Famous Quotes & Sayings

Italo Calvino

What is modern art but the attempt to pinpoint vague, incorporeal, inexpressible sensations? What is modern art, I would add, but the most solemn pile of nonsense that ever appeared on Earth?

Michael Wynne

Lay was arrogant and defiant. If the defendant is going to take the stand, that's the best you could hope for as a prosecutor. He just appeared to be defiant.

Lauren Malone

Many celebrities have appeared on the cover of Playboy, but not nude, including Claudia Schiffer, Paris Hilton, Goldie Hawn, Raquel Welch, Barbra Streisand, Brooke Shields and Donald Trump.

John Connors

OEM revenue was light as demand for business PCs remained slow in the quarter, and we remain guarded about near-term growth. However, PC demand appeared to pick up late in the quarter, and with the launch of Windows 2000, we are excited about the opportunity to help customers migrate to this new generation of platform products.

Robert Collins

No one had done a biography of General Blunt before. He seemed interesting enough to sustain the book, and I found some interesting things about him that haven't appeared in other histories of the area that had mentioned General Blunt.

Leonard Maltin

No one ever dreamt Mia Farrow had comedic abilities until she appeared in his films,

Michael Ball

Music. I do songs that have appeared on the pop charts, but they're music for grownups.

Chip Taylor

When I got started with this, it appeared that the whole migration was just chaos pushed by weather, totally unpredictable. It turns out you can predict to within two or three days where they are going to be, and they make this migration on the basis of some celestial change.

Ian Mckellen

When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.

Rick Bell

No one since Sam Sheppard has been this arrogant and cold. This case is like a repeat of it.

Brandon Caleb

I feel like I'm a guy that can step up and make big plays. I can go out there and try to make a big play to help out the team, which is what it's about for me. I'm not a cocky or arrogant guy. I just want to help my team.

Gary Numan

For years I couldn't understand why people thought I was so arrogant - now it all makes a bit more sense.

Robert Burke

I find some of it insulting. It is a little arrogant to say 'I am a designer'. We in the business hold the true idea of fashion closer to our hearts.

Steve Harris

She sends mixed signals, 'yes, I'm prepared to listen to you', but also arrogant and not give-and-take.

Robin Wright

I dislike arrogant men and diva behavior in either gender.

Anthony Hopkins

I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone's religion or belief.

Bronson Pinchot

'Restoring' is a very arrogant concept. If you're taking a house from 1812, do you restore it to how it looked the day after it was built, or restore it to the way it looked in 1828, or the way it looked in 1872? Do the minimum to stop it from falling apart, and then get away.

Brian Eno

It's insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it's assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It's that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he's telling you something about his own life. It's so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!

Richard Rogers

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life.

Rick Perlstein

When you're a writer, you never know which of your pieces are going to gain a toehold and which will not, and it's best not to care too much.

Richard P. Feynman

I think equation guessing might be the best method to proceed to obtain the laws for the part of physics which is presently unknown. Yet, when I was much younger, I tried this equation guessing, and I have seen many students try this, but it is very easy to go off in wildly incorrect and impossible directions.

Robert Palmer

Anything by Gonzalez Rubalcaba is unbelievable. I've been listening to the best of Django Reinhardt.

Robert Wilson

I think by drawing, so I'll draw or diagram everything from a piece of furniture to a stage gesture. I understand things best when they're in graphics, not words.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility.

Malcolm McDowell

You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.

Mike Schneider

We're not diminishing his role at quarterback at all; we're just trying to enhance his role within the offense because he's one of our best athletes.

Daryl Manning

We're not best of friends. We're neighbors that talk to each other, that feel comfortable around each other. We both went away with the same thing - lets take a look at this and see how this can work out.

Vincent Jackson

Man, hopefully I'll be playing me, on offense, working with the offense,

Shawn Chacon

Man, he is in a zone. You hope he stays that way for a long time.

Don Daniels

Let's look for a year like last year and hope it doesn't happen. That's all we can do.

Johnny Damon

Let's hope so. We've still got to play well.

Andy Robinson

Lewis is distraught and disappointed and we hope it can all be sorted out.

Boris Said

Lowe's is my nemesis. I didn't qualify for the Memorial Day race there, but we have tested at the track since and hopefully it will be a different scenario this time around. After today, I just can't wait to get back on those ovals.

Boris Said

Lowe's is my nemesis, ... I didn't qualify for the Memorial Day race there, but we have tested at the track since and hopefully it will be a different scenario this time around. After today, I just can't wait to get back on those ovals.

Tony Bush

lot of lives to be lifted up, lot of hope to be restored.

Wade Duty

Louisiana is undergoing a moment of revision and hopefully reconstruction, and by Friday, we will know what the shape of things will be.

Kevin Cook

Many layers and things take time to trickle down,

Paula Rieker

Mr. Lay said liquidity was fine. Then he strengthened his statement and said, 'In fact, liquidity is strong.

Wu Han

Mozart isn't just pretty and isn't just emotional. There's another layer of inspiration which we all need.

Albert Jones

When I got there he was laying on the ground. He was hollering and waving his arms.

Tamara Feldman

I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.

Bill Keller

Some of it is just, 'I can't talk to you on the phone anymore,' and some of it is, 'I think I better lay low for a while.'

Candice Wiggins

I couldn't move (Wednesday). I just lay there trying to get hydrated and stuff. I was kind of worried. I took a lot of medication and slept all day.

Kevin Kelly

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other.

Janette Fennell

Those were significant strides forward. But that was just laying the groundwork.