Famous Quotes & Sayings

Augusten Burroughs

I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison cafeteria wearing Daisy Duke shorts and a Jane Fonda headband.

Ashanti

Its so important to never limit yourself, to find yourself in a box.

Arlo Guthrie

Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.

Colleen Atwood

I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most.

Simon Cowell

I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them.

Virginia Postrel

Standardized sizes made inexpensive, off-the-rack garments economically feasible. They gave shoppers a reliable guide to finding clothes in self-service shops.

Aleksandar Hemon

If you find yourself as a person in unfamiliar territory, you will grasp on to what is already familiar.

Brendan Gleeson

I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.

Candace Bushnell

Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life. I think it's a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well.

Aimee Bender

I write on a very strict 2-hour-a-day schedule, and I really respond to structure and invented rules. So even if I'm finding out good information on a character, I will stop when I'm set to stop.

We're kind of just finding out what she can do.

Greg Schiano

We're kind of a team that's finding ourselves right now.

Alexandra Stoddard

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

Olli Jokinen

We'd like to have those two points now, but we won't look back. We've been finding a way to win lately and we've got another must-win game tonight. It's been the same story for the last two weeks.

We were a little slow there warming up, but then we got going and started playing some good possession ball. We just had trouble finding the net early.

We gave them a pretty good go. We had trouble with (Megan) Jackson. She played a great game and we had trouble finding her from out of bounds. She?s a tough player. She?s a good player.

We didn't have any trouble finding people to work him out.

Kristin Armstrong

When I forget who I am, I remind myself by finding my stride. I remember that I am strong, free, and loved, and that with God's help I can weather whatever comes.

Bette Midler

The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.

Nick Swardson

Improv plays such a huge role in finding great lines - you'll be surprised at what comes out of your mind inadvertently. A lot of times it's better than a script you've worked out ahead of time.

Larry Smith

We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.

We didn't do a good job of finding him. He's a good player and there are good players in this league and sometimes they get going.

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.

Kate O'Mara

I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write a proper novel.

Kate Christensen

Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.

Lauren Willig

One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well.

We need to focus on respect for the law and finding ways to legally meet our needs.

Roy Halladay

We got to happy, but for us to get into it we got to find ways to win games like that. Finding a way to win it -- that's what is going to get us over the hump. That will make the difference.

Our guys are just doing a good job finding Scott and putting him in positions to make open shots.

Our team did a very good job of finding Danielle and our seniors showed great leadership down the stretch. Sarah Lowe did a tremendous job of finding Danielle and then after she hit one, did a good job of finding her again. That strategy of going to and finding the hot hand worked. Danielle had the guts to step up and want to win the game. She wasn't tentative or hesitant and played like a senior.

Mark McClellan

Our surveys show that, 5-to-1, people are very satisfied with the program. For people who have had problems, we're finding the problems and fixing them.

Just enough to get by. They never panic. We've been playing like that all year - just finding a way.

Jessy Schram

'Last Resort,' to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation.