Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated. We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated, ... We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Samuel Beckett

All has not been said and never will be.

William Ralph Inge

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I really do not aim at any originality.

Andy Weir

I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.

Ray Stevens

I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Joe Roth

In many ways, the screenplay really took me back to the original 'Rocky,'

Jorge Luis Borges

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

George Gershwin

It is always possible to create something original.

This is much more like the original plan.

Eric Hoffer

Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.

William Plomer

On a sofa upholstered in panther skinMona did researches in original sin.

Sonakshi Sinha

I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much wider audience. That's how I look at it.

Elizabeth Taylor

I'm not like anyone. I'm me.

Words derive their power from the original word.

When we were preparing the president's speech we had originally picked a different plot to try and declassify to talk about.

We're going to restore the original part of the building, not so that it is historically correct, but for other uses.

Haruki Murakami

Original manuscripts are private information. Like personal letters, there are parts I don't want other people to see.

David Ayer

'Sabotage' was a work for hire. It wasn't my original idea or script or anything.

This is not within the scope of the original testing.

Tracy Letts

Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any of the actors who did the original production of 'August' could have done the film of 'August.' I don't think any of them were particularly surprised when they didn't wind up doing the film.

Bob Dylan

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

Vince was part of the team that pitched the original idea for the program to ADVO, and he has been with the program since its inception.

to see our people returned to their own original villages.

John Christopher

The original version of 'The White Mountains' was probably just about worth publishing.

Ellen Lupton

The original Two-Bottle Tote is an interesting product, so functionally specific and worthy of a trademark.

The original piece of property was put together by my grandfather as a weekend place.

Diogenes

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

Steve Martin

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

Robert Bresson

The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.

Rumi

There is an original inside me.