Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of 'planet,' which, of course, only ever meant, 'Do you move against the background stars, regardless of what you're made of?'

Neil Cornish

Several years ago we showed that any finite universe in which light had time to 'wrap around' since the Big Bang would have the same pattern of cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations around pairs of circles.

Sam Johnson

Seniors provide us with a background of knowledge and experience that in this booming economy, where you can't find workers, they can fill the gaps and make companies whole again.

Bob Newman

Mike Mullen has a background in grant writing and that's what we'll be needing. Everyone is very impressed with how much the mayor is up to speed on this project.

Bruce Babbitt

Mistakes began with the preparation of the prescribed fire plan, ... Had those calculations been properly done, there would have been a larger background personnel and support (team on hand).

Rep Clymer

No one should be working until those background checks are completed.

Laurie Graham

My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned more about his background and culture, I became interested in using American voices.

Ella Eyre

My background was always more soulful pop. I was named after Ella Fitzgerald, and when I was a kid, I was listening to Lauryn Hill, Etta James, Joss Stone. For me, it was always about the voice.

Adrian Holovaty

My background is pretty evenly split between journalism, databases and computer programming, and this was an opportunity to combine all three. My goal for the project was to create a useful resource for Chicagoans.

Jimmye Laycock

Last year, they played really tough and they've got most of those people back, including their quarterback. It should be an exciting game.

Dan Wheldon

Scott and I already were talking that we want to make a big impact next year. That's a goal. I had a lot of success this season, and I'm looking to do the same (in '06). It will be a very exciting season in general. There will be a lot of competitive cars, so we'll have to be on top of our game.

Adam Topper

Sean is going to be a very exciting runner to watch this fall.

Roma Downey

Season number seven! It's been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could... and we did! We're terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think.

Chauncey Billups

Maybe we're not the most exciting team, but we know what it takes to win. That's what we do.

Jim Wilson

One of our goals has always been to provide fans with an exciting race program that is run fairly and efficiently.

Alice Hamilton

No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding.

Brian VanGorder

Obviously this is an exciting day for myself and my staff.

Ryan Howard

When I look at us, I see a young, exciting team. And with the guys we picked up, I can't wait to get to spring training and see it all unfold.

Richard P. Feynman

I got a fancy reputation. During high school, every puzzle that was known to man must have come to me. Every damn, crazy conundrum that people had invented, I knew.

Marc Rotenberg

We're not big fans for the posting of privacy policies because what is much more important is privacy practice.

Gary Bettman

Like all fans, we're thrilled that we're back and that the game is doing as well on the ice in terms of entertainment, excitement, speed and skill. And that our fans have been receptive.

Lance Armstrong

Luckily the fans saw through these (doping) allegations.

Mark Sanchez

'Luchadores, mil mascaras'... a thousand masks. I see a lot of those in Jets colors. And then the Hispanic fans of other teams, they'll wear them in their colors. And they're like, 'You're our guy, Sanchez, but I'm a Steelers fan.'

J. Hoover

Let's just say I was not a big fan of that decision.

Henry Ian Cusick

'Lost' fans were fantastic fans. I've said this before, but they were rabid, and they questioned everything - they were merciless, but I loved them for that.

Mike Tice

Look, when you go to some stadiums, it's so deafening that you can't hear. When you have 15,000-20,000 of the opponent's fans in there, it's not deafening. There is a difference. The fans that were there were great. But it wasn't like a big game when it's just your guys in there.

Simon Cowell

Look, she doesn't need to thank me and she doesn't need to thank American Idol. She does need to thank the fans who voted for her on American Idol. That's all.

Darin Strauss

My first book is about twins who are attached: two people who are joined and can't escape each other.

Richard Adams

My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today.

Michelle Ryan

I was shy and really into my school work and my drama. Then I joined 'EastEnders' at 16, and it was work, work, work. You become very isolated. I rarely went out and so didn't get to meet anyone.

Bill Campbell

Since she joined us, we haven't lost a match. She really makes a difference.

Vint Cerf

When I first joined Google in October of 2005, I was warned that I shouldn't be offended if people were doing their e-mails while a meeting was going on.

Will Poulter

I joined the after-school club, School of Comedy, which progressed wildly, and in quite a Hollywood way. It sounds like 'School of Rock', right up to trying to raise money to pay for a venue in Edinburgh.

Kate Thompson

I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.

Rosemary Palmer

He was persuaded that if he joined the Marines he would get a new sense of purpose.

Eduard Limonov

He has joined us without any conditions. Yegor stands for red, Soviet-style nationalism.

Albert Schweitzer

Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.

David Circle

Let them know that you support music programs.

Dan Hill

Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.

Janice Stockigt

Several of its themes and musical motifs are strikingly similar to those present in other Vivaldi works.

Grimes

My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music.

Laura Mvula

One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.

H. Hart

Music is feeling. Once you start thinking about it then you overdevelop it. It should come from the heart, the soul, and the subconscious. Music is all about the moment, and if you think about it then you're already in the next moment.

Rutina Wesley

Music is definitely influential on how I approach my scenes.

Daron Malakian

Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

Janice Stockigt

Several of its themes and musical motifs are strikingly similar to those present in other Vivaldi works.

Jason Moore

For your first musical in New York, to go to Broadway and be nominated for a Tony is a dream come true.

David Bowie

When the musical keyboard was created in the 1970's, you had electronic geeks that had no background in music created these devises and gave them to musicians that had no background in electronics. The result was some of the wierd sounds that came out in the '70s.

Rita Moreno

When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

Joel Murray

I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone.

Slash

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

David Gilmour

No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend.

Nathan Lane

Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

Lin-Manuel Miranda

The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot.

Isla Fisher

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

Kristy McNichol

I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11.

Peter Murray

More is going on now than at any time since the Victorians.

Mark Brunell

Obviously, it's been a long time since he's been in the playoffs, but he is used to winning in the playoffs.

Tyler Bolick

Basically, salaries have stayed the same since I started.

William Petty

I make this question, whether, since they do all live by begging... it were not better for the state to keep them.

Roberto Galvan

I have been here since Sunday. We are waiting for the blow.

Michelle Post

She's been working it since October. She wanted to throw it a lot earlier.

Kathy Connolly

She's been here since 5 a.m. this morning.

Alexandra Guarnaschelli

I find myself hoping I can get on a TV show, and then people from Oklahoma will come to my restaurant. Then I'll be able to make enough money to open my own place.

Magnus Scheving

LazyTown' is not a TV property, but a lifestyle brand for children.

Rocky Carroll

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.'

Dick Wolf

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

Dennis Farina

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

Debra Messing

I would absolutely be a litigator. I watch Court TV every day.

Rachel Tucker

I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the program, they said, 'What is your ultimate dream?' and I said, 'Broadway.'

Ed O'Brien

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

Dominic West

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.