Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Bruyere

Let us not overstrain our talents, for if we do we shall do nothing with grace; a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman

William Cullen Bryant

So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.

Ozzie Guillen

Mr. Cooper, the gentleman from New York wants to speak with you.

George Eliot

Men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness

Debra Winger

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

Edgar Allan Poe

A gentleman with a pug nose is a contradiction in terms.

Dizzy Gillespie

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

Daniel Horowitz

one of the most gentle people I have ever known.

Dorothy Height

She said it in her gentle manner but with the same vigor of the prophets of old as they struck injustice,

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.