Famous Quotes & Sayings

My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.

Steve Whitmire

The thing that got me closest to doing Kermit was remembering what Jim did when he was doing Kermit. When he would do Kermit, there were certain faces that he made. There was a certain way he stood, a certain kind of body language that he had.

Anton Corbijn

Film was something that I didn't see as a step up from music videos, though obviously, music videos, the fact that you work with a crew and a film camera, are the closest to film I've ever been. That is the only schooling I've ever had.

Antoine Rivarol

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

The parish president made the decision that he wouldn't risk the lives of the pump station operators, and we evacuated those people to the shelter closest to us, ... You want to know who's responsible for the flooding? Katrina's responsible.

We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit.

This was the closest tennis match I have been involved in in six years. A couple points here and there, and it could have gone the other way.

This was the closest site to Beersheba, so we drove down one day with our three children,

Christopher Lee

I don't think anyone has ever succeeded in putting Ian Fleming's James Bond up on the screen. The closest in my opinion is Pierce Brosnan.

We landed on ice. It was closest thing to feeling like you were on another planet.

Mickey Rourke

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

I wanted 'Southland' to feel immediate, like a ride-along, and to make it the closest thing possible to a cop reality show. We've got real cops out there every day. A lot of times we'll say, 'You guys just do what you normally do and we'll film it.'

The secondary is a very tight unit. We just have fun out there together, that's what we've decided to do. I think it's one of the closest units on the team.

The state meet is going to be a beauty. I think it comes down to Homestead, Madison Memorial and us. Every point is going to count. This looks like it could be one of the closest state meets ever.

This is going to be a horrible year. It's not a total closure, but it's the closest thing to it.

This is a time to be with your family and your closest friends, to give thanks for what we have been given.

This is one of the closest races that we've been in and each game is so important. We've got to come out next weekend and get four points.

Paul Tergat

This is one of the closest races, and most difficult races, I've even ran.

This is the closest to a real offer that we've had but it's still not in the bag. The regulatory issues just don't go away because you up the price.

This is the closest that the Congolese people have been to a credible election since independence in 1960.

This is the closest I've been. Even though it's still unclear, the one positive note is that I'm on the map. If I don't make the team, it will be disappointing, but for the first time in my career, I know there'll be a shot during the season.

This is perhaps the closest any Fed official has come to suggesting the peak on rates for now.

The Renaissance scholar Michel de Montaigne said, 'there is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom,' ... Drama, comedy and tragedy all have their roots in the compelling theatre of life that is closest to us all our relationships with those tied to us by blood.

Everybody's unhappy, so we must have done something right. This comes closest to meeting people in the middle.

Michael Robotham

Everybody you work with has their own voice, and if you do your job well enough, even their closest friends or their partner of 40 years isn't going to recognise the fingerprints of a ghostwriter.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

Bobby Bowden

We should have been in Boise. I don't feel guilty, but probably the next closest thing to it.

I've been singing with Roomful of Teeth since the beginning in 2009, and it's a really mind-blowingly wonderful vocal ensemble. Very brave and very creative, and they're some of my closest friends.

We might not be the most talented team, but I think we're definitely one of the closest teams and definitely one of the most competitive teams ever.

There are seven teams in the tournament that could win it. It's the closest I've seen since I've been in the conference.

Esha Gupta

Initially, my father opposed the idea of joining films and did not want me to move out, but now I'm closest to him and have his full support.

Laura Linney

I found to my surprise that the man who was closest to him when he died had been a good friend to me in the last 10 years of his life. Yet after Delmore died, Milton never talked about him.

I never played before in an NCAA Tournament, but that's the closest thing I can come to that. Crazy. Emotional.