Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donnie Edwards

I'll have to read a few more of those articles to see exactly what was said, but I still feel the same way I did back then, it was a slap in the face to the NFL,

Any article or any statements about the mayor reaching a medical decision are just false. The mayor has not reached a decision yet about the course of medical treatment. He has not yet made a decision about the Senate race.

Serendipity means finding great things by chance. That's how we feel about the farm. We read about the farm in a newspaper ad. They also had an article on a couple who talked about serendipity. That day we came out to look at the farm.

With prurient absorption and only minimal risk, we can pretend to be the subject of the lead article on the front page of the Style section of our local newspaper for as long as it takes to finish our morning coffee.

Brian Greene

What was the hardest part? All the media hype. We were together before she started doing the show. Everything we did became an article in something.

We repeat that the (Security Council) article pertaining to the resistance is dealt with within the framework of internal national dialogue,

They have, in essence, treated these articles as empty vessels to be filled with some witches' brew of charges,

Charles J. Shields

The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the urging of his sophomore English teacher.

Donald Rumsfeld

The impression that's left around the world is that we plan to occupy the country, we plan to use their bases over the long period of time, and it's flat false, ... We went in there to change a regime, we went in there to find weapons of mass destruction, we went in there to stop them from threatening their neighbors, and we have said precisely what we're there for, and it's not what that article says.

Jimmy Wales

The idea that we are going to tighten our editorial 'rules' is completely not correct (and) the articles would not be frozen in perpetuity.

Zhang Ziyi

I am not stuck-up, as some articles say.

John Banville

How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review, or even a film script, but for fiction I must have my own desk, my own wall with my own postcards pinned to it, and my own window not to look out of.

I come to these work sessions every Tuesday and to find out we don't want to buy the site from a newspaper article is like a kick in the teeth. It looks like if I want find out what's going on in the borough I can just spend $4.50 a week and read the paper.

I can confirm the Commission is due to consider sending a letter to Poland warning Poland the Commission considers that they may be in breach of Article 21 of the merger regulations, which gives the Commission exclusive competence over mergers of a European dimension.

As for legislation on Basic Law Article 23, we do not have a set timetable and we shall first conduct consultation of this matter.

Mary Roach

I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.

Jane Yolen

In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It was a nonfiction book about women pirates - 'Pirates in Petticoats.' After that, I was a book writer for good.

In light of the fact that you have NO clue what you're doing, we waive this Article 32 hearing!

Romola Garai

In a way, I'd rather go into an interview and be disliked, and have unpleasant things written about me, than to have a wonderful, glowing article written that is in no way a reflection of who I am.

I mean, picture this: You're in the middle of reading a very important article in The New Yorker, and then you're laughing because you got distracted by a cartoon, and you have to go to the bathroom because of all the laughing ... come on people, please keep the humor at a minimum.

And I like to think we've come as far as we have by word-of-mouth marketing, by understanding where our niche markets are. I was just sitting here reading an article in Forbes magazine about grass-roots marketing, and they are talking about a lot of things we've been doing for years.

The evidence plainly shows that the president did not obstruct justice in any way and there is nothing in this article (of impeachment) that would warrant his removal from office,

The items discussed in the Wall Street Journal article are not fixed -- far from it.

Joe Biden

America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.

Malcolm X

If it's lawful to have a rifle club to kill pheasants, it should be just as lawful to have one to kill wolves or dogs that are being sicked on little black babies. In fact, it's constitutional. Article Number Two of the constitution guarantees the right of every citizen to own a rifle or a shot gun.

Robert A. Heinlein

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

Umberto Eco

I enjoyed your article, but I preferred my own.