Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adam Clayton

I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.

Bill Cobbs

I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull that off. I liked entertaining, but I was always drawn to some kind of technical work - some kind of honest labor.

I work pretty quickly. I'd probably draw somebody once or twice in pencil, then just go to ink. Not really care too much about it, and it just kind of worked out.

We do expect a big showing for the week because of the town (they are) the hometown boys, if you will. It's their second movie, and Sherwood naturally has a big draw and has a good network to spread the news about the movie.

We didn't have a good draw the first year. We didn't have a good draw last year either.

Anjelica Huston

I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one will ever want me for anything ever again. I think that's a vulnerable moment in every actor's life, and it happens every time you finish a film.

The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions.

The reactions from people when they see our stuff is always positive. Wherever we go, people seem to be drawn to us. It feels so good. It makes me feel like maybe I've made the right choice,

There is just something about these kids that just draws you in, ... There is no better feeling than when the light goes on with these kids.

There is, in my view, a nice line to draw between what could be described as 'ill-disciplined celebratory fire' and mischievous fire, which is where I suspect we are at the moment.

I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and kept my belongings in one drawer of a dresser that was jammed next to the piano - I never went hungry and was always supported by my family.

It's important to begin a biography or any book or story with something to draw the reader in.

Kenneth Branagh

I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's always been something that was a profound element of the experience of Shakespeare that I have been drawn to - and interpreters have, as well.

The question is, is this a short-lived phenomenon? If you get another big draw in gasoline tomorrow, this sell-off could be a one-day miracle.

Toyota is at the top when it comes to real and perceived quality. One recall isn't a problem. It takes two points to draw a line and it that happens then you'll hear my tone change.

Matt McKay

We had a tough draw and I was hoping we could come back and put a good effort together. But on the whole, it was sub-par.

Chris Bosh

You look at the replay and you let me know if that was a foul. Everybody keeps saying it's OK, but you got to draw the line sometime. I got fed up with it. I'm not saying what I did was wrong. I think it helped us out.

Vonda Shepard

I seem to be drawn to the really romantic songs.

Vladimir Putin

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime.

Drawings don't have a point. Cartoons, you want to have an opinion; you want them to express a viewpoint.

Banksy

I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as being 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

We made drawings the size of a whole quarter of a room ceiling, which we would then send on to the model makers. I did this every day for two years. Even now I can draw cartouches with my eyes closed.

I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?'

Alison Elliott

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

Adrian McKinty

Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists.

Adam Gopnik

Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising symbol or shape in the welter of shades, and draw that.

We're excited to have a full venue this year. We're drawing people from all over the state and Idaho.

Freddy Rodriguez

No, there isn't a particular type of genre that I'm drawn to. I'm more drawn to the possibility of creating different characters, or being able to go from one genre to the other and to show that I could do it, that I could be good at it.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you.

Cate Blanchett

We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are all terrified of dying. We also all think that we are going to escape it until we get to 65!

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.

Lauren Myracle

I'm always drawn to the underdogs, to the people whose stories don't get told.

Ken Follett

With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.