Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Flora, always tall, had grown to be very broad too, and short of breath; but that was not much. Flora, whom he had left a lily, had become a peony; but that was not much. Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly. That was much. Flora, who had been spoiled and artless long ago, was determined to be spoiled and artless now. That was a fatal blow.

Chloe Grace Moretz

I think a lot of things can be misconstrued in a lot of ways. And I think if people open their minds more, and they try to look deeper into something than just something that is a very big, hot, fiery button to hide behind...I think if people looked into something bigger that I was trying to speak upon, they wouldn't be so easy to fire back silly, miscellaneous things.

Chogyam Trungpa

There is no promise of love and light or visions of any kind - no angels, no devils. Nothing happens: it is absolutely boring. Sometimes you feel silly. One often asks the question, "Who is kidding whom? Am I on to something or not?" You are not on to something. Traveling the path means you get off everything, there is no place to perch. Sit and feel your breath, be with it.

David Krumholtz

Halfway through Numbers, I got really jaded, and I had these unrealistic expectations about what Numbers could be. I thought it should be Emmy-nominated. I was in my mid-20s, so I was kind of shortsighted and silly.

Dave Barry

Perhaps you are thinking: 'But a tank costs several million dollars, not including floor mats. I don't have that kind of money.' Don't be silly. You're a consumer, right? You have credit cards, right? Perhaps you are thinking: 'Yes, but how am I going to pay the credit-card company?' Don't be silly. You have a tank, right?

Dave Barry

The method preferred by most balding men for making themselves look silly is called the comb over.

Dave Barry

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.

David Sarnoff

The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?

Cab Calloway

He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.

Charles Spurgeon

The wishing gate opens into nothing.

Al Stewart

The literati in their cellarsPerform semantic tarantellas.I wish I did it half as well as them.

Al Pacino

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

David Guetta

Wish I could spin my world into reverse just to have you back again

Caitlin Moran

I wish I could learn that just three drinks is enough, but I have not learned that.

Bryan Davis

Daryl shrugged. "If wishes were wardrobes, we'd be in Narnia.

Catherynne M. Valente

I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

William Shakespeare

Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.(attributed to)

William Shakespeare

If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.

China Chow

I used to be more glamorous.

Dee Dee Ramone

I used to be a hairdresser.

Diego Luna

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

Dick Cavett

I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

Dennis Miller

I used to be sceptic, but not anymore, because now I am positive that I'm getting screwed.

Edwin Moses

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

Bernard Ebbers

I used practically all the money I had available.

Chesley Sullenberger

It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.

Bob Saget

Friend of mine just told me he used to be a bad alcoholic. I calmed him down. Told him he was a good alcoholic just a horrible drinker.