Famous Quotes & Sayings

Josef Albers

You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students - I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean a result you are not responsible for.

Josef Albers

When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see.

Common

I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately, people can be like, 'We've seen this dude in many movies,' but if they hear a song and they're feeling it, they can look past all the personal things and not hold it against you that you're also an actor.

Adam Green

A movie with nothing but violence is not a good movie. But one that is actually entertaining around the horror is one that people will remember and watch again and again.

Adam Green

'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

Elaine Stritch

Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing.

Edward Snowden

You can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk.

Hugo Chavez

One of the greatest rebels, who I really admire: Christ. He was a rebel. He ended up being crucified. He was a great rebel. He rebelled against the established power that subjugated.

Jack Ma

I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you.

James Joyce

I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.

James E. Faust

The priesthood of God is a shield. It is a shield against the evils of the world. That shield needs to be kept clean; otherwise, our vision of our purpose and the dangers around us will be limited.

Antonio Banderas

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism.

Arthur Golden

This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away.

The deal is we put that in, in '65, only because Idaho Power was threatening to lobby against the sales tax. They didn't want to do the bookkeeping. That's no longer an issue.

Ichiro Suzuki

The day when Japan's baseball players could do battle against the major leaguers we have long looked up to finally came. So losing it was extremely regrettable.

Marty Schottenheimer

The critical thing in my view, when you look at the whole thing is, we kicked the field goal to take the lead and they go 62 yards for a touchdown in three plays. We talked all week about giving up big plays. You can't do it against any team, particularly against Pittsburgh.

Robert Torricelli

The crimes committed on September 11 were not intended for them individually, ... This is a crime against America. They were targeted because of where they live and the nationality they held just like a soldier, just like a diplomat.

The fact that they were more physical, they could establish anything they wanted on the football field. They have two strong backs. They are strong runners, and we didn't do a good enough job against that.

The fact that they dropped these charges sends a loud signal to the city of San Antonio about what they thought about the case against them.

The fact that they didn't raise their dividend any further - we expected 0.70 euro ($A1.14) per share - was a disappointment when viewed against the 11 percent increase in net profit. We would hold the stock.

The fact that they didn't raise their dividend any further -- we expected 0.70 euros per share -- was a disappointment when viewed against the 11 percent increase in net profit. We would hold the stock.

The fact that there was no counterbalancing evidence or statistics to go against the so-called statistics that Gilbert was providing, I think that it was certainly very slanted in that respect.

The fact that the Fed did act today in a very 'measured' way, as it said it would, is a comfort to the market and seems to again set up the idea of a Goldilocks environment.

Jack Straw

The fact that terrorists have yet again targeted not U.S. or UK troops but an international organization... shows the depth of depravity to which they stoop.

The expectation levels have gone up again so we've got to be very guarded in our approach and appreciative of the things that we worked on in midweek.

Hu Jintao

The exhibition faithfully reflects the glorious path of the Chinese people's heroic fight against Japanese aggressors, ... They are vivid teaching materials for education in patriotism among the people, especially the young people.

Chris Baker

The Exchange side has a higher level of security against this bug because you have to get authorization to the server. Technically this could happen but there are a number of things that have to line up and the vulnerability doesn't use a typical URL.

The exchange rate is again under the spotlight as a wave of protectionist rhetoric rushed through the U.S. against China's large trade surplus and its undervalued currency.

Nikolay Davydenko

The fact that he's not a big server was something good for me, especially on this surface. The court is not that fast but against a good server things can turn out to be really difficult.

David Bradley

The fact that GM opted to cut production a lot rather than raise incentives again suggest the jig is up. The kinds of levels we're seeing will be there, but I don't know we'll get incrementally higher.

Craig Waibel

The experience that night was fantastic. I think that's where most of my enthusiasm comes from. It was an amazing atmosphere that they created there. We had the benefit of having the L.A. Galaxy against one of the bigger Mexican teams, so there was a large Hispanic crowd, but the point there is they are passionate about soccer. The fans are there; I know they are there because I've seen it.

Well, the thing that is important to understand in all of this is that it's not a crime that was committed against my wife or me - it was a crime against the country.