Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abel Ferrara

Even if you're a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you're still in the world - although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.

Robert Hunter

I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it was touch and go. I had my guitar with me, and as soon as I got well enough to play, there was nothing else to do in that hospital. The nurses would come in and request songs.

Robert Powell

I vaguely remember we had an air-raid shelter in our yard. We lived in a semi-detached house with a small garden in the suburbs of Salford, a couple of miles from the docks.

Frank Beamer

(The defense) got us our first couple of scores,

Mark Zandi

The data is going to look ugly in the next couple of months.

(The data are) suggesting the decline we've seen in the dollar over the last couple of years is not having an impact. It suggests the dollar may still need to fall to help narrow the trade deficit. But there's a risk to higher inflation if it does.

The decorative designs at intersections has been known to slow people down. When everything looks the same, people slow down. Widening the sidewalks a couple of inches will narrow the roadway and that's a proven way to slow drivers down.

The demand for season tickets has been unprecedented over the past couple of weeks and we have been doing our utmost to get them out to the supporters in time for tomorrow's match,

Abbas Kiarostami

Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if their neighbors are siblings or a couple, how old they are, what their occupation is. They are curious about each other and they can understand each other without being fed information. Why should it be different in cinema?

Adam Shankman

I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

Adam Rapp

I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.

Adam Rapp

When it's just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.

Adam Baldwin

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.

Mark Buchanan

Trevor played JV the first couple of weeks because he didn't understand the offense very well,

Scott Podsednik

Yeah, there were a couple of times when I was really considering if I was cut out to play major league baseball,

Kyle Maynard

Yeah, there were a couple of doubts that I couldn't. But I don't really look at those. I just look at what I can do and what I will do.

You know what, this has happened all year long, ... I gave up a couple runs in the first inning. I was trying to stay away from the big inning. I'm trying to be, probably, too fine.

When I first got here, I think I was a little overwhelmed for the first couple of weeks. But for me, it was just a matter of being comfortable and learning the whole surroundings. It all comes down to practice. I mean, if you feel good in practice, you're going to feel good in the game.

Amani Toomer

When I joined the Giants I wore No. 89 and had it for a couple of years. But I didn't like it. I didn't feel comfortable in it and I wanted to get out of it. You get a number that you feel comfortable with and it's like a good pair of shoes.

We needed this. We had a couple of tough losses, but we're looking to get back on track.

We needed it. Leavitt was pushing us for one of the last couple of playoff spots. It was big for us to win on their floor.

Andy Kennedy

We needed him to step up. He and Eric (Hicks), out of our core, played really well (against Villanova). We didn't get production we needed out of a couple of guys. We were fortunate to be in it down the stretch. It's been different guys on different nights. We've had some guys be more consistent.

We never gave up. We fought to the end. A couple of plays here and there, and the whole season might be different.

We need to win. It's the last couple of games before the state playoffs so we have to have a good showing.

Joe Maddon

We need him where he is for a couple of days and then we'll put him back.

Mike Bibby

We need every game from here on out. We're trying to put together a couple of strings, win nine out of 10, to see what we can do and make a run for the playoffs.

We needed to make a play, ... They ran a couple fades on me. I figured they were going to try to run another one and I just made a play on the ball.

We needed to hit a couple of deep shots to loosen them up a little bit. The shots weren't falling, but we were able to hang in there with them.

We needed to do a better job physically in the paint and not just from a couple guys, the whole group. R.J. can sure shoot it, he gave us some big baskets, and Mario worked very hard. We just needed one more guy to step up.

Craig Conroy

We know this isn't over. We know when we come back in a couple of days and play Russia, we have to find ways to score.

We know they are really good. Their quarterback is a really great player. They are tough on defense, and they have really great coaches. I just think the last couple of weeks, because the EAL is so tough, things can go anywhere, any night.

We know there were some refrigerant lines that were within the structure of the trailer itself. We suspect that a couple of explosions may have been by that.

Margaret Sanger

Couples should be required to submit applications to have a child...