Famous Quotes & Sayings

Douglas Coupland

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying.

James Russell Lowell

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new -- and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

Harry Reid

a slap in the face for the American people.

As I've said before, this is a tough way for a young team like we have to start the season, but that's the schedule and we have to face it, ... But I think in the long run, it'll make us a better team.

Private faces in public places / Are wiser and nicer / Than public faces in private places.

People still like to meet face to face. That's how you glue together a community.

Jose Theodore

People talk a lot about Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh showed tonight they're really a good team. They have so many skilled players, it's scary to face them.

Paul Freeman

People still want face time for services like financial planning, investing and borrowing. It's still a people business.

Scott Hatteberg

Offensively, it's just not something you can sustain for long periods. You need some help. Sheets - I don't think I've ever faced him, and boy, you're going to have to pitch good just to stay in the game with him and Bronson was just awesome. It was a great battle.

Fernando Ferrer

Oh, he went into the valley to do battle, and all the smart money was on Goliath. And, then, who had to face 'em?

Defensively, they were in our face the whole night. But there were a lot of times, particularly in the first half and second quarter, when we were in the lane and missed a lot of shots that were point-blank.

Moises Alou

Anything can happen in the playoffs, especially when you face good pitching,

Any nominee will face tough questions moving through the hearing process.

Rick Warren

The small group structure is the structure of renewal in every facet of Christianity, including Catholicism,

I've never felt so sorry for a group of kids in my life. We outplayed them in every facet of the game and then this happens. I honestly feel like the better team didn't win tonight, and the kids are taking it pretty hard.

Felicity Huffman

I've never been a beauty. It's not my thing. I mean, my face is fine, you know? So I really didn't have anything to lose or to risk.

I wanted a play that would paint the full face of sensuality, rebellion and revivalism.

The one thing I will never, ever forget is the look on her face when I told her what I had done,

After a while, I think we got a hand in his face and cooled him down a little. But he's a great player. It's tough to stop a shooter when he gets hot like that.

William Wordsworth

Some sipping punch, some sipping tea,/ But, as you by their faces see,/ All silent and all damned!

Somebody out there knows this man. I know his face is covered, but if it were my husband and I saw him, I would still recognize his movements and his body.

Some people may not know us. But I guarantee you that in clubhouses around the league, they know who we are. We don't have to see our faces on TV every night. As long as we're playing in October.

Sometimes I feel like I am punching people in the face with my words. No worries though. I don't actually throw punches. I only just got off of probation.

Mariano Rivera

I wanted to be in there and face Ortiz.

Sometimes you've got to face reality. And that is the reality.

Tamar Jacoby

Sooner or later we all will have to face the fact that most of the 11 million are here to stay, and it is in our interest as much as theirs to find a way for them to do so legally. There is simply no practical alternative. The only real question before us is how to structure the transition.

Sometimes they're ready at different times. Sometimes they just want to write to each other and not meet face to face. Sometimes they just want to talk on the phone.

Sometimes they get up to 25 fish, ... The joy on their face is unbelievable.

Kevin Millwood

Sometimes, it's tougher to face guys you don't really know. I think I faced three or four of those guys in the past.

Seems like everyone wanted to use my name to sell this, my face to sell that, ... I made the mistake of listening.

Donald Rumsfeld

Saddam Hussein has killed more Muslim people than perhaps any living person on the face of the Earth,

Marilyn Miller

Protesting in the face of a grieving family is unacceptable.

Protect your health. Without it you face a serious handicap for success and happiness.