Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isaac Asimov

The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.

Ellen DeGeneres

I had no intention of becoming a comedian. I just wanted to make people happy. I tried everything-I shucked oysters, I painted houses, I sold vacuum cleaners. But there was always a voice saying, You should be doing something different. And it was usually my boss and I was being fired.

Geraldine Ferraro

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.

H. L. Mencken

The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.

H. L. Mencken

A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Rachel Maddow

Internet's been down most of the day [at work]. Doing research by just asking everyone what we remember to be true. What could possibly go wrong?

Mindy Kaling

There are so many distractions you can face as a woman, either with relationships or worrying about, Should I go to this party? or, Should I be doing this to help me get ahead? All [success] is, is doing your work and staying focused. It's boring advice, but boring good advice is what you can get from me!

Kenneth Williams

The nicest thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.

Marion Nestle

The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council. Why do we have a meat group? Because we have an extremely powerful meat lobby.

Patty Murray

This is a long-delayed, hard-won, and badly needed victory for millions of women.

Katie Couric

Sexism is so five minutes ago. I think for the most part, people accept that women are as competent as men.

Mark Twain

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass.

Nicki Minaj

I'm in my dressing room about to play to a sold-out crowd at the O2 arena in Ireland. Name a female rapper who's ever done that and I will give you $100,000.

Nathan Myhrvold

Software sucks because users demand it to.

Paul Reiser

The biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the ground diapering.

Paul Stanley

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing.

Oprah Winfrey

I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger.

Margaret Cho

I’m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I’m going to succeed as myself.

Ashleigh Brilliant

For some strange reason, no matter where I go, the place is always called "here".

Jonathan Raban

I ain't sleeping. I'm just taking a good look at the insides of my eyelids.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Ellen DeGeneres

It must be around forty, when you're "over the hill." I don't even know what that means and why it's a bad thing. When I go hiking and I get over the hill, that means I'm past the hard part and there's a snack in my future. That's a good thing as far as I'm concerned.

John Desmond Bernal

The full area of ignorance is not mapped. We are at present only exploring the fringes.

Malcolm Forbes

The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.

Malcolm Forbes

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

Henri Matisse

When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

Danica McKellar

Note to self: When noticing flyaway hairs, do not use lip gloss as an 'on-the-go' hair gel.

Meryl Streep

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

Phil Rizzuto

I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes.

Terry Pratchett

There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Shania Twain

I think there's something odd about eating another living anything.