscretionary spending on energy swells, it must crimp discretionary spending. It hasn't,

These results cast more cold water on the notion that if non-discretionary spending on energy swells, it must crimp discretionary spending. It hasn't.

Richard Boucher

The situation in Cuba is of our primary concern. The situation of Mr. Castro is of little concern to us, but, unfortunately, of enormous importance to the people of Cuba, who have suffered very long under his rule. And we think that the kind of rule that Cuba has had should be ended.

The secret has been to cast people who people will want to tune into every week.

The secretary did not misspeak. The secretary knows exactly what he was talking about. And there should be, I think, no question in our mind of casting doubt or walking it back.

Jane Levy

Auditioning is such an unnatural thing. You're in a tiny little room with, like, seven people cramped together, acting to a casting director; just, none of it makes any sense.

You Yourself are the water, You Yourself are the fish, and You Yourself are the net. You Yourself cast the net, and You Yourself are the bait. You Yourself are the lotus, unaffected and still brightly-colored in hundreds of feet of water. You Yourself liberate those who think of You for even an instant.

Don Young

They try to get a model cast in two weeks. We try to take it to finished machining in less than two weeks. So we've got about a month turnaround from start to finish on a prototype.

Clare Luce

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.

This is an exceptional cast even for us. People are pretty energized by all the personalities and personal histories involved.

This is so important to us because it gives these students such a great opportunity. It also allows us to have an expanded cast size, especially a cast that has been trained classically. This is the students' 'professional debut' and gives Kansas City a chance to see them onstage outside of UMKC, which sometimes has greater exposure.

There was a time we could cast everyone. Theater experience has grown more popular.

There was discussion at our meeting about casting our net wider. I understand St. Clair County is interested and there could be others.

Ayman Nour

There were violations ... regarding the right of the voter to cast his ballot.

Eva Longoria

There were so many times I've been cast as a character that wasn't necessarily Latin. But I say, can we put something in that ties in my culture? I've gotten a lot of praise for actually saying, this is who I am, let's show it, let's embrace it.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

There were rumors I wasn't going to die. The whole cast was sitting around the table reading the script. I fell on the floor - I'm not kidding. I looked up at Katherine Heigl, and she was crying.

This may be the most significant vote any of us cast this year, in terms of America's security interests.

Manny Montana

As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.

George Herbert

Castles are Forrests of stones.

If he has committed fraud, ... that would cast doubt on the things he was saying to the government.

John Turturro

I cast actors which I thought were very grounded. It was not like a musical comedy,

Benjamin Bratt

I don't think that there is any longer a dark shadow cast over actors who work in television, so I would readily go back.

I don't see Oldenburg as an influence, but he casts a big shadow as an extraordinary artist,

Ed Wood

Are you people insane? I'm the director. I make the casting decisions around here.

Employees really let their emotions show with their votes. They not only cast their votes, but write explanations of why their choices should win.

Peter Capaldi

Even if I hadn't been cast as Doctor Who, my acting would probably have been influenced by William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, and all of the other guys. Because those were the actors that I really watched every moment of, as opposed to Laurence Olivier.

Marie Dressler

Fate cast me to play the role of an ugly duckling with no promise of swanning. I have played my life as a comedy rather than the tragedy many would have made of it.

Julian Barnes

Braque was like some hilltop castle that Picasso was constantly besieging. He invests it, bombards it, mines it, assaults it - and each time the smoke clears, the castle is as solid as ever.

Don Siegelman

Either way, it comes down to just 3,000 votes out of approximately 1,360,000 votes cast, ... That's just two-tenths of 1 percent of the total vote cast in this election. Such a small margin would have already triggered a recount in 12 states.

Martin Henderson

As soon as I got off the plane in L.A., I heard they'd cast the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and that it was all being shot in New Zealand! That was pretty ironic.