Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Riordan

Now, I figured that the built-up gas in most boys' locker rooms was enough to cause an explosion, so I wasn't surprised when the flaming dodgeball ignited a huge WHOOOOOOOM!

James Barrie

The God to whom little boys say their prayers has a face very like their mother's

Edward Albee

If you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about the comedy boys, I'm talking about the more serious writers - it seems inevitable that almost every one has been encouraged until the critics feel that they have built them up beyond the point where they can control them; then it's time to knock them down again.

Michelle Mone

The market was striving for newness and someone to bring a new concept and invention. We shook the industry up from the big boys who had had the market to themselves. We got lots of PR, invented products and took a market share.

Holly Johnson

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

Jonathan Kozol

You have to remember. . .that for this little boy whom you have met, his life is just as important to him, as your life is to you. No matter how insufficient or how shabby it may seem to some, it is the only one he has.

Jonathan Lethem

What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?

Jonathan Franzen

I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.

Thom Yorke

There was a clown that tried to eat me as a boy, in my nightmares. Years later I found a clown for booking online who resembled him named Patches. Needless to say, Patches is dead now.

Thom Yorke

I was abducted by aliens as a boy. Aliens is the name of a pedophile who lived in my alley.

Thom Yorke

As a boy I was a hermit crab, but I soon came out of my shell. Now I am a pincer crab, and soon I will be at my full power as a deadly nuclear lobster.

Terry Pratchett

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.

Terry Pratchett

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

Tom Petty

We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.

Simon Pegg

I lived in the cultural equivalent of Tatooine when I was a little boy. I didn't live in London, I didn't live right in the middle of where everything was happening, I lived on the very edge of it.

Simon Jordan

If I see another David Gold interview on the poor East End Jewish boy done good I'll impale myself on one of his dildos.

Simon Hoggart

Poor Harper Seven Beckham, having to live with that name all her life. It's the Boy Named Sue syndrome; at the very least it will toughen her up.

Rick Riordan

I thought she'd make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, "That boy kissed you!" Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight.

Rick Riordan

We started this together, Leo. Seems only right you come along. You find us a ride, you're in." "Yes!" Leo pumped his fist. * * * * * Jason gazed up at the dragon and shook his head in amazement. "Leo, what have you done?" "Found a ride!" Leo beamed. "You said I could go on the quest if I got you a ride. Well, I got you a class-A metallic flying bad boy! Festus can take us anywhere!

Rick Riordan

Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.

Rick Riordan

I don’t define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.

Tinie Tempah

I'm a bit of a mummy's boy.

Stephen Fry

As if a device can function if it has no style. As if a device can be called stylish that does not function superbly... yes, beauty matters. Boy, does it matter. It is not surface, it is not an extra, it is the thing itself.

Rutherford B. Hayes

The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.

Ruta Sepetys

How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he have liked me

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.

Ruby Rose

I cop a fair bit of flack for going from 'such a babe to such a boy'. I wanted to share (that) story.

Ross Kemp

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it.

Ron Moody

There are names like Savoy Hotel, Caruso, Shangri-La, Pavlove, Mount Everest and the Treorchy Male Choir that just hang up there as peaks of excellence - perfect things that we simply take for granted as symbols of greatness. So imagine how delighted and honoured I am to join with all the other small peaks in congratulating the Choir of Choirs on its anniversary. In admiration, since I was a boy!

Ron Livingston

I can't pull off blond, but I got some blond tips. Which is as close as I'll ever come to being in a '90s boy band.

Ray Romano

Identical twins. I'm glad they're identical 'cause you save money on photographs. That's what I like. Yeah. Here's my little boy. I got another one just like it.

Ray Emery

Just playing more, I'm more comfortable. A big part is the boys are giving me a lead a lot of nights. Playing more has just let me be more comfortable in different situations in the game.

Robin Williams

Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all.