Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hussam Ayloush

Reform is alive and well within Islam, but it will only happen by those from within Islam and not those who hate Islam.

John Gay

Our Polly is a sad slut! nor heeds what we have taught her. / I wonder any man alive will ever rear a daughter!

Steve Griffith

Our offense really came alive tonight, and that was good for us overall. That gave our pitchers something to work with, and then it gave us more confidence going out between innings.

Kristy Dwyer

Our offense really came alive in the fifth game. We had some excellent serving and (Hilmar wasn't) able to attack anymore and gave us some free balls.

Carl Barat

Suffice to say, I have waited for something I can sing and play with sheer truth, ... The band is great, Didz is grand, and I am feeling alive again. We will be playing live before you know it.

James Browning

Our feelings are we're still alive and still have momentum behind us. We know in our hearts we can do it.

John Baird

Our Valentine's Day Romance Survey shows romance is alive and well, but also that many of the traditional proposal practices are evolving. Traditions such as proposing on bended knee and the man choosing the engagement ring alone are much less popular than anticipated. However, the study also showed that traditional proposal customs were much more important to younger adults, suggesting we're entering a new era of romance.

Karen Albanese

Our bats stayed alive today and we got the little hits when we needed them.

Ron Fussell

Our bats have really come alive for us. Our first three batters have just been on fire. They're all coming up with big hits.

Mark Gatiss

One of the pleasures of the original 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows.

Charles Dickens

Uriah, with his long hands slowly twining over one another, made a ghastly writhe from the waist upwards.

Mark Gatiss

It was all quite ghastly and I was very fond of it.

Carrie Underwood

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

Bernadette Peters

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.

Bill Burr

I don't mind either one [crowd that is more willing to interact or crowd that's more ready to just watch]. Both of them are forms of listening to what I'm saying so I can't ask for any more than that.

Geri Federico

That will be something we will do a lot of is listening to students.

Nick Hornby

I think a lot of unpublished writers feel the same way. They're not getting anywhere, and nobody's listening to them. You do get frustrated.

Michael Jacobson

Listening to them, you would think they want studies done on humans.

Patrick Moynihan

listening to probably the wisest New Yorker that we can know of at this time.

Walter Pater

He seemed to those about him as one listening to a voice, silent for other men

Greg Simon

He's been visiting with people, first thanking them for all the work they did while he was in public service, and he's listening to people to see what they thought went right and wrong.

Bill Cosby

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked.

Bill Cosby

The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and the genius of commanding and moving pieces and ... No. It's marriage. The Queen moves anywhere she wants.

C. S. Lewis

We feasted on love; every mode of it, solemn and merry, romantic and realistic, sometimes as dramatic as a thunderstorm, sometimes comfortable and unemphatic as putting on your soft slippers. She was my pupil and my teacher, my subject and my sovereign, my trusty comrade, friends, shipmate, fellow-soldier. My mistress, but at the same time all that any man friend has ever been to me.

C. S. Lewis

I am in love and out of it I will not go.

C. S. Lewis

The most precious gift that marriage gave me was the constant impact of something very close and intimate, yet all the time unmistakably other, resistant - in a word, real.

Bette Davis

The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.

Anthony Storr

A happy marriage perhaps represents the ideal of human relationship -- a setting in which each partner, while acknowledging the need of the other, feels free to be what he or she by nature is: a relationship in which instinct as well as intellect can find expression; in which giving and taking are equal; in which each accepts the other, and I confronts Thou.

Anthony Storr

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

Bertrand Russell

A marriage is likely to be called happy if neither party ever expected to get much happiness out of it.

Craig Colten

Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees.

Akinobu Okada

Our rally was a little late, but things are by no means over.

Cheri Cihak

Parents who understand the risks recognize that it is important to keep teens from riding with other teens, even if it means playing 'chauffer' for one more year.

Lisa Busch

State means everything to this team. As seniors, it means so much more for us.

Barack Obama

Some of that means that in your public statements, ... you end up trafficking in public platitudes more than you'd want to do at home.

Mahmud Abbas

Our security services are trying to use all means to prevent their arrival.

Phil Klay

'Redeployment' is a military term. It means to transfer a unit from one area to another.

Sharan Burrow

(We need) a broad-ranging inquiry, one that travels around the country, so that working people can talk to the senators about what it means for them.

Joe Hymer

It is an encouraging sign, but we don't know what it all means and where those smelt will end up.

Thomas Frank

Some meetings' minutes are missing. There are a number of gaps.

Dale Lennon

Our start was very good. The first 10 minutes were pretty impressive.

Chris Griffin

Remember that you have, at most, three to 10 minutes to make a pitch.

Nykesha Sales

Playing 40 minutes is a priority. We have to try and play like that to prepare for the playoffs because they're right around the corner.

Becca Fitzpatrick

If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.

Eric Norris

That's the way there going to be usually. I was real surprised the first three weeks went so long. But, just trying to get organized takes a long time, but most of the time when we're settled in, it'll only be about thirty minutes long.

Craig Bellamy

I was really disappointed with our first 20 minutes but we competed well after that. You are in for a tough night if you give 18 points start,

Adauto Lima

I still think it will be 0.75 in January, but the minutes pointed more toward 0.50 again.

D. James

I don't feel fatigued at all. I can go out and play 48 minutes if they want me to.

Rob Leavitt

Our regional is not one of the strongest around, but it's always nice to win and get through that again.

George Clooney

O'Reilly actually said some nice things about the movie,

John Cusack

Partial Insomniac. Nice Person. Sometimes Brooding. ... Partially inspired. Nice Idea. Sometimes Boring.

Joel Cormier

Paul really played nice in net. He made some big saves.

Michael Haynes

Payne is an outstanding shot blocker, ... She has a nice touch around the basket.

Charles Anderson

Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.

Brian Lempola

Staples-Motley has a number of outstanding athletes. We also had a nice meet. I'm very pleased with our season so far.

Bradley Starks

Some of the drills were kind of crazy. They were new to me, but when I got used to them they were alright. The people down there were very nice and helpful.

Jacqueline Salame

Someone called from New Hampshire, and he wasn't nice in his rhetoric.

Ayelet Waldman

There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.'

Ayn Rand

Another current catch-phrase is the complaint that the nations of the world are divided into 'haves' and the 'have-nots.' Observe that the 'haves' are those who have freedom, and that it is freedom that the 'have-nots' have not.

Barbara Kingsolver

a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.

Adolf Hitler

The phrase, 'Emancipation of Women' is only an invention of the Jewish intellect and its content is stamped with the same spirit. In the really good periods of German life the German woman never needed to emancipate herself.

bell hooks

In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.

William Shakespeare

For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase...

Albert J. Nock

The glossary of politics is so full of euphemistic words and phrases — as in the nature of things it must be — that one would suppose politicians must sometimes strain their wits to coin them.

Clive Barker

It’s only when you’ve lost someone that you realize the nonsense of that phrase “It’s a small world”. It isn’t. It’s a vast, devouring world, especially if you’re alone.

Daniel Tosh

They say money doesn't buy happiness. That phrase should end with 'just kidding'.

Allard Baird

Out of respect to him, I'd rather have him do that.

Koyie Hill

I think they'd rather get somebody for me, though. It would look better.

Simon Leung

I think the timing is going to be more towards the end of this year rather than earlier.

Terry Bradshaw

I will tell you what I feel, right or wrong. I don't want to do it. I would rather make you laugh. But that's my job. I did it. Archie's mad. I understand.

Jon Karkow

I think he was thinking more about the end of the runway approaching rather than the birds.

Joker Phillips

It didn't take long for me to say yes. Once we started talking, he said that we had been on the up and up with him and that he'd rather come here.

Michael Long

I think I would rather that he didn't run.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Craig Berman

He really wants to get back to the work he's been doing for 15 years in search rather than running a company.

Terrell Suggs

Right now, rushing the passer is what I do best.

Bill Crawford

When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.

Jason Young

That stretch made it so we didn't feel so rushed in the third quarter.

Sheray Thomas

I think we're just rushing sometimes and we're not executing. We're just being careless.

William Hague

I don't know whether I will ever go back on to the front, but don't rush me.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I could see myself staying all four. There's no rush to go anywhere. I want to get better.

LaSheena Brown

I was just a little nervous. I was rushing my shots, I wasn't taking my time.

Howard Schnellenberger

His stock went up with the rushing yardage he gained.

Adrian Peterson

I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.

Jim Moeller

I think we all stand on the shoulders of those who went before us in many ways, not only politically but also in our own communities.

Heber J. Grant

If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work.

Bruce Springsteen

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

C. S. Lewis

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.

George Robertson

We stand shoulder to shoulder in a new kind of struggle and a struggle that we have to win,

Francisco Cordero

I'm really disappointed. My shoulder just doesn't feel right.

Francisco Cordero

I'm really disappointed. I've been waiting as long as I could to make the decision, but my shoulder just doesn't feel right.

Li Zhaoxing

They were so indifferent. They simply said, 'Well, we're sorry.' Then they shrugged their shoulders and walked away.

Brett Ellis

Some of them are $40,000, and they've been sitting there for 120 days.

Mariella Ruocco

Somehow they sensed the seriousness of the situation and they stayed in the car.

Pierre Lacroix

That day was like sitting on the ice. Now we're sitting in the whirlpool.

Jaswant Singh

Other than sitting and talking to Pakistan, we can't do much more,

Laveranues Coles

Well, all I can say about that situation is, things come to the surface,

Bill Richardson

we'll all end up sitting in the dark.

Bill Bryson

When you sit in a chair, you are not actually sitting there, but levitating above it at a height of one angstrom (a hundred millionth of a centimetre), your electrons and its electrons implacably opposed to any closer intimacy.

Rahul Gandhi

I will speak to you tomorrow and till then I will sit there (among the delegates).

Ice Cube

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing. You have to get it out in the open. You have to talk about it.

Bill Cowher

I was just one small part of this, trust me.

Brad Radke

I think these two teams have a lot in common. We can look out and say, 'Look what the A's can do with a small payroll' and we're in the same boat.

Lilly Singh

I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.

Aaron Sanchez

I think I can find a house, ... but a small house.

Ang Lee

I thought it was a small work of love. I never thought it would play like this.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

George William Norris

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

Roy Wilsher

There are still some small bund (concrete container) fires, but the tanks are out.

Dennis Bailey

I did a small part, he's the one who did the big part.

Geno Auriemma

I think she's taking it pretty seriously. You know, it's that time of the year.

Justin Smiley

I think he's taking it pretty well, but I know it's tough.

Bob Hunter

I thought I was going to be a reporter, taking notes,

David Jacobson

I feel like this is part of something big he is doing, ... Like taking over the world.

Joe Crawford

I feel like I'm getting better every game, more comfortable, just being aggressive, taking my opportunities.

Andrea Mitchell

I feel terribly guilty. I'm not used to taking off time at all.

Angelo Crowell

Just taking things more serious, taking a different approach. I was kind of transformed, so it's kind of cool.

Steve Smith

I have a one-track mind. I was not taking the hitch. I wanted to go for the goal.

Will Blackmon

He's calm. Relaxed. He's not nervous. He's taking control.

Graeme Souness

Stephen has had an operation. We could have him back in three weeks, but in the worst case, who knows?

B. B. King

Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

Gerald Cox

We never really put this one away. Two or three 3's, and we're in trouble.

Adam Dunn

That's a tough way to give up three runs,

Amy Walter

It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.

Jim Hickey

I was worried that he wouldn't even make it through three innings.

Adam LaRoche

I think I was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts,

James Toney

I thought I won it by two or three points. I thought we had the edge.

Oscar Goodman

If I'm up at three in the morning, there's no other place to go.

Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

E. O. Wilson

Springtime is the time for gazing at galaxies.

Adam Carolla

spontaneous, clever, specific, oblique and at the same time very human.

S. Walker

That could be a possibility. I'm thinking, hopefully, we can get something worked out. As of right now, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

Charlie King

Right place at the right time is all I can say about that one.

Gil Brandt

Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.

Boy George

Most psychiatrists or analysts are a waste of time

Bob Rose

We need solidarity. This is a union town, and it's time to show that.

Adele

I do get massively distracted when I've got someone in my life, which I can't afford to do right now...besides, no one treats me as well as I do.

Ani Difranco

Don't treat me like I am something that happened to you.

Austin Butler

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

Diana Wynne Jones

One person ought to treat another person properly, even if the person's himself.

David Sedaris

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter.

Bill O'Reilly

The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.

Herb Kelleher

You have to treat your employees like customers

J. K. Rowling

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, And treat them just the same.

Nick Hornby

So it's not about what you do. It can't be, can it? It has to be about how you are, how you love, how you treat yourself and those around you, and that's where I get eaten up.

Bill Cosby

Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point... and they're still yelling.

Bill Burr

Do you know how many times a week people ask me why I'm yelling?

Johnny Hott

I was the first person on the scene. I didn't know they were in there. I was just yelling their names.

Aziz Ansari

Instead of yelling your opinion, or telling people to shut up, or engaging in this clickbait-internet culture, have a dialogue with someone and ask people questions and listen to what they have to say.

Anthony Weiner

Twitter is a kind of verbalization of people yelling at their television sets or gnashing their teeth at the newspaper.

Art Spiegelman

Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk.

Adam Duritz

Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear are echoes of some idiot yelling nonsense down a hole.

Albert Brooks

All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other.

Deborah Davis

When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons, demons!' When he was particularly angry or frustrated, he expressed these feelings with 'Damn,' the only curse he allowed himself. He once had the expletive inscribed on a rubber stamp so he could have the satisfaction of pounding it on a piece of paper.