Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lupita Nyong'o

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

History teaches us that punitive measures, hastily crafted in reaction to short-term market fluctuations, will likely have unintended negative consequences.

Maya MacGuineas

To craft a full package of offsets, everything should be on the table.

John Scalzi

I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean that to denigrate myself. I mean that in the sense of, when I write, the person that I keep in mind is my mother-in-law.

He does a good job drawing fouls. He's crafty like that.

Virginia Woolf

Life stand still here.

Ryan Tedder

The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

Saul Bellow

I don't know exactly how it's done. I let it alone a good deal.

Michael Lewis

If you like crafty stuff they are going to open the market for crafty people. When Jaime Moyer of the Seattle Mariners pitches, I love watching him. In a way it is a much more interesting game than watching Randy Johnson pitch. You are not only watching a game you are watching a thought process.

Karl Rove

If more people in government knew about the press and more people in the press knew about governing, the world would be a better place to live. Journalists would perform their craft better if they were more understanding of the realities and complexities of running for and serving in public life.

Brian Greene

I just want to keep doing good work. I want to grow with the craft in whatever I do. The whole famous side of it doesn't thrill me anymore.

Their creativity really comes through when they start decorating. It?s a very simple craft and they make it their own.

A handsome person, with perverted will, is a fine craft that's handled without skill

Taylor Davis

You can really explore your musical vocabulary because someone's not always listening. And sometimes someone is listening, so you can hone your craft as a performer. You can really find your voice.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge

Al Jarreau

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.

Phil Klay

It's not a problem to be surrounded by other writers if that's the craft that you're doing. I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad. But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books.

David is kind of a crafty kid. He read the pass.

Geddy Lee

It's very rare - and it does happen on occasion - where I'll take a piece of lyric and I'll just sit down and purposefully craft that melody around that lyric because I think the lyric is the wellspring for the song, without question.

It's always fun for the kids. They love glue, they love glitter. We've always had success with our craft times. ... We do them occasionally instead of family story time.

Jerry Seinfeld

I kind of thought that stand-up comedy would suffer from the Internet because people seem to know more about the craft of stand-up than ever before. I thought it would seem trite. Kind of like if you know more about magicians, you wouldn't love them.

Carolyn Kizer

Poets are interested mostly in death and commas.

Paul Newman

Fill the moment and find variety.

Nancy Kerrigan

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

Pierre Beaumarchais

To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.

Madeleine L'Engle

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

And as far as a team liking you, that's just how it is; either they like you or they don't. What you can do is make it easier for them to like you. And it's easier to like you if you respect the game, respect yourself and work at your craft every day.

It's a strong departure for her. She's always done pretty, but there is a strong element of craft and craftsmanship.

T'Keyah Crystal Keymah

I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.

The FAA is now finding that the statutes as crafted don't fit. So now they have to be very liberal in their interpretations of the law in order to accommodate the emerging technologies.

Craft is as good as he has been. Beasley is as good as he has been. The foundation is getting there.

Michael Apted

Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we do it was a special gift to his fellow directors,

We all want to take credit for everything, but the good practical joker understands that his craft depends on autonomy.