Famous Quotes & Sayings

Italo Calvino

The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the 'personality-cult' of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable in others, and consequently in myself.

Italo Calvino

Every time I've had to do journalistic investigations, I've cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It's the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer.

Kevin Mitnick

My hacking was all about becoming the best at circumventing security. So when I was a fugitive, I worked systems administrator jobs to make money. I wasn't stealing money or using other people's credit cards. I was doing a 9-to-5 job.

David Stout

Machines have the power to become the ultimate interactive art-making tool. Computers are becoming postmodern blenders bringing together images, sound, and interactive, nonlinear space.

Dave Flaskas

Libby is the hottest swimmer in the world right now and is on the way to becoming a superstar, if she is not already there.

Ray Looze

Leila is at the threshold of becoming a world-class swimmer. With continued progress, she will be a force to be reckoned with at the end of the season.

Bobby Miller

Let the ice cap melt; it only reflects the heat from the sun, protecting earth from becoming just so much desert. The great grandchildren of the morons who elected and reelected George Exxon Bush and Dick Halliburton Cheney can survive, at least for a while, by killing off each other for a drink of water.

John Hewitt

Liberty Tax Service is a solid contender for the franchising industry to watch. Our growth is solid in number of new franchisees and new offices. We are establishing a visible brand name that's quickly becoming known for excellent customer service and a vibrant corporate culture.

Matthew Parry

Lower second- and third-quarter demand -- as the northern hemisphere warms, less crude oil is required for heating purposes -- will result in the already over-supplied global crude-oil market becoming increasingly bloated.

Richard P. Feynman

I decided to sell my drawings. However, I didn't want people to buy my drawings because the professor of physics isn't supposed to be able to draw - isn't that wonderful - so I made up a false name.

Manolo Blahnik

I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.

J. Horton

We're not buying some report that's going to go on the shelf and never be seen again. This is a research and marketing tool we can start using immediately once we get it.

Jill Nelson

We're not buying outright like Plato's. We're doing a 60/40 split.

Carolyn McCarthy

make it easier for criminals to buy guns at gun shows.

Tom Henderson

Make sure you go to a trusted source to buy your parts. If someone is selling you oil filters out of the back of a truck, they probably aren't the real thing.

Scott Holmes

Making habitat restoration part of public works projects is cheaper than eliminating the species and buying mitigation habitat at another location. With the San Pedro Project, for example, habitat restoration cost $3 million, but it would have cost $5-6 million (twice as much) to destroy the habitat and try to recreate it elsewhere.

John Savage

Let the guy do his thing. It's a unique event that should be encouraged even if you don't buy into the whole program. The guy's been doing it for 30 years around the world, and every place has survived.

Hugh Thomas

Licensing our WiFi product to Symbian was an important milestone for us. It provides a real endorsement that our technology is the de-facto standard for the future. From a commercial perspective it positions us well to deal with the handset manufactures, as they will know that they are protected for the future if they buy from us today.

Mark Twain

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born.

Max von Essen

My environment is important to me. I'd rather give up other things in my life - I might not take vacations or spend a lot of money on clothes - so that I can live in a home I feel really good about.

Derrick McKenzie

Music in England is like clothes. It's a fashion thing. But we're still doing the same kind of music we were doing at the beginning. We've just matured.

Bob Mankoff

Now we have to devote the rest of our lives to cross country to validate the clothes.

Anthony Cannon

New Orleans was my home, ... Everything we own is gone now. I used to go home to Georgia and wouldn't have any clothes because everything was (in New Orleans). Now it's going to be the same way.

Hailee Steinfeld

When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.

Tina Fey

I like to delude myself that I'm in the old-Hollywood mode. I just tailor my clothes well and try to keep my skin clear. While it would be great to work out an hour a day, there is something inherently sort of selfish about it. I can't do it.

Elisha Cuthbert

I feel like I'm one of the Simpson's' (referring to her having to wear the same clothes for an entire season of 24)

Ben Jonson

Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit.

Craig Whelihan

Like every football team, NFL or arena, you want to start out with a win. It puts everyone in a good frame of mind. It kind of shows you where you're at early in the season. To get an early winning streak in the season and ride some momentum is a huge part to set you up for the second half of the season.

Mike Bauer

Luke Harman did a great job of finding Davin and Sam early and that really opened things up inside for Maurice and Casey.

Joe Horvath

Losing those early matches all in a row just tore our morale in two. I'm surprised that we were able to fight back as much as we did at the end of the meet.

W. S. Gilbert

Last year was pretty much another freshman year for me, and early on I was fine. But then once we got into conference, in those pressure situations, sometimes I guess I got too nervous.

Joey Galloway

Last year, with the early injuries, we started shuffling some guys around and that's tough. It's tough to be successful that way.

Ron Noedel

Last year what happened is we jumped on them early and got her frustrated. Today was a whole different story. We couldn't get to her today and she just got really strong.

Ronald Vincent

(Leggett) was throwing three pitches for strikes, and getting his changeup and curveball over early in the year is difficult. We have to make adjustments and see it a lot of times.

Steve Wammer

Leah had a great year. She had some injuries early and we had to kind of watch her a little bit. But by the end of the year, she was on top of her game.

Mark Hamilton

Sean threw fantastic. It was good to get him some early runs. We've started stringing together those timely hits, and it helps the pitching staff.

Patty Vavra

Like I said before, it's a really strong event for us, especially in relationship to depth.

Alicia Figgs

Life in us is like the water in a river that eventually runs out.

Boris Yeltsin

Let us do everything to...ensure that those tragic events never happen in our land again.

Jack Warner

Leah was solid in all three of her events. She will impress a lot of people this year.

Allison Forsyth

My main focus is the giant slalom, that's the event I know I can be on the podium in if I ski best.

LaClaire Carter

My legs were really tight today, so I didn't run all my events. I saw what I can improve, and I need to work on my start in the 60.

Jeff Callahan

One of the things I really like about this event is how it gets people together. I think relays keep more people involved and interested in how your teammates are doing.

Moira Kelly

My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.

Wayne Vutech

More and more people are cognizant of the event now.

Ricky Ray

Man, did we run the football really well. It all starts up front. They were doing a great job of controlling the line of scrimmage and Troy was doing a good job of making his reads and getting a lot of yardage.

Ricky Ray

Man, did we run the football really well, ... It all starts up front. They were doing a great job of controlling the line of scrimmage and Troy was doing a good job of making his reads and getting a lot of yardage.

Richard Seymour

Make no mistake about it. That wasn't the reason that we lost that football game.

David Wright

Last year we started off pretty horrible and this year we're off to a good start. If this was a football season we'd be sitting pretty right now, but in baseball, we have a long way to go.

Jeff King

Lee said he wants to play in the Football League and I understand that.

John Giles

Selling him to Leeds, not seeing his potential as a midfield player, was my greatest mistake in football.

Youri Djorkaeff

Mo guaranteed me some new players, and a kind of football, more offensive. He didn't guarantee me victory, but to try, it was very important to me.

Chris Connolly

Mt. Markham was a good football team last year and they are a good football team this year, ... I know they lost their big back from last year but this was a good test. Next up is Richfield and they are another good team. They played us tough last year at their place.

Joe King

Me and the team want to win the state championship. We want to go undefeated this year and show the state what Southside football is all about.

Pat Wilders

Many of these girls treat their prom like they would treat their weddings.

John Hodgman

Many people, many girls have tried to teach me the rules to football. And you would think that it would get in my head that way, but I just don't understand it.

Kevin Knight

Several of the girls can play several positions. It's nice to have some options.

Joanie Ewing

(Moffat) played really well. They are usually at about 290. Rifle had two girls in the low 90s.

Danny Starkey

Mountain View's a great team. I'm proud of our girls because they never quit again. This tournament was a good test for them for next season.

George Beck

McCoy is one of the older girls and more experienced. She's a good, strong, powerful hitter and makes good contact. We're glad to have her. She's the only real power we have on the team. Everyone else is singles hitters.

Dorothy Rothschild Parker

Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses

Bob LeCours

My job is to get these girls to states. These totals are a little short where we need to be. How we do at (Belleview) will be important.

Brenda Clark

One point, it's hard to believe. I'm still happy with the way we performed. We had a lot of girls place in the top three.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Joff Redfern

Now, we're saying there's a wider universe out there.

Anthony Blair

Never let them see you're nervous, ... It's not what you're saying that counts, but how you say it.

Earl Hamner

I can't get used to saying the words, 'my biographer,'

Amber Frey

On Saturday, you were saying that there's so many things you thought about ... about us, but you haven't shared them with me. Why can't you share them to me on the phone?

Greg Biffle

So I'm saying we're not out of it.

Giulio Tremonti

I have been saying for three years that Fazio is not suitable for this job.

Herman Edwards

I don't even know, ... I'm not trying to start a quarterback controversy and say who the quarterback is. Anything is possible. But I'm not saying we're switching, I'm not saying that.

Kenny Loggins

That's an old saying I just made up.

Denis Breslin

We're not saying a whole lot right now.

Holly Johnson

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

Jose Gutierrez

I don't have a long-sleeve shirt to wear.

Dean Geyer

Over the years, I've had a few roles where I've had to take my shirt off. I've kind of been the 'shirt-off' guy.

Morris Chestnut

I'm not going to take my shirt off in every movie.

Cesc Fabregas

If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me.

Genesis Rodriguez

I like when a guy has his shirt off and I can see his chest and his abs. When it's all smooth, you can see a lot.

Robert Scoble

There is a shirt company that is making sensors that go into your clothing. They will watch how you sit, run or ski and give data on that information.

John Short

I think it was a shirt or something.

Maria Schmidt

We're overwhelmed by the bidding. This is already way over what any of us thought the shirts would bring.

Jack Rio

If Byron doesn't have any setbacks, he's our starting quarterback.

Karel Bruckner

I can tell you that the starting lineup will be very different this time.

Kevin McHale

Getting Marko was something we really wanted to do. It's all starting to come together.

Herman Edwards

If we had to play tomorrow, ... Kingsbury would be our starting quarterback.

Rob Niedermayer

I didn't want to go. I really wanted to stay. Things were starting to go well. I was pretty disappointed when I got traded.

Dan McCarney

I don't know who the starting kicker's going to be.

Jonathan Taylor

Tribes are starting to make it on their own.

Aaron Levie

The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.

Al Leiter

I like starting. It's pretty cool.

John Dingell

Let's look at the system. First, the characteristics they're talking about they say is a fingerprint. In fact, it's more like a tire print.

Dick Wolf

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

Diane Sawyer

I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.

Dennis Quaid

I grew up Baptist and still go to church. I myself have explored other religions, because I want to know what it is that makes other people tick. I find we're all talking about the same thing, really - it's all God.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

Eleanor Roosevelt

talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.

Edward Abbey

Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce soon: nothing but words.

John Clifford

From talking to him, I think he wants to play receiver.

John Groff

From what we have been talking about, it's going to be really something.

Mary Scott

No one should have been treated like that.

Kate Winslet

My favorite breakfast probably in the whole wide world, real treaty favorite breakfast, is eggs benedict.

Scott Andreassi

She was treated no differently than any other individual.

Tipper Gore

For mental illnesses, we need better access to treatment and diagnosis.

John Walters

There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined.

David Murray

We are having a ball. And it's a treat to work with my brother.

Joe Williams

Treatment is the way to go, ... It can work if you have the right model.

Craig Hill

Treatment is available. It's (addictive) and treatment works.

Leon Russell

Treatment for it is not all that effective,