Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oscar Ortiz

We might experience some kind of unforeseen upsets in repairing the city, but we are hoping to reopen Port Arthur by Friday.

Kenneth Langone

A little more than 30 years ago, Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Pat Farrah and I got together and founded The Home Depot.

Fred Thompson

I'd much rather be pitching to Arthur Branch, sitting behind you there, on 'Law and Order,' than you.

Ray Depwe

When Arthur spoke, everyone listened because of the money he had made them before.

Vincent Bugliosi

I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.

Robert Williams

The outstanding challenges associated with managing electronic information assets have the potential to be devastating in terms of professional careers and even corporate reputations. Just look at the impact that deficient records management practices had at Arthur Andersen and Morgan Stanley.

Bradley James

As an actor, when you go for auditions, there are certain roles that come along and you think, 'I really want that one,' and Prince Arthur was definitely one of those.

Bradley James

Because of the nature of King Arthur and the resonance he has, not only with within the U.K., but right around the world, I have found it a huge honour to play the part. I will look back on it very fondly and be very proud to have been King Arthur when I finally hang up the chain mail!

Bradley James

In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.

Mike Birbiglia

When I was in college, I wanted to write for 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' and I was an intern there.

Stephen Lang

I love the role I'm playing in 'Conan.' I'm enjoying making the film tremendously. It's very physically demanding. You know, Conan is 28 years younger than me and a big dude, so I have to depend upon my wolf-like wiles to defeat this young bull.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.

John Adams

My country has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the most insignificant office (the Vice-Presidency) that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived

Laurent Fabius

I have always conceived of the construction of Europe as a movement which permits slowly and surely an upwards social and economic harmonisation.

Jeffrey Thomas

I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.

Doug Liman

Simon had originally conceived 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' as a TV show not as a movie.

Warren Spector

I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.

Leon Theremin

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry.

Michael Haneke

'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.

Venerable Bede

Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.

Andrew Smith

Making the tax cuts permanent is one thing I think he can push through. That feeds into job growth and his concept of an ownership society.

Bob Podges

Liana is really starting to understand the concept of taking what she can get and not forcing it.

David Elkind

Learning teaches us what is known, play makes it possible for new things to be learned. There are many concepts and skills that can only be learned through play.

Jason Catlett

My initial concept was deplorably vague. All I knew was that the Internet and privacy were on a collision course.

Dave Winer

Net neutrality is a concept that the tech industry rallies around, but it is hypocrisy.

Anita Elberse

One problem with relying on existing concepts is that it could stifle innovation, weakening the film sector over time.

Sophie Aldred

My concept of a 'Doctor Who' girl was that you screamed a lot and ran around quarries in unsuitable footwear. Of course you fell over and twisted your ankle, because you had high heels on.

Paolo Bacigalupi

My conception of my ideal reader has expanded quite a lot as I've matured: Ultimately when I think of my ideal reader, it's someone who's not sitting down with the intention of automatically arguing with the book: somebody who's going to give me enough slack to tell my story.

Song Min

Now we are talking about the concept of the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy. We are not at the stage to discuss in details about how this concept will develop at a later stage,

George Whalin

On the other hand, every major retailer subscribes to weather consulting firms that give seasonal forecasts over a period of a year in advance. They can better plan inventory accordingly.

Nevada Democrat

I look forward to consulting with the president on the O'Connor seat. Justice O'Connor has been a voice of moderation and reason on the court and should be replaced by someone who, like her, embodies the fundamental American values of fairness, liberty and equality.

Harry Reid

You don't need a lot of consultation if the person you're consulting with listens to you. So we'll see.

Edward Weston

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

Katie Hafner

The story of the Web starts in 1980, when Berners-Lee, a young consulting physicist at the CERN physics laboratory near Geneva, grew frustrated with existing methods for finding and transferring information.

Marty Heires

When we were alerted of the two undocumented workers - and after consulting with authorities - we shut down the site,

Federico Opinion

We have no law on hacking. We are consulting some technical experts to see how it would fit into wire-tapping laws.

Mark Smith

I think it's a good idea. Just because you retain them for consulting doesn't mean you will get good advice.

Steve Morgan

He is resting comfortably and consulting with the doctors, ... We are hopeful that he recovers quickly.

Jacqueline Leo

Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player's uniform. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks.

Kelly Ryan

Mozart wrote some of the most famous operas of all time; Mozart wrote some of the most famous Masses of all time, strong quartets, symphonies.

James McCartney

Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around.

Maisie Williams

No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.

Max Clifford

Now people are famous for doing things that 15 years ago they would have tried hard to keep out of the papers.

Matthew Burns

When I grow up, I want to be an artist, a person who sews things and a guitar player. I hope I am famous someday.

Doug Harvey

I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.

Edgar Allan Poe

This maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

Andy Borowitz

Get over yourselves with the coffee. You know, we all have it. It's like being famous for mustard or gum.

Richard Rogers

If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed.

Richard P. Feynman

Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories.

Robert Wilson

One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our time.

Ron Wood

Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.

Stuart Anderson

Like any other day, you feel like you leave a few out there. But any time you shoot 68 with a hole in one, you can't complain.

James Kilts

Mach3 will remain No. 1 for the first few years, but Fusion will become our flagship brand.

Kelly Martin

Magdalena's beatable, but they're tough. Our girls got stuck a few times, but they never gave up.

David Margolick

Louis was a man of few words. And unfortunately most of the other guys were not great diarists.

David Margolick

Louis was a man of few words, ... And unfortunately most of the other guys were not great diarists.

Jason Williams

My influences are Priest Holmes and Walter Payton,

Laurie R. King

Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired.

Arthur Conan Doyle

…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

Arthur Conan Doyle

I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for

Arthur Conan Doyle

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

Arthur Conan Doyle

It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.

John Romano

One will get more than what they originally bargained for, I guess.

Steve Smith

Frankly, we wonder if (the NCAA) ever read some of the original documentation we filed in the first place.

David Hewson

I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling.

Cheech Marin

The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States.

Banksy

One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.

Fran Townsend

When we were preparing the president's speech we had originally picked a different plot to try and declassify to talk about.

Michael Chetcuti

We're going to restore the original part of the building, not so that it is historically correct, but for other uses.

Tracy Letts

Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any of the actors who did the original production of 'August' could have done the film of 'August.' I don't think any of them were particularly surprised when they didn't wind up doing the film.

Bob Dylan

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

Richard P. Feynman

The drawing teacher has this problem of communicating how to draw by osmosis and not by instruction, while the physics teacher has the problem of always teaching techniques, rather than the spirit, of how to go about solving physical problems.

Twyla Tharp

Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.

Bud Selig

If a player has a physical problem, I understand.

Kammron Taylor

We need to be a little more physical out there.

Orlando Anaya

She's so personable, nice, and sweet, plus she's not that big for a swimmer, so she can relate to the swimmer's who aren't physically gifted.

Holly Misto

She was fronting and we pushed back a little tonight. It was a physical game.

Rob Gordon

Since we've been at Eustis, I don't think we've played in a more physical game.

Cory Booker

You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.

Larry Anderson

We played a lot better in the second half, but they're physical and we didn't get a lot of second chances.

Edie Campbell

Sometimes I wake up and think, 'I want to look like Sherlock Holmes today,' and other times I want to look like a witch from 'Macbeth.'

Edward Kennedy

If I can leave a single message with the younger generation, it is to lash yourself to the mast, like Ulysses if you must, to escape the siren calls of complacency and indifference.

Allan Bloom

The sirens sing sotto voce these days, and the young already have enough wax in their ears to pass them by without danger.

William Congreve

Well, Sir Joseph, you have such a winning way with you.

Terry Pratchett

Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'm a writer. What do I do? Sit there watching my wife clean up?' I don't know. I like being a writer.

Jaron Lanier

Siren Servers are narcissists; blind to where value comes from, including the web of global interdependence that is at the core of their own value.

Frances Mayes

Italy's siren call lures us more and more.

Fernando Pessoa

I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities.

Maggie Stiefvater

you're like a siren, leading me into dangerous places

Linda Howard

Pleasure was a siren, luring her to experience more