Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.

Charles Dickens

I am a neat hand at cookery, and I'll tell you what I knocked up for my Christmas-eve dinner in the Library Cart. I knocked up a beefsteak-pudding for one, with two kidneys, a dozen oysters, and a couple of mushrooms thrown in. It's a pudding to put a man in good humour with everything, except the two bottom buttons of his waistcoat.

Charles Stross

I don't want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better.

Charles Stross

I'm told that a couple of my Russian translations are just plain terrible, though, and there may be others.

Alanis Morissette

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

Alan Moore

I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are perhaps as good or better than the original work. But the vast majority of them are pointless.

Alan Arkin

I played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.

Alan Ball

There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on.

Al Michaels

I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.

Maajid Nawaz

Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.

Martin Jacques

We all know what is meant by the term 'international community,' don't we? It's the West, of course, nothing more, nothing less. Using the term 'international community' is a way of dignifying the West, of globalising it, of making it sound more respectable, more neutral and high-faluting.

Jude Law

What's it all about, Alfie? /Is it just for the moment we live? /What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? /Are we meant to take more than we give or are we meant to be kind?

Dee Romine

She has meant so much to our program. She is the ultimate team player and didn't shy away from taking the big shots.

Pat Summitt

She reached out at a time that meant a lot to me.

Jennifer Rizzotti

She willed us not just to win, but to play like this. Erika has meant everything to this team all weekend and all season long.

David Selby

And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.

Nicole Scherzinger

I'm a strong believer in 'everything is meant to be for a reason.'

Liam Neeson

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

Joe Montana

When I was playing, I missed my two girls' (events). They look up (in the stands) and myself and my wife are not there. I want to be there for the boys.

Joe Gibbs

Unless I missed something, that should have been 15 yards if I have ever seen it. We are supposed to be watching the quarterbacks and protecting them.

Alain Prost

Three times before 1985, I just missed the title, so winning was a relief.

David Briggs

We had a very nice rally yesterday and now you have some people wanting to take profits and others who missed out wanting to swoop in now.

Walt Woodruff

She hadn't run track since she was a freshman. She's doing well in the 100. She missed the school record by six-tenths of a second. She's going to get that before the season's over.

Mike Hofland

She's able to get (to) missed shots every time. When she wants to be, she's very aggressive.

Luke Vaccaro

She runs the team. We missed her a lot more than I thought we would.

Don Flanagan

She missed a three-point shot, went right back and shot another three-point shot. I think she shot three in one series and made one of them. She's got to shoot, and when she's open, she's got to shoot.

Brian Daubach

Missed it by one day again. Hopefully, the next time is for real.

Ray Walston

I have 30 seconds to tell you I have been waiting 60 years to get on this stage.

Jim Court

I thought about it for 10 seconds or so.

Sue Donohoe

When he wanted to know what time it was, you had to get down there. You didn't tell him that it was 30 seconds left.

Jim Calhoun

We've got to take away 3-point shooting and not get fatigued by the shot clock. They make as many shots under 12 seconds as any team you're going to play.

Brenda Frese

I think it was like 10 seconds after the game.

Ashtin Primus

With 10 seconds to go (after the restart) I didn't know if I had time for a cradle, but I just went for it.

Kim Williams

Thomas was just hundredths of seconds away. Thomas is new to track, but he's making strides.

Mike Caldwell

Our possessions were about 10 seconds long. Theirs were for about 40 seconds long.

Chris Travers

I thought if we could get it down to three with 40 seconds left, we would have had a shot.

Alain Prost

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

Chris Copeland

The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off.

Chiang Kai-shek

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

Byron Katie

I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's.

Bryan Robson

When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points.

Bill Wright

The other three have really made strides. They're consistently getting better.

Steve Alford

We've already got three up on the board.

William Shakespeare

Preferred three hours quicker over one moment late.

Charles L. Allen

Before repeating something bad about another person, ask yourself these three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary for me to tell it? Is it kind to tell it?