Famous Quotes & Sayings

The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.

Aaron Carter

There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.

Aaron Eckhart

I have done scenes as Harvey Two-Face. It's interesting. I won't tell you exactly what we're going for, but I think that I can say that it will use all of today's technology to create this character. He's going to be interesting, and I think that's what makes this character important in the movie-you get to see him as he was before, as in the comic books. Harvey is a very good guy in the comic books. He's judicious. He cares. He's passionate about what he loves and then he turns into this character. So you will see that in this film.

Aaron Eckhart

Chris [Nolan] comes at this with such a different take on Batman, so I didn't feel that I had to be true to any other actor playing this role. Of course, I read the comic books. His relationships with Lt. Gordon and with Batman, with Gotham City, those really helped me the most.

Iris Chang

When you count all the obscure monographic books, there have been many. I probably have most of them in my library.

When you book ahead, you get your first choice, instead of just the leftovers. But if you're just looking for a deal and you don't care where you stay or when you go, the last minute may be better.

Libraries and books have always been a part of my life and have made a difference in my life. I have always had a passion for books, both reading and collecting.

Louisiana's performance in the wake of the hurricanes is impressive. Statewide results are receiving a strong boost from construction crews and other personnel in the region for the post-hurricane reconstruction. We think displaced gamblers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are also driving growth.

Lott's re-election is something close to a sure thing, but if he had vacated his seat, the contest to replace him would have been very competitive, giving Democrats a boost in their efforts to pick up seats in November.

William Shakespeare

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books;But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.

Let's face it: It was the disappearance of the century. People just stick a chapter in a book saying they know what happened, and the book sells.

Vera Wang

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

Bille August

Les Miserables. I never read the book before, but when I read this script it was so outstanding, so brilliant, I wanted to make it.

Maureen Corrigan

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

Many of the people at these booths are reputable, but there's a small percentage that engage in the resell of tickets.

Many people wait until the last minute to get their tickets. But what you should do is book early and just make sure you monitor the prices.

Alison Weir

Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there, so strong is my feeling for my subject. On occasion, I have been so moved by the events I have been describing that I have felt like crying.

Many professors don't realize they can just buy the book. We need to create a reminder system for faculty.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many time the reading of a book has made the future of a man.

Scott's presence gave a big boost to the team.

John Galbraith

Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book.

Several of our trading books were on the wrong side of interest rates. It was a bunch of positions that didn't work out.

Jandy Nelson

Second novels are bears. As are other people's expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key. Writers spend years and years on their first novels and then are often expected to turn out a second at warp speed, a recipe for failure.

Robert Parker

So it's - the book is the book, the movie is the movie, the money is the money, and - you know?

Sarah Susanka

So many homes today are the developers vision of what we should need in terms of square footage and rooms and adjacencies, ... 'The Not So Big House' is about how to introduce spirit and personality into our homes. The book is also about giving up the spaces we don't really use and end up making a house feel soulless.

So I think that some of the fears that people have posed about what this type of publication directly on the Internet will mean for the book publishing industry have been vastly overstated.

Rita Dove

She took a group of us to see a living author, just a book signing. But that's really all it took to get me started on realizing my dream.

She told us she was in suspense (while writing the book) too, as if she was reading it.

She's very professional. Her play has given us a huge boost this season.

She's really a boost for us. Whatever we need her to do she does. Her technique work is great in all four strokes.

The pin, I wasn't expecting that. I knew he had a decent chance to win the match. He tied it up with three back points and my mindset was to get the match into overtime. But he got the pin. That should be a confidence boost for him.

William Bastone

The overall majority of contentions he makes in the book are not borne out by contemporaneous police records or by interviews we conducted with police and court officials in Ohio and Michigan.

The PC is not dying but it's not the number one place for growth, ... There is a lot of upside potential on the services side. If HP can get a stronger foothold, that would really boost revenues.