Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gail Carson Levine

As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.

Elizabeth Warren

Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a fair hearing.

The only reason this plan looks reasonable is that it is scaled back from something that was fairly audacious.

David Ulevitch

If people use Chrome, we make less money on our service and that's fine by us because that is fair competition. I wouldn't put Google on a pedestal for competition, but they aren't telling users not to use OpenDNS.

Noah Baumbach

Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.

Hassan Nasrallah

The Americans are surely mistaken if they think they can make peace without finding a real and fair solution to the Palestinian issue.

That would not be fair to Red Hook. But we have a good team.

That was tough for me to get situated because I was back and forth (between positions) the whole season. Now, I'm fairly secure at defense.

That will actually look fairly interesting on a T-shirt.

Tom Shippey

Tolkien reintroduced the world of fairy tale to a new audience. It was a very traditional image of fairy tale -- elves, dwarves, trolls, dragons, wizards. Those have all come out of fairy tales. But Tolkien put the whole thing on the map, ... A lot of that stuff is traditional material that he has codified and rationalized in a kind of 20th-century way.

Don Jones

We've gotten a fairly good response. I'd be hesitant to say what percentage.

Shani Davis

We've got skaters who are just here for the pursuit. It wouldn't be fair to them to take away their Olympic dreams.

We have to make sure he gets a fair trial -- that is our fundamental obligation,

William Shakespeare

Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.

Peter Jurasik

Very intense first summer out, to be 18 years old and never having gone on a date, never having smoked a cigarette, never had a drink, even a sip of beer, never kissed a girl, all of those things. It made for a fairly intense first year out.

Jacopo Sannazaro

Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned.

We intend to reach the highest international standards, so that all the referendum results will be fair and transparent.

I think I was never given a fair shot,

I thought my TV performance actually went fairly well.

It is fair to say we're looking into it.

Willie Randolph

It is fair to say that it could have held him up. He could have gotten into a routine quicker if he had been around more.

Hugh Jackman

It is fair to say I am obsessed with that series. I am like a junkie looking for series two.

It is fair to say he has had a tremendous positive impact on my life and my business.

Richard Boucher

It is fair the say that justice was done in this case, ... it is not fair to say that justice is done, period.

We aren't going to have any races we think won't be close. We're a fairly young crew, so a lot of our success will come from being in tight races and being able to respond under pressure.

We are willing to license these patents on fair and reasonable terms,

William Shakespeare

Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.

William Shakespeare

Is she kind as she is fair?

William Shakespeare

And she's fair I love.

William Shakespeare

Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone.

We haven't had great depth, but we've had some quality kids in the lighter weights, and we're fairly solid in the upper weights.

We are in this to make money. It's not a science fair project.

I wish I had been, and then we would have had a free and fair trial. And you would have met your Waterloo, Mr. Thomas.