Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Friedkin

In the case of a film like The Exorcist or To Live and Die in L.A., I saw the whole movie in my head before I went to shoot it. I never did storyboards, or anything like that. I had the film in my head.

Will Ferrell

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

Roberto Bolano

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy.

Robertson Davies

"There is no disputing about tastes," says the old saw. In my experience there is little else.

Walt Whitman

Have you not learned the most in your life from those with whom you disagreed - those who saw it differently from you?

Wilson Mizner

I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.

Walter Lippmann

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Walter Johnson

Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared.

Jules Shear

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here.

Martha Grimes

You can never do enough for the dead. You search around for comfort but there is no comfort; there never was and never will be. There is only a gradual wearing away of the sharp edges, so that you don't feel ambushed at every turn, as if you saw the dead suddenly rounding the corner.

Justin Amash

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

Katherine Mansfield

I saw myself driving through Eternity in a timeless taxi.

Kim Harrison

They tried to kill me,” he said, his brow furrowed as he glared at them. “You saw them!” “Yeah?” I spouted off. “They weren’t very good at it!” (Trent and Rachel)

Mary Roberts Rinehart

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Then I saw Keanu Reeves in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I know if he can do it, I can do it too.

Patrick O'Brian

It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation.

Patrick Ness

Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was further away than ever.

Olivia Thirlby

'The Movie' is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it.

Bruce Springsteen

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

Mary Pickford

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die.

Martin Bashir

I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.

Philip Levine

You have to follow where the poem leads. And it will surprise you. It will say things you didn't expect to say. And you look at the poem and you realize, 'That is truly what I felt.' That is truly what I saw.

Pete Best

We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.

Quentin Crisp

I never saw Portsmouth by day.

Mike Judge

I like the Stooges. You know what movie I saw that I sort of discovered late was Jerry Lewis in 'The Nutty Professor'. I really liked that.

Shunryu Suzuki

As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw.

Kate Millett

I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

Kurtis Blow

Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

Lionel Blue

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

Peter Gallagher

I was probably 11 by the time I saw a movie.

Lennox Lewis

When I saw Tyson knocking everybody out on TV, I thought, He's goooood. But when I saw him in person, he didn't look as awesome.

Karl Pilkington

I've heard that fact, that is you eat more than six bananas it will kill you. I saw a bowl with seven bananas in it and I thought, that's dangerous.

Joe Pantoliano

I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw.