Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mel Brooks

I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.

Mike Greenberg

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.

Kevin McCloud

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

Governor Rell certainly admires the work that Jim Lash has done in Greenwich. His reputation would put him on any kind of list of potential candidates. But any decision is still a ways off. The governor is going to be considering many candidates for the position.

Roger Ebert

As someone who admired the freshness and energy of the earlier films, I was amazed, at the end of 'Episode II,' to realize that I had not heard one line of quotable, memorable dialogue.

As much as I admire Jim Gibson, I don't see how he can get out of the primary. The people who will vote in a Democratic primary in the middle of August are not likely to vote for him unless he can establish some real Democratic bona fides.

As much as I admire Jim Gibson, I don't see how he can get out of the primary, ... The people who will vote in a Democratic primary in the middle of August are not likely to vote for him unless he can establish some real Democratic bona fides.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

I admire anyone who can walk across a stage to the mic and not trip.

Marianne Moore

... we do not admire what we cannot understand.

Samuel Barnett

I guess I've grown to admire Queen Elizabeth II more. I've always struggled with my feelings about the Royal Family. I am a supporter. I'm not someone who thinks we should get rid of them. But what I've struggled with is the lack of emotionality that the Queen seems to share.

Jerry Sloan

I just feel it is important for a guy if he is struggling, especially younger guys, to know what it's like, on their own. Not run to them every minute. Let them fight through it. He did that. That's why I admire what he did. I think it'll be good for him 10 years down the line.

I really admire Rickey Bustle because he kept us up when everybody's head was down. He came in and said we would run the table and everybody believed him. They knew we could do it.

Dennis Franchione

I really admire how he's fought through his injury and fought back. I really think he's got a chance to get back to top form.

I really admired the play. When we had a sudden opportunity, we decided to do it. It doesn't just recount recent history. It raises larger issues that are not in the news. How is power used? How do decisions get made?

Bruce Springsteen

I have no rules left. I don't have to get on the radio. It's wide open for me. The singer-songwriters I admire - Dylan, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie - move forward all the time.

I never met a man so mean that I was not willing he should admire me.

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep

James Agate

The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it.

Henry Rollins

The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the less there is to admire.

Dusty Baker

You've got to admire him for not quitting. When you're hungry, you can find a way to do things. He was going to have to go to work or play ball.

Frank Warren

You've got to admire anyone who has done what McBride did. He got off his backside, went to the United States, and made something of himself. I didn't think he could beat Tyson, but he took what Tyson threw at him and did it.

James Carville

You've asked for forgiveness. This letter is to inform you that, on the heels of a statement by my dear friend, Congressman John Lewis, a man I admire and respect as much as any living American, I do forgive you.

And, I really admire them. I guess we try to show them as much appreciation as possible.

Francis Bacon

All things are admired either because they are new or because they are great

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Church is not an automobile showroom - a place to put ourselves on display so that others can admire our spirituality, capacity, or prosperity. It is more like a service center, where vehicles in need of repair come for maintenance and rehabilitation.

The child learns to worship money and the things which money can buy; he admires cruelty and cunning, rather than Sympathy and Love. So, the Home, the School and the Society have to rise and take up this challenge posed to the future of this great land.

Carl Everett

A.J. is A.J.. People love to hate him. They don't realize he plays hard. That's what I admire about any teammate.

Terry Teachout

Ai Weiwei, who is both a widely admired conceptual artist and a fearless human-rights activist, has been on the bad side of the Chinese government for years.

Ludwig van Beethoven

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

Peter Horton

Every director I've ever admired has a beard.

Mack Brown

It'll be a tremendous challenge for us, but a great opportunity. I've really admired what Pete's been able to do - he's taken a program that was struggling and made it the dominant program in college football. And he's done it with a smile.

Roy Lichtenstein

The things that I have apparently parodied I actually admire,

Thomas S. Monson

We tend to become like those whom we admire.