Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sam J. Jones

I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.

Sam Harris

This is how you play tennis without the net

Ryne Sandberg

I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect

Ryne Sandberg

There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years

Russell Westbrook

Every day when I get on the floor I give it my all and play because you never know what tomorrow holds.

Russell Wilson

We were 6-4 and everybody doubted us. We lost to the Kansas City Chiefs and that week we had a players meeting and really talked about where we really want to go. It's not about the record. At the end of the day it comes down to are we going to keep focusing on each other and are we going to keep getting better day by day? We ignored the noise, we ignored all the talk from the outside.

Russell Wilson

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose.

Ronald Perelman

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.

Stephenie Meyer

They wouldn't let me play; only Alice would play games with me anymore.

Stephenie Meyer

Edward can do everything, right?" I explained. Jasper snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look. "I hope you haven't been showing off-it's rude," she scolded. "Just a bit," he laughed freely. "He's been too modest actually," I corrected. "Well, play for her," Esme encouraged. "You just said showing off was rude," he objected. "There are exceptions to every rule," she replied.

Stephen Colbert

I used to play a narcissistic conservative pundit. Now I'm just a narcissist.

Stephen Colbert

I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear black 'at' people. I didn't just want to play Hamlet, I wanted to be Hamlet.

Steffi Graf

Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis - well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me.

Stella Adler

The most important thing you can teach actors is to understand plays.

Stella Adler

The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need.

Stella Adler

Life in the theatre isn't necessarily when you get money from performing. It isn't when you sign a contract. It isn't even when you are in a play. It's when you understand it. If you understand it, you'll know why you want to act.

Stella Adler

The play is not in the words, it’s in you!

Stefan Zweig

For one who is having no personal experience, the passionate disquiet of others is at any rate a titillation of the nerves, like seeing a play or listening to music.

Sparky Anderson

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

Tim Walker

Fantasy isn't something I put into the pictures; I don't try and inject them with a sense of play. But it's about being an honest photographer; a photograph is as much of a mirror of the photographer as it is the subject.

Tim Brown

Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play.

Tim Cahill

No amount of money could make me play for Liverpool, that isn't disrespect to Liverpool or their fans, it's respect for Everton

Thomas Friedman

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.

Thomas Beecham

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.

Vilfredo Pareto

Usually, so far as improvement in the people's economic conditions is concerned, humanitarians simply play the role of the busybody.

Vin Diesel

The majority of the filmmaking process is in pre-production. The more you've planned out the more freedom there is on set to find new stuff, to play around, find new jokes and let the actors kind of breathe - but it needs to come from a place where it's completely structured.

Victoria Smurfit

As an actress, the joy of being able to play the three sides of any woman, which are the glamour, the pragmatic and the one not to be messed with, is pretty glorious.

Victoria Legrand

Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.

Victoria Moran

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

Victor Cruz

I kinda wanted to play receiver more.

Victor Garber

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

Victor Borge

And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.

Vernon Davis

I knew he would never play for Wales ... he's tone deaf.