Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Bolton

Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.

We'll not back down. We're loyal British subjects who only want to be allowed to parade peacefully where we always have in our town.

Alex Ferguson

Tyler did a really good job for us. He threw a scoreless inning in the first game. He allowed three runs but none were earned in the second game. He did a good job closing games out.

Unfortunately we allowed that game to be close and for it come down to that.

We were just not boxing out and allowed them to get second chance points. If we're doing that (boxing out) from the beginning we would have probably had a chance to win at the end.

We were just doing it mainly to slow them down and it allowed us to pick off some passes. For some reason, we couldn't stop them man, so we went to a zone look.

Henrik Lundqvist

During the Olympics they're really strict about what you're allowed to wear. You get a lot of clothes, but everything is pre-ordered. We had a fitting over the summer. You're not allowed to wear your own clothes. No logos, nothing. You get fined if you wear something you're not supposed to wear.

Helmut Newton

People gave us everything for free. We were allowed only so much film per picture, but there was no limit to the creativity. I like to say that they let us loose like wild dogs in the streets of Paris.

Helen Oyeyemi

The first book I really loved was 'Little Women' - I'd have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember crying very much over her death, trying to make the words change just by staring at them. I loved 'Anne of Green Gables,' too; 'What Katy Did;' and 'Peter Pan.'

Alex Honnold

I suppose being a bit of an antisocial weirdo definitely honed my skills as a soloist. It gave me a lot more opportunities to solo lots of easy routes, which in turn broadened my comfort zone quite a bit and has allowed me to climb the harder things without a rope that I've done now.

Mary Quant

I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom.

I said I didn't think people as young as 16 should be allowed to vote. Apparently, they took points off for that.

I returned from my last L.A. visit to find myself tipping the scales like Homer Simpson when he tries to gain enough weight to qualify as disabled to be allowed to work from home. All I was missing was his kaftan and Fat Guy Hat. So, I decided it was time to diet.

Kate Beckinsale

People are controlled to varying degrees but it will still make people think - for example Chris actually says to Marian: 'I've seen you walk down the street, you are allowed out' - so to all intents and purposes she's free. But Bernie has brain-washed her to believe her only purpose in life is to serve him.

People are constantly coming in and saying we're not sure you're open or if we are allowed to come in here,

Hal Turner

People are allowed to protest in North Bergen when they get a permit to protest from the police department. There have been other protests in front of my home, but those people filed for permits. But no one told the police of any activity. They didn't know anything about it. You can't protest without a permit.

Our group of men pulled together and found a way to handle their pressure. They picked up their pressure; they were scramble-trapping us and rotating and our guys found a way to handle it with Anthony in foul trouble. I was very proud of the way our guys pulled together in that situation and allowed us to keep the lead.

Palestinians are more excited to visit the United States (because) they are not allowed outside the country. When kids are leaving (the country), everything is documented.

Oscar Wilde

Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself.

Pallets are no longer allowed because they have too many chemicals in them.

That definitely hurt us. It allowed them to get momentum, tie the game up and then they put hits together with runners on base. They left three runners on base and we left five. Their clutch hitting paid off.

George Davis

That allowed the Canadian dollar to basically move back toward the 14-year high that we saw in early March.

Jim Calhoun

That allowed Lewis and Thomas to do what they wanted. We got beat good in the post.

Samantha Shannon

My silver cord - the link between my body and my spirit - was extremely sensitive. It was what allowed me to sense dreamscapes at a distance. It could also snap me back into my skin.

David LaChapelle

My mum was one of those people who really wasn't allowed to be an artist, because she worked in a factory and she came from the war and all that stuff. She really has an artist's soul.

Ruby Rose

My mom is a painter and an artist. She would play music, and she always had very good taste in music, fashion, and art. She was also a young single mom, so I think she had really good style; she was really free... just really inspiring in her own way and allowed me to find the direction I wanted to take in my life.

Sasha Cohen

My mom and her parents had to leave because her brother had left a couple of years before and the government was really upset. They took away both my grandparents' jobs, so they couldn't make a living. They had to sell all their things. They weren't allowed to take more than $500 out of the country.

Bill Lester

My wife believed in me when I wanted to leave a comfortable job and go chase my dream. She allowed me to make it happen.

Joe Frazier

My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag.

Leila Janah

My mom was a big feminist, and when I was growing up, I wasn't allowed to have typical girl toys: she did not let me have dolls. Barbies were banned in our household. She read feminist books to me; my mom was a major feminist.

Kevin Drum

Let me say this flatly: Leaks are good. They are the way we hold paranoid and secretive governments accountable. Historically, leaks have virtually never harmed national security in even a minor way, despite plenty of shrill commentary to the contrary. Reporters should be allowed to print them without fear of being tossed in jail.

Market inspection is allowed by all countries. It doesn't violate the WTO.

Chuck D.

Marcus Vick made some great plays, but we allowed him to make great plays. We had some containment issues, but he took some hits, too.