Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Castaneda

Sorcerers are convinced that all of us are a bunch of nincompoops. We can never relinquish our crummy control voluntarily, thus we have to be tricked

Howie Dickenman

We have no stars on this team, just a bunch of workers.

Bud Grant

We have no leadership. They rule by a herd. Nobody is in charge. ... It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

Dennis Lyxzen

We want people to leave the show thinking, 'Man, those socialists are a sexy bunch and they can dance, too'.

Roy Williams

We were a pretty confident bunch beforehand. I think I'm confident. I hope it's not over the edge of cockiness, but I told them I felt like we were the only team in this country that could come in here and win this game.

James Mercer

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that flows together, that brings you back.

Terry Zwigoff

A lot of things I have turned down ended up being a big embarrassment. Like that script, 'The Beaver.' I thought that was one of the worst scripts I had ever read. But everyone said, 'Ooh it's on the Black List.' Yeah, well, good for it. They're a bunch of idiots. I saw the final film, and there were no surprises.

Scarlett Johansson

Uh, Disneyland Drive right on the entrance to the 5 Freeway . . . actually we pulled off to the side but, unfortunately, we have a bunch of paparazzi cars also following us.

Elle King

I'm really not good at anything else, so if I don't make it as a musician, I'll probably just end up living in the woods with a bunch of dogs.

Sherwood Schwartz

When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should be able to erase the names of the characters saying the lines and still be able to know who said it. If you can't do that, the show will fail.

Javier Bardem

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

Jeff Lemire

When I do 'Sweet Tooth,' really, whatever I want to do with the characters kind of goes. I'm sort of in charge.

Tom Hardy

The characters I've played have been mostly violent, and I'm so far from being violent or aggressive. I spend a lot of time watching 'Fireman Sam' with my three-year-old son Louis.

A. S. Byatt

I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are.

Thayer David

I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy.

Thomas Steinbeck

The characters in my stories, whether historical or fictional, usually prove to be a compilation of influences taken from differing sources, but never drawn from one model.

Thomas Ian Nicholas

Usually, people write the characters into a box, and that's just not true to life.

Trudi Canavan

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.

Bob Bowlsby

When you see a crew that was obviously over their head in our game and obviously over their head in Michigan-Nebraska game, it will stimulate a lot of discussion.

Karen Carlson

The production crew actually took him into custody.

Elian Gonzalez

I don't profess to have any religion, but if I did, my God would be Fidel Castro. He is like a ship that knew to take his crew on the right path.

Richard Crockett

With the yacht inverted, preparing it had to have been extremely difficult. Salvage crew would have had to cut the mast off, seal the boat, turn it over and then tow it.

Joseph Prueher

We've got assurances that our crew is safe and sound and that we'll get to see them soon.

Katie McGrath

Working crew made me realise that the actors are a very small part of a very big machine, with each part being vital to make the show work. It so important to remember that it's not about you, it's about the show, and working crew hammered that point home to me.

Michael Aspel

When I was introduced to the crew on the first occasion, I told them I didn't expect to enhance it - I'd just try not to damage it!

Pat Descher

Miss Jackie is the hardest working, most loyal employee. She cleans the lobby like it's her own home. She talks to customers like they're her own friends. To the crew and the people who work there, she is like their grandma.

Bill Shepherd

So I just want to wish everybody down there happy Thanksgiving from the crew of space station Alpha.

Rob Blake

We have to get points in every game. We'll take this point and we're not satisfied, but we'll definitely take it after being down with 7 minutes left.

Jerome Bettis

Whenever you go into a situation where it could be your last play, there's a sense of desperation. I definitely feel it, and I try to encourage my teammates and lead by example. It doesn't matter how we do it, all that matters is we get it done.

Wade Redden

Whenever something needs to be done, it seems like he's the guy who's out there, leading the way. He's definitely a candidate.

Julian Gardner

We were belted in the set pieces by a NSW team that was definitely up for the game.

Lisa Nash

We've seen some very heavy trading today, which could be related to the news. Once the news broke, there definitely was an increase in trading.

John Margarita

The extra week helped us since we're a young team, but the guys are definitely ready to start playing for real. We'll see what Ophelia brings, but they've got the turf down there and we're expecting to play regardless.

Olli Jokinen

We've still got Krajicek and Bouwmeester as well. You definitely need four guys on the power play, maybe even three units during the year.

Janet Baird

We've still got a long way to go, but making it back to state is definitely in the back of their minds. Hopefully, we'll improve enough to make a run at it.

John Campbell

There is a lot of good quality music being made and from this tour and the touring we've been doing over the 10 years there has definitely been a big pickup in people showing up, especially in girls 18-24.

Barbara Bush

When your heart feels as if it is sitting in your stomach, there is less room for food.

Aaron Tveit

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

Fritz Elmendorf

We've seen record numbers of bankruptcies every year. The lending industry feels there are a number of filings that are abusive and could have been avoided.

Tom Bissell

All the stuff I love most in game storytelling is never the big-picture stuff; it's the stuff that feels like curlicues, stuff that's just there because it's a game and because you can do it.

Courtney Price

We're just trying to reach our goals right now. It feels like we're on the right track. We had a very successful preseason.

David Brooks

If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK.

David Mitchell

Japanese food makes me feel particularly good.

Emma Thomas

The great thing about a trilogy is that it feels like you've got a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Luis Suarez

Every player feels differently about playing football. We are all different people. I am the type who wants to win all the time. I hate to lose.

Susan B. Anthony

Current creation has exiled the turning wheel, and the same law of advancement makes the lady of today an alternate lady from her grandma.

Kyle Waters

We know we're going to have some fraud, but in the grand scheme of things, it's the price we're going to pay to serve our community.

Djuna Barnes

Suffering for love is how I have learned practically everything I know, love of grandmother up and on.

Bryan Sykes

By looking at the details of the DNA, it is possible to chart the flow of your ancestry from your ultimate grandmother to more modern times.

Caroline Kennedy

I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.

Lewis Gordon Pugh

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.

Alan Jackson

I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.

Al Sharpton

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

Chris Colfer

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

The Eagles

We want to put it on the defense's shoulders. More than anything we want to score on defense. We weren't able to do that, but we held on long enough so those guys could pick it up. They got in their rhythm and they did their thing.

Kevin Garnett

We have to hang on to our leads. We give them away like they're candy. It's frustrating. You have to understand the personnel. We have a young team. Our guys haven't been in these situations, and they're learning.

Sean Payton

We have to get some of these heavy guys up to speed quick.

Brian McClennan

We have no stars in our camp. For us to win we have to have 17 guys playing well." ()

John Tortorella

We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.

Rodney Harrison

We have so many veteran guys like Willie McGinest, Mike Vrabel, Richard Seymour, Larry Izzo, guys that have been in the fire. We lose those two guys (Bruschi and Johnson), but other guys have really stepped up to really meet that challenge.

Robbie Reiser

When everyone had written us out of the chase, that spurred these guys on, and we weren't going to go down without a fight.

Avery Johnson

We want our main guys to start playing now. You'll see some different looks.

Gary Tague

We were a young team that just missed on some things last year. This year, most of those guys are back.

Alan King

Modesty is not one of my virtues.

Coco Chanel

Modesty is the highest elegance

William Shakespeare

Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty.

Robert Buchanan

She just wore Enough for modesty - no more

Balthazar Getty

I had a very modest upbringing.

William Collins

If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, / May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear.

David Heyman

I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened.

Francis Baron

We will find alternative accommodation, probably of a more modest nature.

Mark Helprin

Unlike Hezbollah, Israel's more modest aim is to survive, and that it has done.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

When I'm on the set, I'll come up with ideas if I'm sort of just between responsibilities, because there's a lot of sitting around on set. Invariably, though, the stuff I come up with on the set tends to be bad.

Sarah Snook

I always wanted to do some sort of action film - even a superhero movie - and when 'Lucy' came out, I was like, 'That's what I want to do.'

Lyle Bauer

What we didn't want was it to be sort of a one-hit wonder.

Nigel Kneale

You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The viewer thinks it's going to be about something and it does the opposite.

Kiesza

I tend to sort of dive into things without worrying about risk or anything. Like, when I get an idea, I tend to just go for it and see what happens.

John Godfrey

Until they sort it out, we're not going to get in the way.

Ernie Hudson

I think it's important to find the joy in your work and the things that sort of renew that.

Paul Souza

We're sort of bucking the trend a little bit.

Desmond Soon

Let's see what sort of spreads it comes out at.

Charlie Cox

It's very, very tempting to make a superhero film or show and make it about the powers.

Tarvaris Jackson

I don't remember anything from the Bills. It was rough there, but it is what it is. Now I'm here in the Super Bowl, just trying to enjoy that.

Carl Sagan

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

Mario Harpel

This was a super win for Nick. He has been working hard. It was a well-deserved win.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

The police officer who puts their life on the line with no superpowers, no X-Ray vision, no super-strength, no ability to fly, and above all no invulnerability to bullets, reveals far greater virtue than Superman—who is only a mere superhero.

Bai Ling

I'm not superstitious.

Baha'u'llah

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.

Ashley Jensen

I've reached a point in my life where going to the supermarket is a day out.

Bill Maher

Like it or not, we're still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation.

James Garner

There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.

Daisy Ridley

Carey Mulligan and Felicity Jones are two of my favorites. I'm not so much younger than them. I like that. It's kind of aspirational.

Bianca Lawson

I am so lazy. I really don't have a regimen. When I was younger I used to be into cardio and taebo and step-orobics and hiking. Lately, I haven't done anything at all. I'd like to get into yoga, but I've been really bad.

Tamara Ecclestone

When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.

Chris Evert

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.

Martin Parr

I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.

Patti Smith

My siblings were a bit younger than me, and I was always entertaining them and making up stories.

Liam Hemsworth

As the younger brother, I think you always have crushes on your older brother's girlfriends.

Moira Kelly

They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.