Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

Alan Watts

You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

Alan Watts

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

David Miliband

I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.

David Knopfler

My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

Dave Barry

Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?” “We’re going to look for water,” said Alf. “And food?” said Tubby Ted. “Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.” “We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted.

Dave Barry

Turbulence: This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, "Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence." Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water buffalo organs off the windshield.

Dave Barry

I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is asking for trouble. Most of them have had their boats sitting in their driveways long enough to be registered historical landmarks.

David Stockman

I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries....

Sean Dolan

We started running the numbers to see what we could cut, but we really didn't have to change much, ... I had friends in the same boat who were one payment from losing their house.

Grant Dalton

We stopped the boat and Stefano jumped in to take a look.

Rep. Reece

We want our boat industry to stay strong and viable ... because it brings a lot of sales tax dollars to Hall County.

Brad Schaefer

We were at a boat show at the Qwest Center and I tried it and liked it.

Daniele Pasca

Whether the boat you are sailing is big or small, the winds are the same. A sailor goes from one point of land to another, but in the circus we sail from one dream to another. With a smaller boat, it's easier to navigate around the icebergs.

John Morrill

We're missing the boat on a lot of cool things.

E. Hurley

We respect what they do, the job they perform. But they have these teeny-weenie boats that don't really do much.

John Metcalf

We felt it was our responsibility to do this as neighbors. These boats are big, industrial-looking boats that are used for duck hunting. They are very open and they can put stuff, people, pets, livestock or whatever they want in them.

Steve Capps

We know what the boat is worth to us. That price was too high for us.

Camille Claudel

Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.

Caryl Churchill

You make beauty and it disappears, I love that.

David Sutton

We've all put in a lot of effort and energy. We want success. We don't want this to disappear one year because we don't have a grant.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love that endures, from life that disappears!

Robert Klein

I guess I'm pleased and proud of the respect of my peers, and that when I disappear from the scene or from this earth, I will have left a mark. They'll say, 'He did it well.' I like being funny; it opens people up.

Chris Evans

If I do cardio I'll disappear.

Barbara Rosenblat

I'm always telling students when I do a master class on audiobooks: 'Watch Meryl Streep. Watch her disappear into a role; watch what she does.'

Gregory Stock

Geographic boundaries really begin to disappear with the Internet.

Annette Bening

It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great actor is a thing of mystery.