Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Banville

I'd given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that's as close to godliness as I can get.

I can't write a joke. I could never write. I do a lot of stories and I call them stories, but they're just comedy recitals on a given subject.

Bill Clinton

And though you have given too much, you still have so much to give.

Benjamin Franklin

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief,Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Employees, if given the option, are going to opt for the train more often than not.

Be ready to go Thursday. It's a given that we'll practice hard. But no matter how hard we practice, we have to be ready to go Thursday. If not, it's not going to be a pretty game, either.

Between us, we've published more than 70 research papers. This is the only one that's given us any publicity at all.

Miranda Hart

Being tall is very good for reaching high shelves and seeing in a crowd. Sadly, it has also given me the inability to dance. There's too much of me to look neat, which is most disappointing.

Everything (entitled to the defense) is not given to us,

Every opportunity he?s been given he?s taken advantage, and because of that he?s got a lot more opportunities and a lot more repetitions.

Every indication that they've given us formally or informally is that they don't plan to make any improvements to their proposals.

Miguel Syjuco

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

Mike Rogers

Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Paul Broun

The Second Amendment is the one that really protects all of our liberties that we are given by our Lord, and our God-given rights, and are protected under the Constitution.

Mike Huckabee

One of the things about politics, when you're actually there, you realize, you're on a high wire and there is no net under you. On any given day, your campaign can implode for something that happens inadvertently or even intentionally.

Mark Rylance

This situation has given them an opportunity to really set themselves up.

John Williamson

This only reinforces the perception that, when it comes to spending, there is not a lot of consideration given to taxpayers,

We should have given him the support earlier. We're doing it now.

We think that we're going to become intimately involved with the arbitration process given the nature of how young our roster is. The intent of the hearing is to solve differences that can't be resolved through negotiations. It's not ideal for the team or the player, but sometimes it's necessary.

Orrin Hatch

We think that this money should be given in tax relief to the American people, not spent by those know-it-alls back in Washington,

Larry Parrish

We didn't know anything about Lee, and we might not have given him enough respect.

The time and information you're given can make the difference,

I sense some players have given in a little, and that's unacceptable.

Ringo Starr

The whole quote was, 'Let's hear it for the vertical man, because so much praise is given to the horizontal one,'

Rodman Philbrick

What surprised me most about the Donner tragedy was that, given the terrible circumstances, how anyone survived at all.

We will not stop until we are given a real voice.

The public will be shocked that so many rich governments have given so little.

Bobby Jones

To their credit, they've given us a great effort. They were recruited to be role players for at least a year -- maybe two -- but now they're role players playing starter minutes. They need help. And help is on the way.

Maya Angelou

I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

Ira Glass

Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.

Don King

Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming.

We wanted to do something special to thank everyone for all the support they've given to the track out here since 1964.