Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's always a need for big men because there's not a whole lot out there, but it doesn't mean that's what teams want.

There's a lot of trash, a lot of debris, a lot of sentimental things that mean something to somebody, everywhere.

There is window of opportunity. Whether we, I mean all of us, use it or not, well it's another question.

It's a travesty because he was gone. I mean there was nobody on that side of the field.

It was extraordinary this winter. It was by no means ordinary weather.

It was everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere.

Donnie Jones

It was a workmanlike performance. He really does means so much more for us than points.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

Everyone's struggle is different. Just because I wasn't struggling on the streets, it doesn't mean I don't know what it's like to struggle.

Peter O'Toole

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

Timur Bekmambetov

If I've seen the movie, it means it's an influence on my own filmmaking. Every movie has a reflection in 'Night Watch.'

Bob Newhart

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm a comedian. I mean, if people like my comedy, that doesn't mean they should vote for the person I like. That's why I always kind of stayed away from endorsements.

Don Bluth

But I've been surprised over the years. I mean, someone told me the other day that maybe 360 million people have played this game in the world. That's a lot of people.

Diane von Furstenberg

If you're trying to lose weight, you just have to eat less. I mean that.

Devon Werkheiser

I wouldn't exactly call it 'cooking' but I can make noodles. That means I can boil water, put the pasta in and wait until it's done.

David Sedaris

The difference between writing where you know where to draw the line and writing where you're being way too mean is whether you can tell that the writer is not talking to family or friends anymore. Generally, if you say something bad about somebody on stage, you need to say two bad things about yourself. A lot of times, I think I'm the worst person in the room.

David Miliband

The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The scale of this threat, to human life and to the natural resources and assets on which it depends, for everything from oxygen and clean water to healthy soils and flood defence, means that this simply must be our top priority

David McCullough

Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free," Jefferson said, "expects what never was and never will be." And if the gap between the educated and the uneducated in America continues to grow as it is in our time, as fast as or faster than the gap between the rich and the poor, the gap between the educated and the uneducated is going to be of greater consequence and the more serious threat to our way of life. We must not, by any means, misunderstand that.

David McCullough

I don't pick my presidents because they were great presidents. I'm not much interested in ranking presidents and who is the best and who is the worst. I am much more inclined to be interested in them if they had an interesting life and if they were a complete person - and by that I mean they also had flaws and failings.

David Mitchell

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

David Krumholtz

Ultimately, I think the movie's about working as a means of finding meaning in your life. It's about the lesson, the great lesson, of just working, working and being productive.

David Guterson

Fiction is socially meaningful.

David D. Burns

Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist. But that means humility, and setting your ego aside, while you develop superb new technical skills.

David Cross

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

David Cross

I don't mean this to sound hyperbolic but there are increasingly, albeit really minor, similarities between now and how Germany was lulled into what happened pre-WW2.

Dave Barry

When I say 'serve you better,' I mean 'increase our profits.' We newspapers are very big on profits these days.

Dave Barry

People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'

Dave Barry

I do not mean to suggest for a moment that all it takes to be a top executive is a custom-tailored European suit. You also need the correct shirt and tie.

David Sze

The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.

David R. Ellis

It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.

Caitlin Kittredge

Impossible just means they ain't thought of a name for it yet....

Caitlin Flanagan

Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.

Charles Caleb Colton

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Charles Caleb Colton

We ask advice but we mean approbation.