Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid farewell to hopes and fears, otherwise death or deliverance will both come too late to save his honor and his reason. Ho, my beauties!

Eid Kabalu

We have no confirmation (of their presence in Mindanao). As far as the MILF is concerned, there have been no sightings. We have no personal knowledge that they are here,

Steve Howard

Whenever they focus on risk, the Houston region will fare well.

Greg Gilchrist

When you're winning, you don't have to make excuses, or when you're losing, you shouldn't come up with any, either. As far as I'm concerned, we just got outrun today.

William H. Macy

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.

Bob Grantham

We want our property tax rates lowered significantly and substantially and meaningfully. So far we have not seen anything in that direction.

David Jones

We want it (the fire) far enough out and in an open spot.

Mats Sundin

We were back on our heels far too much.

Tony Woody

We were a step late all night long. We did not do a good job of matching their intensity. They played hard. They played like a team that wanted to go a little farther (in the playoffs).

Brian Schweitzer

When he goes out to meet people, he doesn't come off real,

Charles de Lint

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

Jessica Biel

When I'm working and I eat healthily all week, then I give myself one day - usually Sunday - when I eat just what I want. You have to; otherwise, your mind goes a little nutso.

Uzo Aduba

I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts, and it goes without saying that there weren't many Nigerian families in that town, and a lot of people couldn't say Uzoamaka.

Jimmy Swaggart

I don't appreciate a preacher who commits adultery and then goes out and blames me.

Bill Brewer

We want that little patch that goes on our (letter) jackets.

John Fredriksen

When the market goes to hell, it's more of an opportunity than a problem.

Janice Dickinson

I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on.

Alan Paton

It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.

Carol Leifer

I recently became vegan because I felt that as a Jewish lesbian, I wasn't part of a small enough minority. So now I'm a Jewish lesbian vegan.

Louis C. K.

Look at all the minorities around here! I'm the only majority.

Robert Rose

Occasionally we have problems, but usually it is a minor incident, nothing like this,

Bob Bowlsby

There could be more to it than we know, but I would be shocked if it is more than a minor deal.

Bob McDonnell

There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

Augie Ghio

We are well prepared for what we normally see 98 percent of the time, that minor to moderate incident.

Josh Byrnes

He's done everything there is to do in the Minor Leagues. Right now, there's just no spot for him in the big leagues.

Vincent Alfano

We've been very busy. They're (police officers) running around. We're very short-staffed with people tied up with mostly minor incidents.

Robert Krueger

We have prospects now who can take all of the space.

John Carioba

There are not many prospects in the short term.

Kevin Rand

We're taking our time with him. He's too valuable a prospect not to take your time with him. We want to make sure everything's done right and he can come back as well as can be expected.

Kenichiro Sasae

There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright.

Patrick Barry

I think the prospects of success would have been diminished.

Mark Rutte

In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014.

Paul Sereno

I didn't have very rosy prospects in school,

Richard Cobden

You had reached a pessimistic view about your company's prospects with the upcoming (copyright) case.

Kenny Graham

We started pulling some of the starters even though it was only 2-0 but you have to look at the big picture.

Bill Maher

New polls show that Obama is now pulling away from Mitt Romney. And, of course, what could be more natural than to see Mitt Romney and pull away?

Darrell Waltrip

Since I'm in Seattle, I'm pulling for Seattle!

John W. Thompson

We know what they're going through. We sympathize with them. We're still Southerners and we're still pulling together. It's all sweet tea and casseroles.

John Thompson

We know what they're going through. We sympathize with them, ... We're still Southerners and we're still pulling together. It's all sweet tea and casseroles.

Kim Kalama

Right now, at least they're doing the cleanup. That's very necessary. They're pulling out the tree from the sinkhole.

Richard Johnson

We had to get something to eat. What are they doing pulling a gun?

Bob Williams

We're pulling out all the stops to do whatever we can.

Justin Miller

You have to be pulling for Bettis. It's a storybook scenario.

Charles Caleb Colton

There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth on others. But the fact is that they are in both instances as fraudulant as he would be that exacted more than his due from his debtors, and paid less than their due to his creditors.

Frank Vargo

We've seen this movie before. What Treasury is saying is pretty much of a rerun of what it said back in May.

Anna Kendrick

The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not.

Jane Austen

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

Chad Caldwell

We're saying (this) is a lockout because of retaliation over that no-layoff arbitration that we won.

Richard Cate

We're saying if you've demonstrated success, you don't have to do as much paperwork.

Bruce Larner

We've tried to tone it down as much as possible. But every time you turn around, someone's saying something else about it.

Daniel Handler

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

Raymond James

What they're saying is the conventional firms are waiting too long,

Trey Burke

There are leaders vocally, and there are leaders by example. I think I'm starting to become better at being a leader vocally, just talking on the court.

Brian Gionta

We know we need to start scoring. We just have to stick with it. We know we're doing the right things.

Bryan Ferry

It must be really hard to be starting out in music now.

Al Leiter

I like starting. It's pretty cool.

German Proverb

When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top

David Seiders

When you start to see cancellations, you really get worried.

George White

When you start to know what you're doing and why you're doing it, it makes it better.

Grady Fuson

When you start talking about prospects, it's a very subjective term. The way I look at it is as long as you've got a uniform on, you've got a chance.

Kurt Vonnegut

We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten.

Gabrielle Zevin

For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'

Tom Perkins

We'll have to find some way around it. There probably is a way...I suspect something will come up.

Marianne Williamson

Spiritual growth and spirituality always seem suspect to some people.

Will Tudor

I very much enjoy things like '24,' although I suspect that's run its course.

Geraldine McCaughrean

You sort of suspect if a book's fun to write, it will be fun to read.

Walid Jumblatt

We will not rest until we see the suspects behind bars.

Michael Boss

I would suspect we'll go out with a whimper.

Joe Roberts

I suspect we?ll see him in the top 10 for some time to come, and he?ll probably be at the top of the list.

Brad Bankston

I suspect this is something that will work in the future.

Steve Saviano

When you get to shootouts, it comes down to who has the most talent. Usually the team with the most talent wins. We have a lot of talent on this team and we're pretty talented up front.

Jane Austen

I have no talent for certainty.

Britt Ekland

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.

Brett Favre

Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

Barbara Corcoran

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

Brenda Ueland

Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.

Calvin Trillin

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

Charlie Kaufman

I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can.

Billy Wagner

You have to be mentally 'there.' Your talent is there, but you have to be mentally there, too.