Famous Quotes & Sayings

When I came here I barely thought I would play as a freshman, ... But some people got hurt and luckily I got to go in.

Donna Leon

I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also write for some baroque opera festivals because this music is my real passion.

Twyla Tharp

I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.

Tom Stoppard

I barely remembered my father; I'm confused between genuine memory and the few photographs that survived.

Tom Waits

I bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its limitations, but I'm learning different ways to keep it alive.

Timothy Noah

Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a popular-vote majority.

Arthur Hailey

Since when was the stock market an accurate barometer of anything?

On an average, we estimate to produce approximately 746,000 barrels of oil per day in 2006.

On all nine of those occasions, the president fondled and kissed her bare breasts. He touched her genitals ... bringing her to orgasm on two occasions,

Olivier in his last years kept all his papers in great big stage hampers in a barn at his country place in Sussex.

Holly Black

Someday I would like to be the kind of writer who barrels through a draft, but I can't even seem to barrel through an interview like this, so I imagine I have a long way to go.

Some 41 percent of dogs are brought into pounds because they bark too much. You can teach dogs to bark on command, you can teach them not to bark.

Some of make-up's perennials have disappeared off the beauty barometer this season, replaced by a new, less obvious class of looks that takes elements of make-up past but gives them a modern edge,

Signing Rubens represents another exciting milestone in BAR Honda's development and in Rubens' own career,

Michael Stipe

Since every record surely contains something offensive to someone, sticker them all. Make this as meaningless as the bar code.

Moises Alou

Since Barry came back, it's really made this team a lot better. It's a whole different game. Hopefully we can keep playing the way are playing, and I think we will.

Jerry Jones

She came to school with a black eye. She had a patch over her eye. She could barely walk and she was in pain.

She has been a great mentor, friend and teacher to a lot of people, myself included. It's very hard to see a fixture like Barbara Bates leave, but Towson is definitely getting an excellent asset.

Lisa Clark

She gets an allowance, but she looks for bargains when she shops.

Geno Auriemma

She finally realized that the more I do for others, the better it is for me, and in the end she ends up being better than she's ever been. I think you grow as a person when you start doing things for other people. So college was good for Barbara. The University of Connecticut was good for Barbara. And Barbara was good for the University of Connecticut.

She fell on her bar routine, and to still finish fifth means she has room to move up. If she hits on everything in the floor, she will be fine.

Shane was sitting right outside the bar watching. But as soon as he took off I knew something was wrong because the snowmobile didn't have enough power, it was like it was dying or something.

Felipe Alou

Most teams know Barry didn't play a lot in spring training. They want to find out how he's swinging the bat. The only way to do that is to pitch to him.

Stephanie Cutter

Mitt Romney saying that Barack Obama gets an F is one of the most ridiculous things that he has said in this race.

Larry Elder

Mired in a batting slump, Bonds sat in the locker room and complained about his uncharacteristic struggle to get his offense going. I can't put my finger on the problem, said Barry aloud. I'm struggling. Can't buy a hit. Bonds then looked up and noticed a chronically poor-hitting teammate nearby. Bonds turned to him and said something like - you must feel like this all the time.

Carlo Ancelotti

Milan and Barcelona are two great teams, maybe the best in Europe at the moment. I expect two beautiful games, exciting and entertaining matches.

MoMA is one of the world's great cultural institutions with one of the world's premier Boards and Museum leadership. It is my distinct pleasure to work with such a talented and highly qualified group. I salute Bob Menschel for the high bar he has set and follow him in the position of Chairman with all the respect he has earned.

We have an unbelievable lineup, a terrific lineup. Getting this kind of entertainment for $5 admission, that's a great bargain anywhere.

We're hearing rumors at this point. We sent off a letter last week to the company demanding to know if the rumors are true, and if they're true, they need to bargain with us on the effect.

We're having a hard time. We are getting down to bare walls.

We're happy that Pemco is ready to go back to the negotiating table. Now that we are negotiating, there is no reason to continue the lockout. I urge them to get everybody back to work and sit down and do some hard bargaining for as long as it takes.

We decided not to make as much money per bar and just make more (bars).

Grace Meng

When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They see someone whose family has worked hard and struggled. And they see many similarities between themselves and Barack Obama.