Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tove Jansson

A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are.

John Updike

I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.

Caroll Spinney

When I got to New York, I had no place to sleep. The pay from 'Sesame Street' wasn't enough to rent an apartment. I was staying on people's couches. I stayed in the dressing room until they found out. I stayed with Jim Henson and his family for a week, and I wanted to do that permanently. I didn't dare ask, though.

Charles R. Swindoll

There is only one you. God wanted you to be you. Don't you dare change just because you're outnumbered!

Michael Leunig

Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.

Eliphas Levi

It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.

Phyllis Wise

Many of them have been more wonderful than we would have ever dared to hope for. I think that's what the most exciting part is - you just can't tell.

Robert Emmet

Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.

Gianfranco Fini

but have not always dared speak with such brutality.

Enrico Colantoni

I'm a hockey fan; I watch hockey, and I listen to the news.

Jason Bay

I tried hockey, but it never stuck.

Alain Vigneault

We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.

Alain Vigneault

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

Alain Vigneault

You can't control the opposition, but you can control how you play, your energy level, your intensity on the ice. That's what we're going to do.

Al Michaels

People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.

Al MacInnis

The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. ... That's a pretty scary thought.

Chris Chelios

When no one else signs me.

Chris Chelios

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

Carlos Queiroz

Messi could be the best player in the world - if he was human.

Carlos Moya

I honestly think I am a better player than I was four years ago, when I was No. 1 in the world.

Carlos Beltran

I pray to God to be a great player, but I want to keep my life.

Carlos Gonzalez

We have a lot of young players and some veteran players who make you feel good and give you a lot of tips. They always want to make sure you're ready to play.

Carlos Castaneda

Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one is simply a pawn on the chessboard. What decides everything is a conscious impersonal energy that sorcerers call intent or the Spirit.

Justin Vincent

We have so many players from New Orleans. It's always in the back of our minds.

Alan Shearer

I like the tag of being the world's most expensive player. It's an honour and a privilege.

Alan Shearer

For me, Paul Scholes has been the best midfield player in the Premier League. By a mile. He has the lot. He scores and creates goals, he can pass the ball, he can head it, and rounds all this off with a competitive streak.

Alan Shearer

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.