Famous Quotes & Sayings

Courteney Cox

Sometimes I use Botox. Compared to most, I use it very sparingly. One time I did too much, though. I feel weird if I can't move my face, and that one time I overdid it, I felt trapped in my own skin.

Fabio Capello

We have an extremely competitive roster in terms of quality and quantity. And compared to last year we know each other better and have all been together from the first day of training camp.

Mark Ronson

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.

Don Murray

We were hit with this flood a year ago as a result of Hurricane Ivan and compared to what those folks went through we had nothing, of course we were devastated at the time, but compared to them, we just had nothing.

Robert Vaughn

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

Utilizing a large-cap value fund, or a small-cap international fund, allows you to better measure your fund's performance compared with its peers,

Poe Ballantine

I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there.

Donna Shalala

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

When we play other teams that have year-round facilities, you can see the level that they are at compared to ours. If we had a year-round program and kids could skate during the summer, it would really grow and our competitive abilities would be higher.

The president signed into law a $100 million increase for the corps for the current fiscal year compared to the previous year's level.

Bob Riley

The president of the United States called in and he said 'Bob, with 3,000 votes that's a landslide compared to some races,'

Expenses grew just 4 percent this quarter compared with 17 percent in the first half.

Homaro Cantu

Wood pellet grilling could potentially have a lower risk of cancer when compared to other forms of grilling, as some people say that it leads to the creation of fewer carcinogens.

Hilary Mantel

The old always think the world is getting worse; it is for the young, equipped with historical facts, to point out that, compared with 1509, or even 1939, life in 2009 is sweet as honey.

We only gave up five in overtime, where compared to the last overtime we just played we gave up 17. And Jason Van Eck had some big blocks.

But the neutral zone will be shrunk by a few feet so I think it'll have a minimal impact compared to some of the other changes.

Michael Nyqvist

If I compared myself to my kids, they know everything, and they're like small little hackers. I feel also that my identity can be stolen; I'm very paranoid about it compared to other people in the younger generation.

Chuck Palahniuk

I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a grown-up means doing every part of the larger task.

The good news is that concert consumer spending is miniscule compared to total entertainment spending, so there's a lot of room to grow.

We're improving, but it's painfully slow compared to what's going on nationally.

We're hoping to win states for Group Two. I don't know if that's going to happen. I think we can do pretty well in South Jersey, compared to the other schools.

Charlie Frye

We've been compared to each other ever since high school. We grew up an hour away from each other. It's been that way since we were 18 years old.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It is the only love that nothing - not even misconduct on our part - can take away from us.

Bruce Vilanch

For years, I was compared to Wookiees, especially after I did the 'Star Wars Holiday Special.' I have some photos of me with a few of the Wookiees on the set, and it's hard to tell us apart.

Gunnar Myrdal

Compared with members of other nations of Western civilization, the ordinary American is a rationalistic being, and there are close relations between his moralism and his rationalism. Even romanticism, transcendentalism, and mysticism tend to be, in the American culture, rational, pragmatic and optimistic.

Fabiola Gianotti

Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

Franz Beckenbauer

We used to always complain that the Italians were actors. But they were heroes compared to our league now.

Wal-Mart has been losing same-store sales momentum due to store cannibalization and it's stock has been dead money for over five years compared to Target,

Andrea Hirata

Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers.

Adam Jones

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

There are a number of start-ups in Europe that are able to reach beyond their own country. Take Spotify - Spotify just in Sweden isn't that interesting compared to Spotify all over the world.

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

When you look at national figures you get one picture, and you get another when you look at geographic variation. The places in the country where we have very high rates of deaths from heart disease are places that have historically experienced economic underdevelopment. ... There have been a lack of opportunities for people to experience healthy living compared to other areas.