Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Fuentes

The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.

Charles Dickens

Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a people so entirely destitute of humor, vivacity, or the capacity for enjoyment.

Ricky Gervais

The service in L.A. is the best. You don't get sarcastic, surly, fed-up waiters and waitresses like you do in England. They're good at their job and they're there for the customer. The only depressing thing is a lot of them have written more screenplays than me.

Dave Barry

Please try not to be such a wiener-head.

Dave Barry

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom.

Bryan Singer

Since I started making films, I've been a nut for dialogue. When I first saw Star Wars when I was 12 years old, I came home and recited all of the lines from it. Before I talked about Death Stars exploding and Tie Fighters I was talking about how funny Princess Leia was and how sarcastic Han Solo was. So to me that's always the most important thing, and I love hearing great actors say great lines.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I was very bored at school. I found it very easy and slow and grey. My teachers didn't really know how to handle me, because I was very sarcastic. I was over-confident, arrogant, a typical youngest child. I went through periods of withdrawing into myself and school psychologists tried to figure me out, work out why I didn't fit in. I found that irritating, too.

Alan Bennett

So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.

Alan Bennett

Nature played a cruel trick on her by giving her a waxed mustache.

Richard G. Scott

There are few things in life that bring as much joy as the joy that comes from assisting another improve his or her life.

Darren Shan

We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.

Carlos Slim

The biggest things in life are not materials.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Very few things in life matter.

Mark Cuban

The one thing in life you can control is your effort. Are there any shortcuts in the beauty business? No. That was the first lesson I learned. You can't just rocket to the top.

Bow Wow

I love my fans very much. They give me the confidence to continue things in life.

Diana Vreeland

This is a great shame, but of course there have to be some things in life that not everybody can have, and great perfume is one of them.

Daniel Handler

There are many things in life that become different if you take a long look at them.

Milton Friedman

Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay

Winston Churchill

There's no such thing as a good tax.