Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Clinton Van Doren

The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.

Jane Austen

I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.

Charles Spurgeon

Remember that thought is speech before God.

Edward Norton

Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation.

Camille Paglia

If someone offends you by speech, you must learn to defend yourself by speech.

Bennett Cerf

Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations.

Anthony Trollope

Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.

Demosthenes

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

Bill Peterson

I used to have this slight speech implement and couldn't remember things before I took the Sam Carnegie course.

Carol Kane

And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right.

Carol P. Christ

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

Carlos Ghosn

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.

C. S. Lewis

Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.

Agnes Smedley

For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.

Alan Thicke

If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.

Alan Shearer

First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.

Alan King

Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.

Alan Kay

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.

John Banville

When fans of mine meet me, I can see the disappointment in their eyes. Every artist knows of this phenomenon.

Les Kynett

We want racers, former racers, officials, former officials, crews, press, and especially fans to come out for the farewell party.

Aasif Mandvi

I was a fan of "The Daily Show" I watched it,I never imagined being on it, but I figured I would just go down there and do my best Stephen Colbert impression.

Greg Lowell

We've started well this year in big games. It got our fans into it and got our kids going early.

Jonathan Cain

We've seen a Renaissance in the fans ... a lot of younger 18-to-25 demographics.

Josh Turner

When I'm up on stage, I'm thinking more about my fans and about myself as a singer and an artist. When I'm at home being a daddy, the last thing I'm thinking about is being an artist. It is two things that I never really put together.

Tim Tessalone

We use them for the fans and as a revenue generator,

Taylor Lautner

When we're not filming or promoting then, you know, I live two different lives. So when I'm just in Taylor's life, and I'm just, you know, at home spending time with friends, it's great, it's a totally different life than this 'Twilight' world for sure. But it's amazing; our fans are the most passionate fans in the world!

Bret Michaels

I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.