Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Showalter

Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven commodities with built-in audiences. They may not have the writing chops of a Dave Eggers, but they're salacious and funny and self-reflective.

Lucia Micarelli

Classical music is always a really great way for me to get my chops to where I want them to be.

Jay Feaster

John Grahame is licking his chops to compete for that spot.

Glen Davis

He's a great player. He's an All-American. I am trying not to get too excited because a guy like me who is kind of low on the radar, is licking his chops right now because this is an opportunity to show the world that you can play.

Johnny Estrada

He might be licking his chops right now.

David Tom

Just a fun day to play golf. I definitely think last week helped me, coming in here when we had tough conditions (the first two days). Then when it doesn't blow, and you can hit a normal shot, you're licking your chops that, hey, I can score here.

Roger Bart

I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like it.

Alan King

I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb chops 26 nights in a row. Then I took over. I used to mind her not caring about food, but no more - as long as I can eat what I want.

Joel Salatin

The pig is not just pork chops and bacon and ham to us. The pig is a co-laborer in this great land-healing ministry.

Mallory Ortberg

A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.

Rod Wright

We're not coming out here to just hang with those guys and hopefully we can win the game in the fourth quarter. We want to dominate. That's not been said about USC.

Chipper Jones

We're not coming out here to go home after the first round. That would be a supreme disappointment.

Kurt Melton

We're not coming out at halftime with the intensity we need.

Herman Cain

We're not coming into Virginia to be a one-note Johnny.

E. B. White

We're not coming here with any false illusions.

Leinaala Lopes

We're not coming back until it is safe and secure.

Doug Holmes

Mandatory dues. Not only that, they were coming in there telling me you need to do this, you need to do that.

Susan Cohen

Life is lived in a circle. The dates keep coming back to you. People say, 'Move on.' But that implies a straight road taking you somewhere else. Nothing can take you out of the seasons of the years and the dates that recall your life. And since we were a happy family together, we had many happy days and those days are now sad days.

Dimitar Sasselov

Life is extremely resilient once it takes hold, but it requires rich chemistry, large energy sources, and stability, right from the beginning. The comparative planetology of our solar system makes it seem like those initial conditions are hard to come by.

Kofi Annan

Many are living in sub-human conditions and they fear for their future,

Ken Goldstein

Severe weather conditions and uncertainty over interest rates may help explain why the rise in the indicators was cut short.

Fernando Alonso

So far we have shown we are strong in all conditions on all tracks.

Salim Altaf

No one can predict the weather. It is difficult in such weather conditions to prepare the exact type of pitch you want for a Test.

Pradeep Hirethota

Nature ultimately determines what will come out. The conditions last year were evidently congenial for good survival.

Sarah Friedman

More income seems to create conditions more favorable to development.

Ben Bernanke

Monetary policy is most effective when it is coherent, consistent and predictable as possible, while at all times leaving full scope for flexibility and the use of judgment as conditions may require.

W. Hull

Now we're in this dry cycle, and quite frankly, Texans have forgotten how to deal with it. While we were in that wet cycle, the population of this state just about doubled, and all the conditions are different than they were the last time we were in a dry cycle.

Malin Akerman

People do think you're more intelligent if you have dark hair. But my husband definitely prefers me as a blonde.

Steve Tihanyi

We're not doing it because we're dazzled by celebrities. We do it for strategic purposes. Having the right type of personality (in GM vehicles) definitely helps the image of those vehicles.

Serena Williams

Like I said, in a later round, it's definitely easier, ... I've never played her this early, so it's a little tough.

Randy Jackson

Let's just say definitely look out for the outfits, because I think people are just getting a little crazy.

Stephen Ames

Let's put it this way. I'll take level par right now. At the end of the week, I think it will be pretty good. I wouldn't be far off by saying it's definitely going to be single-digits, without a doubt, winning the event.

Daniel Gibson

Losing in the first round last year was definitely a motivating factor. This year I didn't want it to happen again.

Kevin Reilly

Last year was horrific. We don't have the rocket fuel right now to lift us to the next level, but things are genuinely happening, and some of these shows are definitely moving in the right direction.

Sascha Hansen

Last year was definitely in the back of our minds. We had to finish it out this time.

Derek Hagan

Last year's game has definitely been lingering for all of us. We never imagined losing that game with the way we were playing last season.

Alexandra Paul

I loved doing Baywatch. It was so much fun!

Rod Blagojevich

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education.

Kou Shibasaki

Wouldn't it fun to be able to communicate with a horse while you were riding it?

Good Vietnam

Lt. Steven Hauk: Sir, in my heart, I know I'm funny.

Susan Danly

Magnum photographers can take a very somber picture but they can also take a very funny picture. I do hope people come away with a sense of humor about this.

Michael Clayton

(Madison) liked it. She thought it was fun time.

Aaron Williams

Liam is real cool. He's a funny guy. He's real smart, and he shows real good leadership on and off the court.

Ed Reed

Let it play. It's funny. I'm glad I got that highlight if they are going to keep playing it and put me on TV like that.

Yoda

Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing

Isabella Rossellini

I like to extend myself as an actress and David really helped me.

Kris Benson

Making one mistake instead of two helped me,

Jon Hogenson

Making it to the second day shows our kids we can do this. Playing in that competitive level helped us.

Ken Tutt

Losing last year I think really helped us win this year. And it makes it that much more special.

Christopher Monger

Sharon Stone said on many occasions that, before Roy, she was stuck in B-movies - Roy helped her make the transformation,

Gary Waters

McNamara would have helped them, but I don't know how much. They played like a team.

Jennifer Caldwell

Odyssey of the Mind is student-driven, and they aren't helped by parents or teachers. If the student wants to make a costume, they have to sew it themselves.

Roxane Gay

No one is helped when cultural critics use their voices irresponsibly.

Jono Cornelius

My curveball was actually a strike about 80 percent of the time. The umpire had a high zone and I think that helped me a little.

Jose Cano

Makes me nervous. I want him to get a hit right now. I don't want him to go down. I want him to stay here forever.

Retief Goosen

Luckily, it doesn't really hurt me when I hit the ball. I know it's there, but it's nothing serious.

Larry Gispert

Life could be very, very different if we get hit by a major hurricane.

Bob Murphrey

Leon and James hit some big shots ? they did what they are supposed to do.

Yvette Girouard

Leslie Klein hit her first home run in two years. She looks like she's back and she loves softball.

Curt Schilling

Seven of the 11 hits were on fastballs,

John Major

September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale.

Jim Lushine

Mother nature still has us in its sights. I hope it just wings us rather than hitting us in the gut.

Dan Gandin

McArdle hit some big shots for us in that first half. He really kept us in the game.

John Philbrook

Man-hours, especially in the last two quarters, have jumped dramatically. Our position has always been to have enough work here so we don't have to travel to find work. Well, we are in that situation now.

Rabindranath Tagore

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Steve Reinprecht

Making the run that we made, we're going into the season with a different attitude. We want to win our last game, that's the mindset here.

Steve Hadley

made that request last week in his public statements very clearly.

Bobby Bowden

Leon's got a chance, ... Last week, he couldn't have done it.

Jim Bolla

(Losing on senior night) last year was kind of a bummer. But as least we got a win tonight and we've got a lot of people out there supporting them.

William Jefferson

Louisiana is last on the things that we ought to be first on, and first on the things we ought to be last on. We can do better than this,

Ron Zook

Lou turned up the wick considerably this year from last year.

Sullivan Sykes

Last year we had the potential, but we could never get over that hurdle. This year we play more as a team.

David Bailey

It was licking at our heels. My shoes were singed.

Nelly

If you're fortunate to get a first album that sells 10 million you have nowhere to go but down. I'm just going to be honest and your measuring stick is so high that haters are licking their chops because you can't do nothing but fail.

Eric Morecambe

I get airsick just licking an airmail stamp.

Eddie Van Halen

I'm just a normal schmo like anyone else.

Dave Ramsey

Broke is normal. Why be normal?

John Benjamin Hickey

I was shooting the third season of 'The Big C' and doing 'The Normal Heart' at the same time on Broadway, and I thought, 'I'll never do anything as difficult as this.'

Deborah Moggach

I work every day from 9:30 or so until lunchtime. In the afternoons, I become a normal person - go shopping and do the garden and look after my grandchildren.

Cathy Rigby

When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are made for you.

George Goncalves

Traders normally try to use the supply story to push rates higher.

Selena Gomez

I want someone who can make me laugh and just be normal and understand my lifestyle and how I wanna live it.

Tom Verica

Most shows are normally 40 or 50 pages.

Nicole Appleton

I'm in the public eye. I know I'm not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.

Ed Cange

One night, somebody scores a lot, then another (night), it's someone else. That's our bedrock. It's a team concept.

Ned Yost

We had battled back for him and got him in a situation where the score was tied,

Reggie Lewis

For me, that's natural. The instinct to score comes naturally and if you have it, you've got to go to it.

Dominik Hasek

One of the important things was when it was 0-0 and we killed the five-on-three and they didn't score. We scored after and it's always better if you score the first goal.

Christopher Young

'Sinister' is the first score I've done in which there's no orchestra in it whatsoever. There are traditional instruments I sampled, then manipulated, so you don't even recognize the source anymore.

Patrick Ramsey

If we can do what we did tonight without the turnovers, then we'd score a lot of points, ... And I think it's a successful night for all of us. But those turnovers killed us. It negates really what we did.

Tim Pearce

If they score more than a 6 on this screening form, then they are not going out,

Keith Ballard

I don't get to score that often, so when I do it's fun. And to get the game-winner, it's exciting.

Judy Garland

I could sketch out a score in different keys, a new way each time.

Chris Graves

Obviously, we're disappointed, but we've got to keep working. It's always tough to go on the road, but we'll be prepared. That's all you can do.

Dennis Prager

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

Richard Shelby

I can tell you that at the end of the day, we're going to have to make some tough decisions.

Michael Spencer

From one to nine, they're all tough outs.

Ernie Goss

If we'd had a typical winter, it would have been a little tough for the retailers.

Sherlyn Lattimer

She was a tenacious, tough and strong-willed woman.

Ann Richards

She's always going to take on whatever is the toughest challenge.

Jeff Long

To us, Bo was just this lovable, great, hard-nosed tough coach,

Fred Couples

Tough day, long day. Teed off at 7 p.m. (6:45, actually). I don't think I've ever done that before.

Gail Sheehy

Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.

Bobby Petrino

No, no, we don't like having the bye week right after the opener,

Mike Holmgren

I was going to come out and wing it around. It had nothing to do with the week before.

Tom Chambers

I wish we could have been there a week before,

S. Walker

If we play like that every week we will win a lot of games.

Scott Collie

She will be out for at least a week ? anything after that is just speculation at this point.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Nicole Sullivan

I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years.