Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Clooney

In retrospect, it probably wasn't a great idea for my health because all I did was eat and eat until the weight just piled on. It sounds like a great situation, but you really get sick of looking at all that food. I felt awful shoving all this food in my face, but it really helped me feel like this character.

Being involved - even if only through passive ownership - in this steadfast city enhancement, which is relatively risk-free and without the awful baggage of other commercial activities' competitive pressures, is immensely interesting.

Colin Powell

But I have seen nothing that makes a direct connection between Saddam Hussein and that awful regime, and what happened on 9/11.

Christiane Amanpour

But think how much more of a contribution we could make to this great society if we weren't so dependent on what I call those hocus-focus-pocus awful groups who tell us what people are not interested in.

Billy Connolly

But still, I kept thinking, if I'm still troubled by this, if I'm still carrying it around like a big rucksack full of bricks and my father's dead, I need someone to tell me how to get rid of this great weight. . . . The most awful thing was that it was kind of pleasant physically, you know. That's why nobody tells.

This had an awful lot to do with the magic that Walt believed in, ... See, this is magic for good ... this girl suddenly is transformed into the princess.

They spend an awful lot of money to raise their money, which usually is something that's not necessary when you have the star power and public relations rating of an organization like that.

Joe Paterno

They're unusual kids, ... They have an awful lot of poise. They are not hotshots. They like to play. They know their place. They have a little deference to the upperclassmen - in a nice way. They're just really good kids.

They're still very much concerned that the risk in the economy of a downturn is much greater than it is of inflation. I suspect they will restate that risk. However, they will probably indicate that the increments of easing from here on out are going to be smaller because there's an awful lot of easing in the pipeline.

Sebastian Horsley

But really death seems the least awful thing that can happen to someone

Sinead O'Connor

I'm a very good dishwasher. I'm a terrible cook. I'm an awful cook.

Henry A. Kissinger

This is awful. Do it again.

Laini Taylor

She stabbed him in the armpit, deep, and he dropped his sword. And died. So that's what is feels like, she thought as her boldness gave away to trembling. It feels awful.

Nigel Farage

We wouldn't want to be like the Swiss, would we? That would be awful! We'd be rich!

The Great Indoors clearly is geared around home remodeling, re-decorating, so to some extent there's more economic linkage there than just daily life. But there's an awful lot of fashions and soft elements to this box that you don't have to be gutting your kitchen to go shopping there,

The industrial production numbers in the next two months will look pretty awful as the full impact of the hurricane-related shutdowns shows up in the data.

You've got to go back and see what you did wrong. I thought we played pretty well and got a little better. But we're going to look awful on film. ... Midway through the season you have to take the win, but we're going to Indiana next. If we play like this, we're going to get beat.

You've got an awful lot of people here who are pretty stimulating, had interesting lives. We always look forward to dinner and who we're going to be with.

The major point is to protect private homeowners from eminent domain and put major hurdles in the way of the government if they want to take your house. It's going to put an awful lot of obstacles in the way of eminent domain, especially for economic development.

These are pretty awful numbers and, as far as we know, there are no mitigating circumstances.

These kids lost their mom, and that got overlooked over the years. This was a real family. This was a real person. To have that validated in a court of law means an awful lot to those kids and I'm very proud to have kept my word to them.

This is a huge 'ah ha' moment, were an awful lot of people for the first time looking at that scenario came to grips with good heavens.

This is a guy that has challenged the most powerful people in our country and in our world, for that matter. He carries an awful lot of water.

A lot can happen during a season. You have to have an awful lot go right to win a Stanley Cup.

Penny Lancaster

If I had a partner who asked when I was going to the gym or commented that I was eating too much or asked if I really needed an extra potato, that would make me feel awful. It would be terrible.

Matthew Macfadyen

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

Henry Blodget

Despite the awful near-term financial outlook, the key value-drivers showed impressive growth.

As far as a camera store goes, they're phasing out an awful lot of what we do.

As awful as I am and as demanding as I am, they wanted me to come back and do it.

The cable and satellite companies pay an awful lot of money for content,

Schools identify the students that need the help. But it takes an awful lot of money to satisfy all needs.

Keith Lockhart

Science has come an awful long way in the last 250 years.

People think we have an awful lot of standards. That's a mere drop in the bucket compared to the number of contaminants that could enter the water supply.