Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."

Charles Dickens

"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."

Charles Stross

I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead!

Charles Stross

What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.

Alan Watts

It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are.

Alan Parker

Film-making is a physically hard job.

Alan Patricof

I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available.

Alan Rickman

One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right.

Alan Rickman

I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

Ryan Miller

We're starting to feel like we're hitting on the right cylinders again.

Dmitri Young

When we have our cylinders going, we can hit with anybody.

Mark James

We felt like the tide was about to turn. We had to play on all cylinders for four quarters and I think we played on 2 cylinders for two quarters. And the two quarters where we didn't play on all cylinders, it showed.

John Haberman

We're going to have to be ready for Lamar because they're improving every week. We're going to have everything rolling on all cylinders when Lamar comes to town.

Craig Conroy

We're finding ways to score goals. This effort gives us some confidence. Hopefully, we can get our power play going on all cylinders after tonight.

Craig Barrett

We have recovered from those missteps and the machine is firing on all eight cylinders in terms of new product introductions,

Mark Stahlman

IBM is firing on more cylinders than many expected. The fourth quarter is shaping up to be particularly strong. It's the first time in many years we have visibility to year-end and all indications are positive.

Carlos Delgado

He's a good friend. He's a tremendous ballplayer, and hopefully he'll be firing on all cylinders and we can help each other out.

Nick Nolte

I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare.

Charles Caleb Colton

It has been well observed that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy.

Bryan Stevenson

Part of the reason why we're only now reaching a point in American society where we can talk about the need for truth and reconciliation and the legacy of slavery is that it was such a dominant part of our history.

August Wilson

What do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use?

Diane Watson

Her legacy was her quiet dignity and instinctive rage against injustice, ... What she determined on the spot was that her dignity would not allow her to be treated unjustly.

Terry Belanger

making the world a more secure place for the irreplaceable legacy of the book.

Bret Easton Ellis

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

Arlen Specter

When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

Anthony Romero

A pardon for Edward Snowden would be good for America and would help burnish the president's legacy as one of the primary defenders of human rights.

Eduardo Paes

Rio will have to look after the legacy of infrastructure. But it's unclear who will run the sports centres after the Olympics.