Famous Quotes & Sayings

Darin Strauss

I delivered Chinese food on Long island, which is pretty depressing. I lived with my parents and did that for six months. I got a job a few towns over from mine so I wouldn't have to see people from my high school.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I decided wives and children wouldn't be invited. If we had too big a party, it wouldn't be very intimate.

Pat LaFontaine

I can't tell you guys how honored I am and how proud I am to join the great tradition and to be up there with you guys. When I was my son's age, about 10, I had a childhood idol and I can't tell you, in my wildest dreams, that I'd ever think that my jersey would be going next to his.

I can't talk about what we've done without mentioning all the work Linda has done. She's the one that has kept us moving in the right direction. She's just got so much energy. She's our chief chef, too. I can't tell you how valuable. I couldn't do without her.

Daniel Barenboim

I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.

Rudolph Giuliani

I can understand if the mayor wants to give up takeout Chinese food, but if he wants real food, he should come here.

Chris Shelton

He's nasty. That's why the Yankees went and got him and that's why Chicago has him now. He's going to be huge for them in the playoffs.

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

He's mean as a snake, has a big chip on his shoulder and can fly. That's the perfect football player.

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

Fidel Castro

How many lives has this law cost our nation? How many lives of innocent children pulled out of school by mothers or fathers who are irresponsible or tricked by illusions?

Margo Lanagan

How on earth do people imagine we equip children for life if we never show them the sorts of issues other people encounter, if we never talk through with them how they might deal with difficulty or violence or unexpected shocks and surprises?

Heston Blumenthal

I cook every Sunday, as the restaurant's closed then, and I'll always do a roast chicken or something and sit down with the family.

People are dying from house collapses, snake bites, and two children were washed away by the swirling water of the river.

Christine Maggiore

Our children have excellent records of health, ... They've never had respiratory problems, flus, intractable colds, ear infections, nothing. So, our choices, however radical they may seem, are extremely well-founded.

Parents and adults just need to use common sense, ... A child doesn't become violent because of the toy they play with, but because of the homes and the environment they live in.

Emma Thompson

Parents always think it's the kids' fault. If they're naughty, it's the kids' fault. Not true! Children generally are not naughty for no reason.

Richard Boucher

Our goal in sponsoring this resolution is to encourage China to take positive, concrete steps to meet its international obligations, to protect human rights, and fundamental freedoms of the Chinese people.

Rick Carlisle

Our undoing was in the first half. I thought we played really well, really hard and really together. It's hard to dig yourself out of that big of a hole. We have to learn something from the last two games. We got fortunate in Chicago because we were able to pull it out when we played a poor first half. But we weren't able to get over the hump (Monday).

The policy caters to traditional Chinese customs but puts huge pressure on our fire departments. In response to the policy, we had urged fire police at all levels not to leave duty during the festival, and increase patrol frequencies.

The police chief has very clear instructions about that. I wish however that tomorrow's derby is tranquil.

The pig and the chicken were on their way to breakfast, trying to decide what to have. When chicken said, ''Let's have ham and eggs.'' The pig then replied, ''That's fine for you, it's a small donation on your part, but it's a total sacrifice for me.''

Neil Young

The people at the Chicago Tribune should be held responsible for this piece of crap,

The outlook for the semiconductor industry this year remains positive and demand for memory chips will be sustained.

We know when children have a place to play they live healthier, happier lives.

The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.

Chad Smith

The Chili Peppers do a lot of improvising, but it's within the framework of song structures. The Meatbats is from a purely instrumental standpoint. But when you hear the term 'instrumental music' you think it's real serious stuff and everybody's playing a million notes and it's about playing fast. That's not what we do.

I do think all things in moderation. I mean, the thing to me - it actually doesn't bother me very much if people want to read chick lit. But it makes me, you know, sort of disheartened when that's all that people want to read.

Jack Kent Cooke

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.

We are not going to warm up at all during the day Friday, and it will turn windy. We are going to see wind chills tomorrow in the 40s all day long.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

Herbie Hancock

When I was a kid, I won a contest and played a Mozart concerto with the Chicago Symphony, and I've written some movie scores, and I've been listening to orchestral music for years.

Liu Wen

Romantic music really stirs my soul. And, of course, I love Chinese music; it makes me feel closer to home.