Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rebecca West

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

C. S. Lewis

They Open A Door And Enter A World

Carrie Brownstein

I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.

Bill Bryson

I love everything about motels. I can't help myself. I still get excited every time I slip a key into a motel room door and fling it open.

Bill Bryson

We are so used to the notion of our own inevitability as life's dominant species that it is hard to grasp that we are here only because of timely extraterrestrial bangs and other random flukes. The one thing we have in common with all other living things is that for nearly four billions years our ancestors have managed to slip through a series of closing doors every time we needed them to.

Bette Davis

At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.

Bill Bryson

A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)

Charles R. Swindoll

The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith - which He has given - and then push it open and walk through.

We have an historic doorway that is opening here. It is potentially very good for everybody who lives on the river.

We have an historic doorway that is opening here.

We could go out and knock on doors and ask, 'Did you get our letter,' but we don't have enough staff for that.

Rebecca West

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

We have a hard time sustaining things for 40 minutes. We have lulls defensively and offensively. Everything we worked so hard for in the first half went out the door in the first 40 seconds of the second half.

Jimmy Carter

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

William Shakespeare

Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me

You can come in here and feel comfortable. You have the option of leaving your troubles outside the door for a little while. And that's so refreshing. Everyone needs something like that. A smile can be found here.

Mike Smith

We can't get them out the door fast enough. Unfortunately, once they're gone it takes a few weeks at least before we have more available.

Ozzie Guillen

I think Jackie Robinson made us a lot of money. He opened doors for a lot of good things in baseball.

Larry Brown

Man, it was more than words can say. We opened the door and there wasn't anything sitting there.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I took three steps back; he nudged the door closed with his foot. “You like Mexican?” he asked. “I—” I’d like to know what you’re doing inside my house! “Tacos?” “Tacos?” I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. “Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese.” “I know what a taco is!

Becca Fitzpatrick

You’re crowding me. I need— room.”... What I needed were boundaries. I needed willpower. I needed to be caged up, since yet again I was proving I couldn’t be trusted in Patch’s presence. I should have been bolting for the door, and yet … I wasn’t.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Door’s locked,” he said. “And we have unfinished business.

Wally Szczerbiak

We gave up 111 points, that's not good. They knocked on our door the whole fourth quarter, but we found a way to win the game.

We aren't trying to shut the door on anyone. We're trying to get a balance.

Mamata Banerjee

We have not shut our doors for discussion. If they want to sit with us we are ready for that.

The Pyramid would open its doors in a heartbeat, if it was available.

Charlize Theron

I was told to go to a director's house at 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, so I went, thinking maybe this is the kind of thing you do. He opened the door wearing pajamas. I walked in, and he offered me a drink. I instantly knew what his intentions were, and it was not an option for me. I feel grateful I have this personality, but a lot of women don't. That's why I can't sit back and say, 'Things are great for me, therefore they're great for everybody else.'

I tell people to drive up to their house like they've never seen it before. Look at the mailbox since this is the first thing (prospective buyers) will see. If it needs to be repaired do it. If the door knocker is squeaky, fix it.

We do look quickly before we go out the door now,

While Easter shopping is the window to spring, back-to-school is the doorway to fall and the holidays. So back-to-school shopping is a really important momentum builder.

We recouped all of the incentives we put into the project within five years: They doubled the size of the plant, and they opened the door for all of the automotive we've done.

Though you are disappointed is hope; never let hope fail you! Though one door is shut, there are thousands still open to you.

My suspicion is that they are really leaving the door open, at least a crack, to an inter-meeting move.