Famous Quotes & Sayings

Louis Gossett, Jr.

I was always told that I'd have to do a movie with a white guy in order to get the money. That's the way it was. That made me feel that I should have chosen some other profession, so I could have gotten my just deserts.

M. Night Shyamalan

I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.

Peter Power

We are at a loss to understand why Norway has chosen to go down this particular route.

Martin Seligman

P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five elements of what free people chose to do. Pretty much everything else is in service of one of or more of these goals. That's the human dashboard.

Leslie Morgan Steiner

My mom is one of my role models in a complicated way. I learned from her how to be a good mom. She was one of those natural moms who really took to it. Her chosen profession was teaching. She loves kids. But she was extremely frustrated and unhappy because for much of my life she was a stay-at-home mom.

Roger Wicker

We were available, but FEMA chose to send them to San Antonio or Utah or other far destinations,

Chris Shaw

Watching the talent, enthusiasm and the dedication of all the students reinforced why I chose this profession 20 years ago.

John Greenwood

We're frustrated. I think they've chosen to play hardball and it's unfortunate.

John Greenwood

We're frustrated, ... I think they've chosen to play hardball and it's unfortunate.

Gary Edwards

I was the main complainer about not having my favorite dishes, and then someone suggested that I open my own restaurant.

Mason Cooley

Complainers detest each other.

Joseph Epstein

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

Joyce Harris

She must have thrown the eldest in first. He would have fought her,

Georg Solti

The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces.

David Gross

I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons.

Bobby Hull

Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby.

Suki Waterhouse

I'm the eldest of four - I love my family so much. I'm crazy about them.

Simon Brown

The eldest was surprised when he went to comprehensive school and people said his lunch looked healthy and wished their mum could make something similar,

Amanda Harlech

I am not good wife material because I'm fiercely independent and like to go off and do my own thing.

Bianca Kajlich

Too many people get married and lose themselves. You have to fiercely hold on to who you are, and you need to celebrate that in the other person because that's what made you fall in love in the first place.

Katherine Paterson

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

Rebecca Ferguson

I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I'm more feisty, fiercely protective and less selfish. The main trait I want to instill in my kids is kindness. I think it's the most important thing. If you're kind, you'll go a long way.

Colin Trevorrow

Michael Giacchino is a fiercely creative musical mind and a true 'Jurassic Park' fan.

Dorothy L. Sayers

He was being about as protective as a can-opener.

Hilary Mantel

I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Child Protective Services, all over the country, need to be revamped top to bottom.

Paullina Simons

He is just protective over me-” “Not protective, Tania. Consumed.

Orlando Bloom

I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.

Thom Berry

We feel like our regulations are protective of the environment.

Jonathan Safran Foer

That's the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don't have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores have to be neurotic. Personally, I don't have time for all that; I don't want to get into it.

Duncan Fletcher

They've got to be just more selective sweeping.

Ian Botham

There are times when you feel you simply can't go on.

Rhys Ifans

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

Ellen Wilkinson

But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier.

Slade Gorton

She will come after us with $10 million. She simply writes another check,

Felix Rohatyn

At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.

Sammy Cahn

The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it.

Stephen Leacock

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something

Dick Cheney

We are not going to simply stand by.

Phillips Brooks

Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end.