Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alene Gentry's

Someone gave it to Aunt Mabel, who died in 1918, and then Grandma got it. She was about 13 years old.

Jeremy P. Johnson

I was pretty familiar with Grenada having come up here twice a year to visit my aunt Stella Conley, ... I'm just looking forward to the opportunity to play ball this season.

E. B. White

It fills a little niche; nobody's ever written about this before in this way because it's a book about a serious subject but told with such a respectful, light touch. It's one of those books you sit down and read start to finish because you can't put it down. And after you finish, you say 'My aunt would like this, and so would my great-grandmother and my sister.' And so people will buy one, and then come back and buy 10.

Judith Jamison

I tell young people that people aren't just going to flock to you as your mentors. You have to seek them out. It could be your next-door neighbor; it could be somebody upstairs from you, somebody down the block from you. An aunt or an uncle. Some relative. A parent.

Gladys Knight

I was just being obedient to what my parents saw in me. I was more interested in the things the women in my family, my mom, grandmother and aunt were all about: homemaking and cooking and housekeeping. I wanted to be a housewife and mom.

Mark Ruffalo

I did grow up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, around a lot of my mom's family. I had a lot of cousins and aunts and uncles around me, and my sisters and my brother. Probably the most formative part of it was that we grew up on the edge of a forest. It wasn't a big forest, but it was enough. When you're a kid, it feels gigantic.

Jamie Wyeth

From my earliest memories, my aunt was squirting out oil paint. I could just eat it. I would go from her studio and walk down to my father's house, and there he was, working in egg tempera.

Brandi Knight

I have a younger brother that is in between him and I. He has two nieces that he's never met, he has aunts and uncles and lots of cousins. He would have a very loving, strong support system. We love him and never stopped loving him.

Martin Landau

His mother died when he was a little kid, his father didn't understand him, and he was raised by an aunt and uncle and a grandfather on a farm. He had a lot of darkness, without question.

Todd Cheney

Our regional was so tough. We had a 103-pounder who took seventh in state and another state qualifier from a year ago who did not win a match. All things considered we did okay.

Seabo Gaeganelwe

Parliament considered national interest and in as much as people raise their objections, no one will intimidate or deny the people in the town the right to vote.

Ruth Comer

Part of (the demand for higher-cost products) has been fueled by the Food Network and cooking shows that use more exotic ingredients. A lot of items that were once considered specialty are now considered mainstream. Many are now staples in our produce section.

Adam Adelman

People might be delaying some purchasing decisions and in the short-term, that's considered a negative.

Ken Johnson

State legislatures have considered punitive measures that could have damaged physician-patient relationships and jeopardized the future development of potentially life-saving and life-enhancing medicines.

Marc Abrahams

Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be considered a breakthrough unless it first seemed a little ridiculous.

Bob Barr

That could be considered an obstruction of justice,

Eric Rudder

Our goal is to redefine what is considered a 'good enough' user experience today through integrated development and design capability,

Kevin Burns

Playboy After Dark' is one of the jewels in Playboy's crown and was considered an important cornerstone in Hugh Hefner's legacy. It was groundbreaking, in terms of being interracial, intergenerational and in terms of its format.

Vince Young

Respect. A lot of people who watch and understand the game of football could see how much I wanted that for my teammates and fans and family. It's been real crazy ever since, but it's been a blessing, and the hard work paid off a whole lot.

Homer Simpson

I'm hittin' the road. Maybe I'll drop you a line some day from wherever I wind up in this crazy old world.

Becky G

I think a part of it was the way my parents raised me. I think that's part of being raised in a big Latin family. To get an adult's attention you have to do something crazy, and my way was dancing on tables and singing and dancing. That was my way of getting everyone's attention. I'm loud and I like being loud.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I’m not stealing it. We’re stranded. This is called borrowing.” “This is called you’re crazy.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Nora: This is crazy. Patch: I'm crazy. About you.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I learned that I was either crazy in love with you, or putting on the best performance of my life.' -Nora (PG 263)

Becca Fitzpatrick

This is crazy," I told Patch in an undertone. "I'm crazy." He was on the brink of smiling again. "About you.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You're crazy. You're impossible.' 'I'm crazy?' He tipped my chin up and planted a quick, rough kiss on my mouth. 'And I must be crazy for putting up with it.

Becca Fitzpatrick

And here I thought they were called Peeping Toms." I didn't need to see him to know he wore a smile. "Stop laughing," I said, my cheeks hot with humiliation. "Get me down." "Jump." "What?" "I'll catch you." "Are you crazy? Go inside and open the window. Or get a ladder." "I don't need a ladder. Jump. I'm not going to drop you.

John Nichols

Our media seem to be waiting for Fitzgerald to do all the work. What if during Watergate we left things up to Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox?

Wendell Perkins

Oracle had a nice run and no longer fit our value parameters.

Tom McCabe

People need to know where they fit in. It's a very specific program.

Kaley Cuoco

Staying fit is all about trying to find enjoyment in something physical, because that's the only way you're gonna get results.

Jon Sundvold

Our work the last three weeks has indicated that these two men could potentially be good fits at the University of Missouri.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Physically he is not fully fit at the moment and he urgently needs to win match practice.

Kevin Mawae

We never talked about my contract. He said he wants smart players willing to do the little things the right way. I thought I would be one of those guys, but I didn't fit in their plans.

Paul Maholm

I was a little nervous. I was just trying to learn from all the guys -- knowing I was going to be one of the first ones cut. I just tried to fit in where I could.

Marie Kondo

I will only purchase what fits me. If I want to lose weight, I do that first and then go shopping.

Connie Lemos

Our mother did not want them to take Ritchie's name and whitewash it and they didn't. She liked it.

Reggie Larry

Out of all the schools that I was recruited by, they stuck with me from the beginning. I really liked them. I like it out in Idaho. Going up and meeting everybody, I liked all the coaches. It was not just about basketball, they're very sociable and you could talk to them about everything.

Sean Berdy

Planking is not as easy as you think, but it was very addicting to do in public! I liked the fun attention from the people when planking.

Jeff Sessions

I might have liked a different type nominee myself, but that's the president's choice.

Tom Moffett

We noticed in the paper they liked to shoot a lot of threes and we wanted to take that away from them.

Robert Pires

I will remind him of that one for sure, ... I was pleased with that, I liked it very much.

Mitch Hedberg

I wrote a script for a guy, and he said he liked it but he thought that I need to rewrite it. I said, Screw that, I'll just make a copy.

Jason Patric

I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.

Kaley Cuoco

I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.