Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lauren Bacall

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

We accept, no questions asked, tombstones that someone has at their home or wherever. If someone has a tombstone because they think it looks nice in their garden, they can keep it, but if they'd like to get rid of it, we will figure where it belongs and return the tombstone.

We can debate what percentage of the profits should be plowed back into the company and what percentage belongs to the shareholders. Not being a shareholder, I'd prefer to see them err in the direction of spending a larger portion on refineries and new (oil and gas) fields and infrastructure.

Kirk Hammett

Deep Purple definitely belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 'Cause they had great songs, great musicianship, they had an impact, and they're a huge influence on the heavy metal community as a whole.

I consider myself very fortunate indeed to have created a character which has captured the imagination and enthusiasm of so many children worldwide. They are my family, and Spot belongs to them all.

I'm a real genre jumper, but all good music belongs to the same family. I love Dave Sitek, a producer I've been working with a lot since I moved to L.A. He will change the game.

The protesters were shouting yesterday that this was a Chinese government because the president of the party that Snyder Rini belongs to is a naturalized Chinese ... so they were saying this is a Chinese-backed government.

Selman Waksman

Streptomycin belongs to a group of compounds, known as antibiotics, which are produced by microorganisms and which possess the property of inhibiting the growth and even of destroying other microorganisms.

Talib Kweli

I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.

Tom Mann

The future of the world belongs to the youth of the world, and it is from the youth and not from the old that the fire of life will warm and enlighten the world. It is your privilege to breathe the breath of life into the dry bones of many around you.

We have a really good relationship, and he belongs here. He clearly knew that we wanted him to be here.

We really feel this medal belongs to a lot of people who have come before us and who have put in years and years of dedication. We definitely wouldn't be here without those people. They've been building the sport in the U.S. for years.

Rocco Buttiglione

We are firm on this point: what belongs to the Italian people must be returned to the Italian people,

He's a good little offensive player. He looks like he belongs in the majors. This kid knows how to play. And he's a winner.

Pat Buchanan

I think you'll see, just by yourselves, taking a look at the energy and fire and the numbers here, this nomination belongs to us,

I think white pine in some form or another belongs in that forest. It is not a weed.

I think the district belongs to the voters who live there and vote there, ... I'm too busy doing the job I was elected to do to focus too much on an election that's over a year away.

Jose Reyes

He's been working so hard, he's learned a lot. He looks comfortable out there now. He looks like he belongs there.

Human reproduction is now in the hands of men, when it rightfully belongs in the hands of God,

He was terrific tonight. I certainly would hope that this is a game he can build on. He doesn't have anything left to prove in the Minor Leagues. He has to prove that he belongs here, and I think he started to tonight.

Buck Showalter

He comes in knowing people like him and he has something to offer. I haven't seen this look in his eye before, he feels like he belongs here.

He knows (AB849) would immediately draw a legal challenge, ... If he thinks it belongs in the court, this option will get it there.

Teju Cole

In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices.

Heywood Broun

The pursuit of happiness belongs to us, but we must climb around or over the church to get it

Mitch Daniels

I am honored to be summoned to service by President-elect Bush and look forward to joining him in making bipartisan progress on the issues important to Americans. The federal surplus is a hard-earned accomplishment that belongs to the American people, and I am pleased to help the president-elect ensure that it is used for responsible goals.

I am still amazed, as we are in season and it is difficult for any coach in Texas to receive this honor if you are not at the (NSCAA) convention. The honor really belongs to all the great kids who play for Klein, the administration and the community.

Poetry, good sir, in my opinion, is like a tender virgin, very young, and extremely beautiful, whom divers others virgins - namely, all the other sciences - make it their business to enrich, polish and adorn; and to her it belongs to make use of them

Jane Byrne

The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead.

Theodore Roosevelt

The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena...who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to a worthy cause; who, at best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who,at worst, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

William Davies

The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.

Our goal is to get this money back in the hands of the people it belongs to,

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

People who use music have to understand that the music belongs to someone else and they have to pay for the use of the property. The creator deserves fair compensation.