Famous Quotes & Sayings

Binyavanga Wainaina

I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.

Carl Pavano

Today, my main focus wasn't as much on mechanics as much as just slowing myself down. I get a little anxious, especially with my slider, because I haven't been throwing it a lot. I tried to get into a better rhythm throughout, and when I got to my slider, I felt a little more locked in.

Today was the day I needed to really let it go to test it. It felt great.

Steven Seagal

I always hated being a child. I always felt like an adult trapped in a child's body.

Omar Sy

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

George Martin

And the young people in the 1960's identified with it immediately, because, I guess the young people had been having years of repression really. They felt that the, you know, after the war everything was very austere, particularly in Europe.

William Bell

I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came out they had like two or three vocalists. Otis came in when I was in the military, too.

Warren Spector

Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company.

Bill Callahan

I like mountains and oceans and stuff, which is where I've always felt some sort of power of meaning, but that's not necessarily spiritual.

Bill Foster

You didn't even need to see a person. All those little squares were rooftops. Each one was a home to families. I just felt the need to do something.

To hang in there for 37 minutes with one of the top programs in the nation, we felt good about what we did. We've come a long way in three years, though we're not where we want to be.

We didn't run it in our first three games because we wanted to hide it a little bit. We felt like it was one of the few ways we'd be able to stay in the game, if we could get them to miss some shots and we could hit a few.

Holliday Grainger

I'm very lucky, as I've never ever felt any pressure from any producer to lose weight, whereas a lot of actresses have.

Tim Berners-Lee

There was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realise it's a tool that we use in this world.

Webb Simpson

I felt the Lord telling me just to be patient all year. Whether it happened this year, next, or never, everything was going to be okay.

Valerie June

When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet. I promised him I'd learn to play it, but I never did. Then my grandfather died, and I felt so guilty. So I started playing.

Chuck Palahniuk

A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music.

Constance Marie

I never felt ready to have a baby until I was about 37 years old. I knew I always wanted kids someday, but I needed to be 'ready,' ya know?

Ann Rutherford

From the time you were signed at MGM you just felt you were in God's hands.

Ashlee Simpson

I've never looked at myself and thought, 'Oh yeah, I'm sexy'. I've felt sexy and confident, but I don't look at myself that way.

When I went back and watched a couple of the older 'Doctor Who' episodes, I could see why some people felt the show had been quite sexist.

Louis Tomlinson

I grew up in Doncaster and have felt the love for football run through the town; it's for that reason that I have a real personal passion to make Doncaster Rovers a success story.

Paul Eenhoorn

I've always felt I had the talent. I've done a lot in my life. I've written, been in bands, done live TV for a network in Perth. I'm well-trained when it comes to being on a set, which gives you freedom.

Paul Henreid

I never felt Lee Strasberg could act, and I fail to see how someone who can't act can teach acting.

Rebecca Black

'Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

You know, to me, I have never really felt that strong one way or another because to me, I don't, you know, I'm not personally hung up on the whole thing.

When I saw Pietro I felt uncomfortable because I'm not used to racing alone.

Lynsey Addario

When I first started out, I really felt like, 'I'm a journalist; I will be respected as a neutral observer.' And I don't feel like that holds true anymore. I don't think people respect journalists the same way they once did.

When I first heard about it, I felt sick, ... I thought they might have had the most talented team before. Now, they are loaded.

Jennifer Egan

When I first had a child, I really had a hard time trying to figure out how it was all going to fit together. Because I felt like, when I was with him, I wanted to be writing and I should be writing. And when I was writing, I felt like I should be with him, and wanted to be with him. So I was unhappy a lot.

When I hurt my back, I'd never felt anything like that before. Obviously, it was pretty scary.

We never felt it slipping away. We felt good and confident. I couldn't make any plays near the end, and I take full responsibility for this loss.

We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.