Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alexandra Fuller

I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.

Alexandra Fuller

One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.

Alexandra Adornetto

I believe it stands for 'mother I'd like to...befriend,

Amy Milliron

Mothers risk prosecution every time they go out in public and nurse their children.

David Lucas

Mother nature really stuck with us on this,

Joe Wooden

Mother nature is not cooperating. Things will get worse as the day progresses.

John Humphreys

Mother Nature didn't make slate for the purpose of putting it on a roof. We did. We've taken out all of the vulnerabilities and disadvantages of the natural material.

Anna Lee

Mother, ... if you could stop time, when would you stop it?

Jennifer Johnson

McCauley called his mother and said he had killed someone.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Liar, n.: A lawyer with a roving commission.

Tom DeLay

Let me be very, very clear, ... I have done nothing wrong. I have violated no law, no regulation, no rule of the House. I have done nothing unlawful, unethical or, I might add, unprecedented.

Vanessa Redgrave

Serbia has no right, under national or international law, to Kosovo.

Laura Fisher

So far, the law is working as intended.

Mickey Mantle

Mr. Mantle, do you have any observations with reference to the application of antitrust laws to baseball?

John Dingell

Mr. Pitt got in trouble. If he is not doing the job, sees to it that security laws are properly enforced, it's time for him to depart.

Lisa Gross

One reason the waiver was refused was because it's state law. And because they didn't want to set a precedent.

William Blake

One Law for the Lion and Ox is Oppression

Charles Potter

No one owns a parking spot; it's the public's right to use them, ... This law will lead to more regular enforcement of the problem. Now, using the littering law is a stretch.

Charles R. Swindoll

There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of worship of the true and living God.

Pauly Shore

When you deal with a comedian who has a specific act, you can't hold 'em back. You got to work with 'em, dude. What you think, I'm just gonna do what's on the page, say 'yes sir, no sir'? I'm creatively beyond that.

Mike Birbiglia

I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so infuriating. It's like, 'Who is this guy, and why does he have a memoir?' David Letterman could write a memoir. Joan Rivers could. I'm just a nobody. I'm a comedian and a writer.

Bob Newhart

For some reason, comedians are still children. The social skills somehow never reach us, so we say exactly what we think without weighing the results.

Bob Newhart

When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.

Tracy Morgan

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

Fred Allen

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the limbo of yesteryear's happy hours. All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.

Gallagher

I need wrong to get laughs. I need a normal world so that I can be abnormal, and that's my problem. Comedians need prejudice.

Don Rickles

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'