Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herbie Hancock

I think a lot of young people being brought up in this scene feel a sense of ruthlessness. There's nothing to plant them deeply down in the soil somehow so they can bend and sway from there.

He has to bend over a little to the other side to get everybody to work together. His only power over Democrats is the veto and that's not going to help anybody.

Ruth Glick

For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means.

Lloyd Roberts

For this to happen between brothers that's just bending the limits of probability. It's a true tragedy.

(He) tried to bend the bars, couldn't quite get through and lost their drawers on the way through.

Dominique Moceanu

I got injured at the Olympic Trials in 2000. I could not jump. I could not walk on my leg properly. I couldn't bend my knee. I couldn't straighten it.

Alex Berenson

Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to journalists for free.

J. R. R. Tolkien

There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.

Robert Black

The governor has confidence in his appointees on the Parks and Wildlife board, and he trusts they will make a decision that is in the best interest of the Big Bend area.

Ridley Scott

We're suffering from saturation, overkill. The market place is flooded by demand, and there are too many films, so everything gets watered down. Demand is the boss and everything bends to that will. Bigger and not necessarily better shows seem to be the order of the day. I can't watch most of them.

John Podesta

We're trying ... to bend ears, not break peoples' arms,

Glen Cook

We kept bending a little bit, but we never broke. And that was the key, giving a little bit but not giving it all.

When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.

Open is one of those convenient marketing terms. People bend it to meet their needs.

Larry Bird

Over the last four, five years, you've seen some of the things, and maybe we did bend over too much for Ronnie to try to help him. But I can sleep good at night, knowing we did the best we could.

Our philosophy on defense is bend but don't break and we bent a lot tonight. Fortunately we only broke one time.

John Steinbeck

Just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work. I hope we may not be overwhelmed one day by peoples not too proud or too lazy or too soft to bend to the earth and pick up the things we eat.

I saw there were 3,000 people in Fort Bend County, and we knew we could sleep some people here.

That bunt by Gonzalez threw everybody for a loop. That got the South Bend dugout all excited. Big-time players make big-time plays. I thought we pitched him well during this series.

Sharon Kay Penman

My novels about medieval Wales were set in unexplored terrain; my readers did not know what lay around every bend in the road.

My wife and I thought it would be cool to spend a year in South Bend ... and 26 years later, we are still here.

Sam Torrance

My view is we should bend the rules, change the rules - do anything to get the best team.

My message to the United States is a simple one: use the WTO system, but do not expect us to bend it to suit a timetable that you are seeking to impose by means of illegal unilateral action,

Tamsin Greig

I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.

Sathya Baba

It is difficult indeed to understand the ego in its depth and devious ways. It is an inert entity, that is to say, it cannot know itself not can it know others; It has no fear; it will not bend before others; it degrades man from the golden glory, which is his due, to the level of lowly dust.

I wear a bowling glove 24 hours a day. When my wrist bends it hurts, so I don't want it to bend.

Our match with North Bend was outstanding. Both teams played very well and all the games were very close. We get to play them two more times, and our girls are looking forward to that.

Oracle has to bend to what the customer needs. If they don't do that, they're not going to get the value of the investment they made buying Siebel. They're not a dumb company.

We couldn't be any more pleased with his progress, ... When he learns how to bend his knees and do the things that he's doing right now, he'll be perennial all-pro.

Ike Taylor

We came out flat in the first half. Coach told us to bend but don't break. The offense had an opportunity, and they went out and made a play.

Richard Carlson

Typically you issue those releases when you get partial payment. We were bending over backward, issuing them even when we were not getting partial payment. We stopped doing that when they filed bankruptcy.

Kathleen Brown

Usually, the limiting factor for roses is water. If the rose is not getting enough water, it will let you know. Bent neck is the common sign that water uptake is not adequate, and the upper stem bends over because it is the weakest part.

Mark McKinnon

Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son's speech was also quite powerful.