Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bryn Terfel

I missed out on seeing my two boys being born, because of my profession, ... I was rehearsing 'Don Giovanni' in Salzburg when the first one was born, and I was in New York rehearsing 'Figaro' when the second was born.

Erma Bombeck

With boys, you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane.

Erma Bombeck

With boys you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane. It's all there. The fruit flies hovering over their waste can, the hamster trying to escape to cleaner air, the bedrooms decorated in Early Bus Station Restroom.

Erma Bombeck

Every puppy should have a boy.

Florence King

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to tell Pooky that they belong to the same tribe, while among the good old boys it serves the cause of masculine dominance by identifying Bear and Wrecker as Alpha males.

Florence Welch

At the beginning of my career I was going through a really weird phase of dressing in boys clothes. I would only wear one American Apparel T-shirt and shorts and brogues the whole year round. Not the same T-shirt, obviously, but one style of American Apparel T-shirt. I think I was going through a tomboy stage.

Florence Welch

I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.

Flavor Flav

Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.

Flannery O'Connor

You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything!

Cassandra Clare

Lord, you're Irish," said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce...

Cassandra Clare

Hurry up, mundie boy, we've got work to do.

Cassandra Clare

Alec drew his hand back with a low whistle. "The Inquisitor meant business." "Of course she did. I'm a dangerous criminal. Or hadn't you heard?" Jace heard the acid in his own tone, saw Alec flinch, and was meanly, momentarily, glad. "She didn't call you a criminal, exactly..." "No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nun

Cassandra Clare

You’re my sister,” he said finally. “My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you”—he laughed soundlessly and without any humor—“to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do.

Cassandra Clare

Jace, on the other hand, looked like the sort of boy who'd come over to your house and burn it down for kicks.

Cassandra Clare

But that was Isabelle — if there was a boy around and blame that needed to be pinned on someone, Isabelle would pin it on him

Eben Moglen

The big boys, corporations and governments, have far more reason to be interested and concerned this time.

Spike Jonze

The Beastie Boys are guys I loved before I met them, and when I got to know them, we started a magazine together, and we started making videos together, and a lot of it came out of us just cracking ourselves up, like going to the fake mustache store and buying fake mustaches.

Mike Love

The Beach Boys was a family hobby that we turned into a profession. We're very blessed.

Sydney knocked us out last year and most of the boys have got a point to prove,

Michael Leunig

Sweetheart,' 'darling,' 'luv.' I like these words; they fit me like a comfortable old pullover. I remember them from childhood; that's what innocent little boys were called by cheerful aunties back then, to make them feel welcome and secure in the world.

Sunday, that was our "fun day". After Sunday school a group of boys that lived around Purdy, would meet at my house, nearly all owned saddle horses. We would go out on the prairie, there was not very many fences then. We would rope calves and have our rodeo, riding these calves on Sunday was when I learned to ride.

Sunday, that was our ""fun day"". After Sunday school a group of boys that lived around Purdy, would meet at my house, nearly all owned saddle horses. We would go out on the prairie, there was not very many fences then. We would rope calves and have our rodeo, riding these calves on Sunday was when I learned to ride.

Geena Davis

It's important for what kids watch that, as far as possible, they see the real world reflected, to see men and women, boys and girls, sharing the space.

The No. 1 boys singles is real tight. (The winner) could be anyone.

It was a very frustrating loss for us. This team really needs to have someone on the floor all the time that says 'okay boys it's time to go' on a consistent basis. We may get that for four or five minutes at a time, but not for a prolonged period which is what we need.

It was a tough loss for the boys. Benjamin Russell has a good boy's team. We were playing without our regular number one, three and six.

It was a special occasion for the girls. In the old time, girls were not able to be seen. It was the only time the girls could go out and the boys could see them secretly - without being seen by their parents.

It was a thoroughly deserved win. The boys all worked really hard.

Jason Allen

It says a lot for the boys. They're not taking anything for granted and they're wrestling every match like it's their last match. They're going out there and dominating and we're going to step it up here the next couple weeks.

It's a challenge. You know, you're supposed to have perfect little boys. And mine are perfect for who they are. But it just takes 45 minutes to get them ready for school.

Jeff Davis

It's a bummer, ... because we get so many emails from young kids saying stuff like, 'It's Boys Night Out, not Unisex Night Out!' It's frustrating, but we realized when we started writing that we wanted to make a record that would make us happy.

It's a culture of entitlement. This happens to be a bunch of white, upper-class boys who have the world on a string.

John Amery

It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve no British interest but for the interests of a small clique of utterly unscrupulous men.