Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yotam Ottolenghi

I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects.

We have more than 200 suppliers and I'm not going to point the finger at any one of them.

Malcolm Muggeridge

like trying a man's finger for having pulled the trigger of a gun which murdered someone.

I was very impressed with what he had to say. He talked about all the positive things and pointed his finger at the future in a very complimentary way. This is his moment to share his vision, and I thought he presented that vision very well.

William Cowper

While fancy, like the finger of a clock,Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.

We have to rally together. We can't feel sorry for ourselves because of the situation we're in. There's no finger pointing. It's all of us together.

Nobody knows; you can't put a finger on it. That could be a bounce, that could be luck, it could be a lot of things. It could be one guy skipping a workout or it could be one guy being late. So, we need to make sure we keep our blue-collar work ethic.

Richard Thompson

Imagining playing the guitar is a slightly looser thing than playing it. You can hear more things sometimes. The fingers of your imagination aren't quite as hidebound as your real fingers.

Larry Coker

I don't think we have slipped talent-wise. I think we're talented enough to play with anybody. But I do sense our guys are not happy, not satisfied, and they shouldn't be, with last season. There really was some embarrassment there for all of us. No doubt, there is a sense of urgency. We need to go out with excitement, with hunger, every week. We had that at times last season, but not all the time. I guess you could point the finger at me, but we did not play with consistency.

Keep your fingers crossed. Wednesday looks like a break.

Ian Paisley

There is a finger pointing tonight at IRA-Sinn Fein.

We're obviously not doing something right. We can't keep pointing fingers at the kids. I have to look at Pam and myself first before we start looking at others. I knew there were some playing time issues, but what does it lead to? Is this the reason (for the departures) or is something else there?

Dusty Baker

He hadn't had anything to this point. We'll keep our fingers crossed.

He had his finger in everything. He was a great photographer.

Tony Raines

I don't know anything officially, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It's an opportunity of a lifetime. I think these are the right guys at the right time for me.

Bode Miller

I don't have to put a finger on it. That's what's nice about being me instead of you. You're the one that has to put a finger on it.

I didn't, for whatever reason, get our guys to play hard. I can't point fingers at our guys because I didn't get them ready to play the way they needed to.

I don't know, there's just something about them because they always find a way to win. I can't put my finger on it, but they've just got this thing.

I can't put my finger on why these guys are not hitting in the clutch. I don't know what it will take to get them going. There's not one thing I can say to them. They have to make it happen.

Danny Clark

I can't put my finger on what we need. We have enough players here to get it done.

I can't put my finger on what's the problem.

Mike Taylor

I can't put my finger on it right now. Some on the team play decently, some other guys are not there.

Charlaine Harris

I held on to my better nature by my fingernails but I held on.

Chris Carpenter

When I was out there in the sixth, my hands and my fingers started cramping up, ... The same thing happened when I went up to hit.

Jan Brett

When I was little, I would close my eyes and put my finger on a page. Then in my mind, I would go to that place.

John Grahame

With the wind chill, it's forecast to be that way Monday, so we kind of got our fingers crossed.

We're in this together. I'm sure outside sources will point fingers (at the defense). But last year it was a different story, remember? We're a team and that's what this all comes down to.

Elton John

I've never had a writer's block, but still I think: 'Is it going to happen this time?' You never know what you're going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope.

Eli Manning

The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that most people can play with, sometimes you can't. I've stayed away from some of those.

Katherine Parkinson

I've become one of those women who thrusts her engagement finger out all the time.

George A. Romero

My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.

Baltasar Gracian

Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.

Denis Leary

I can't text. My fingers are too big.