Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray Winstone

Hollywood don't always pay a lot of money. Because we're English they think we're cheap!

Ricky Gervais

Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away.

Sara Sheridan

I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves dedicated to Scottish authors.

Rio Ferdinand

I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.

Jean Ingelow

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Steve Fossett

Today's forecast shows good winds until Thursday -- but then there are possible headwinds to slow us up when we reach the English Channel,

When I first got here I worked three jobs. I would sleep only three hours on some days. If I wasn't sleeping, I was taking English lessons.

I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!

Halston Sage

I grew up riding horses since I was eight. I rode English style and competed every weekend. I had two horses, Scout and Camille, and they were my babies. It taught me a lot about responsibility and commitment. I hope horses will always be in my life.

Howard Carter

Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings.

Howard Carter

Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the seals, to all outward appearances that it was intact.

Howard Carter

All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.

David Pleat

We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half.

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

With the Genies, you've got this television obstacle where you're essentially going into the marketplace with a lot of movies that haven't done particularly well in English Canada. That's a challenge.

Paul Parker

Feeling a part of that community is my greatest reward.

Paul Parker

We have to be careful about creating more rules.

Paul Parker

There are many skiers who have chosen tele for a more compact, streamlined skiing system.

Paul Parker

Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty.

Paul Gascoigne

Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to.

Paul Gascoigne

Well, I did know - but I just wanted the day to pass and the next day to come and then I wanted that one to pass. It was a horrible cycle. I felt so close to having to pack the game in.

Paul Gascoigne

I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness.

Paul Gascoigne

I never predict anything, and I never will.

Philipp Meyer

I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was a maths or economics major; most everyone else had relatives or family in banking.

Minnie Driver

You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately.

Phil Collen

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

Peter Hermann

Language patterns solidify at 10, 11, 12, so I was able to learn English fairly easily, with no accent. I didn't do speech or vocal work to get rid of the German accent; I was just lucky.

Henry Fielding

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Hackerspaces are the digital-age equivalent of English Enlightenment coffee houses. They are places open to all, indifferent to social status, and where ideas and knowledge hold primary value.

Ian Botham

Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table.