Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brandon Sanderson

...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.

Rosalind Wiseman

I talk to teens everyday about topics that are often extraordinarily uncomfortable.

Curtis Sittenfeld

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

Bruce Feiler

Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic.

Benoit Mandelbrot

Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today.

Glenn Close

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness

Herman Melville

Let us waive that agitated national topic, as to whether such multitudes of foreign poor should be landed on our American shores;let us waive it, with the one only thought, that if they can get here, they have God's right to come.

George Stigler

In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics.

Ezra Pound

There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.

Geoff Mayfield

Steve Martin exploded through 'Saturday Night Live,' ... What you have now is Comedy Central, a ready vehicle that's helping the country-hick humor on one hand and giving a guy like Dane Cook a platform on the other.

Riaad Moosa

Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work those things out and educate everyone about the different experiences and different race groups in South Africa.

Jeff Foxworthy

Jeff puts his relationship first and foremost and realizes I do the same, so he really watches out for me and makes sure I don't have to do anything on the show that would upset David. I was warned when I started a sketch comedy show that they could be cutthroat, but it's been like a family.

Rob Bibler

That's a wonderful film a lot of people love for the comedy and drama of it.

David Walliams

I was probably about 12 and The Young Ones wasn't meant for 12-year-olds, but there's always that element in kids where they want to watch the naughty comedy that's not for them.

Amity Gaige

It goes without saying that before its culture and literature can continue to evolve, Latvia first must endure the political comedy of creating a stable, functioning and unthreatened democracy.

Patricia Heaton

It had a 'Moonstruck' quality to the comedy - very romantic, huge emotions. I like to think of it as a comic opera, ... It just posed this question, what is true love? Is it that sort of ecstatic, over-the-top feeling you get on meeting someone? Or is it about years of commitment and history together? Or is it both? How do you find it, and how do you know? It's a very complicated topic.

Jeff Wachtel

It isn't easy to create a drama infused with comedy, and Psych just knocks it out of the park.

Jeff Wachtel

It isn't easy to create a drama infused with comedy, and 'Psych' just knocks it out of the park.

Howard Rubenstein

Steinbrenner spoke to Johnny Damon today for about 15 minutes and he indicated it was a good conversation.

Alan Siegel

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

Michael Parks

Photojournalism provokes conversation and thought, which all good journalism should do. The exhibition provides an excellent teaching opportunity, fostering discussion about how we cover events of our time and the needs of society, while talking about the profession and craft of journalism.

Commissioner Robinson

I'm hoping we don't have to have another conversation like this for four or five years.

Ashton Kutcher

You know, photo conversations are replacing verbal conversations. I don't know if that's a bad thing. A photo is worth a thousand words.

Pat McGovern

I went to the legislative hearings, and I was struck by how the conversation was primarily about the costs to employers, and there was no discussion of women's health. I knew that for some women it's a very joyful time, and for others it's very complicated.

Dave Heeke

Jay and I had a lengthy conversation and then I sat back and decided that Jay is the right guy for the program. I thought the players played extremely hard and I think they have a nucleus to be a very good team next year.

Gary Ross

I thought it would be interesting to hear a conversation between filmmakers instead of just a filmmaker gassing on about his own movie. Steven is so literate about this stuff and a great film journalist in his own right and a good friend, so it worked out. He also loved the movie and volunteered to do it.

Michael Moschen

Juggling is a conversation with the stick, the body, the brain.