Famous Quotes & Sayings

I've never seen a boost of this magnitude. It has to be Golden Globe-oriented.

Andrea Seigel

I've never read any of the '50 Shades of Grey' books because the Internet pre-educated me about the 'my inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves' material.

David Bergen

Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.

Uncertainty around regulation has a substantial knock-on effect on investment levels and retail prices in the mobile phone sector. Removing that uncertainty would significantly boost the affordability of mobile phones in the region and have a profound impact on social and economic development; mobiles offer the only cost effective way of reaching the hundreds of millions who are still without a telecommunications connection.

Nic Pizzolatto

TV and film were always governing passions of mine, and that first wave of great HBO shows in the early years of the millennium was feeding my desire for fiction more than the books I was reading.

We don't really have another player like him, a forward who's a big guy, strong like that. I think it's a big boost for us.

You hope it'll give you a boost in a close game.

Sebastian Faulks

To have been able to write the books I wanted to write, on demanding subjects like war and the history of psychiatry, and for them to have sold in the numbers they have - and then go around saying: 'Actually, I'd also like to have won the Costa Book of the Year?' That would be ridiculous.

You have to learn leadership through on-the-job experience, through successes and failures. But you can use books and experts to help you through those experiences.

You have to go by the handbook. We have all the guidelines in that book. ... Coming out at a meeting and saying you can do this or that, we can't do that in a meeting.

This year is really going to be seen as a transition year away from the booming economy to a more moderate pace of growth.

When I was reading book six, there were parts I was reading and going, 'Oh, I would love to do that.'

Ryan Murphy

What this show says is that real change happens internally, that maybe you should book a consultation with a shrink instead of a plastic surgeon.

Mark Hanson

We've really focused on trying to make this event something that the whole family can come out and enjoy. While the husband is off looking at hunting and fishing exhibits and the wives are off looking at home improvement displays, the kids can be checking out the fine entertainment we have booked for them this year. And with ticket prices costing just $3 for adults and $1 per child a day, it's very inexpensive. Say you have a family of four, for just $8 they can come out to the Great Outdoors Show and enjoy great food, great entertainment and check out the various exhibits. That sounds like a pretty cheap day of fun to me.

David Healy

What GM is talking about in my book are not hybrids. These are trucks with humongous starter motors.

Anthony Browne

What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story or tell more about the story, about how someone is thinking or feeling.

Marcia Muller

Through the misguided notion that writing about flying was easy, I had McCone become a pilot. When I learned that research in books wasn't enough, I forced myself to take lessons.

We try and book shows two to three times a month and they're always over by 11 p.m..

Graham Nash

We truly love CSNY music, and so we're always waiting, and what happens is that we have lives to lead, too, so, you know, at some point we have to say, well, you know, I can't wait any longer we have to book a tour because, you know, they take three, four months of preparation before we actually step out on the stage.

We just tried to stay focused and concentrate on making our free throws. It really boosts your confidence when you see others hit them.

We just go by the book and conduct thorough inspections, and it is our duty to maintain that regulatory framework. It is up to private-sector companies what decisions they make.

Ethan Hawke

There's something at the root of our love-hate relationship with celebrity that I think has the makings, if you could do it in a really substantive way, of a great modern American novel. And it's something I know a lot about, and so I feel like that's the book that I should write.

There's no such thing as an original idea. We're all inspired by books, magazines and movies.

Dave Wannstedt

There's no short cuts. There's no books you can read to solve this thing.

There's no satisfactory way of closing the book on this. I think people are well meaning when they say they're going to move on. But I don't think it's realistic.

There's no rule book to respond to anything that comes your way - face it, deal with it - just don't hurt yourself and don't hurt other people because we are all buffeted by things we can't control with that magic wand.

There's no doubt that everyone has various agendas. But whatever their agenda, Microsoft's support has been a huge boon to HD-DVD.

There's no doubt German firms are doing exceptionally well: order books are full to the brim and business confidence is at levels not seen since reunification. But they haven't started hiring yet. They know that in 2007 a very large fiscal tightening is envisaged, so this could be a short-lived rise in demand.

There's no other book that's been endorsed by five first ladies.

There's just no excuse for them to be demanding concessions from these workers at a time when the economy in B.C. is booming and their excuse about competition just doesn't hold up.

Mark Zandi

There's just a lot more boomer kids out there, and that's cutting up the pie into very small pieces.

There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house.

The travel industry will do really well this year. It's a great time to be an operator. What that means for the individual is: Book early, book often.