Famous Quotes & Sayings

Frankie Dettori

I couldn't shake Brass Hat off. He was always a threat.

Jake Delhomme

I'm a little more reserved than (Smith) off the field. On the field, I get pretty animated. But he's a -- I don't want to say brash -- but a confident person, and he'll tell you if he doesn't like (something). And he means it.

Jake Delhomme

He's a very -- I don't want to say brash -- but a confident person.

He's a trumpet player so having a winds and brass focus is a real treat. He's very passionate and level headed and not the kind of director who throws things at you.

Hit television show American Idol is the perfect example of this. Thousands of hopefuls sing their heart out (sometimes very badly) for a shot at the brass ring of fame. Now, it looks like all you have to do is log on to eBay and make a bid.

Ed Schultz

We may have outgrown Fargo, but I don't want to come off brash by saying that. I know how that will look in print: 'Bigheaded Eddie.' That's not the case. The logistic issues of it, we may have outgrown Fargo.

Gary Wright

I was the first artist, I think, to ever do an all-keyboard album. There were things that resembled it, like Stevie Wonder. A lot of his stuff was on keyboards, but he used brass and he used other things as well. I was the first artist, also, to use drum machines. I was really the one who kind of started that whole thing.

He got up and headed, he was going to go to the computer, and I said, 'No, it's not the computer. I could see the big brass buttons reflecting light (through the front door). That's a sight I'll never forget. There's something inside of me that still says to this day, if we just hadn't opened the door.

Joseph Estrada

Moreover, our culture discourages her from being as brash as Gloria Arroyo,

She connected with the military in a way I know they appreciate, not only the brass but the serving soldiers who saw someone who had made a point of getting to know them.

Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape?

Benicio Toro

Let's get down to brass tacks here, man. How much for the ape?

Jason Calacanis

Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.

Trombone Shorty

When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band.

Tuppence Middleton

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

We don't need any more principles now. We need to get down to brass tacks and get an agreement.

Illinois Jacquet

The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.

Eberhard Weber

Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.

Michael Owen

You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a footballer when I was seven or eight. I didn't just think I wanted to be one, I knew I was going to be one. Nothing ever surprised me really.

Li Na

We don't produce A-cups for some bras with larger chest circumference now as demand is low.

Paul Fleischman

I'm a very careful, slow writer, and I think a lot of that comes from the care required to be a hand-printer, where if something isn't spaced out enough, you take little slivers of brass or copper and put them between each letter.

The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and many trinkets in which their simple hearts delighted.

We have to get down to the brass tacks. If this is going to move, we, as tribal leaders, have got to put a (settlement) figure in this bill. Right now, it's blank. We can't leave it blank.

Jessica Valenti

I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It was for older women. I got my bras there, until I realized I didn't want those huge, taupe bras. Everything was beige, with massive amounts of hooks.

sharp, dry wit and his brash dealings with contestants.

Michelle Mone

I knew nothing about the way bras were made

Scott Turow

I keep two sentimental mementos on my desk to remind me of two favorite men. There is an inkwell that my Uncle Seymour made, a brass grotesque he mounted on a marble base. And my grandfather's shaving cup is there, used to store pencils and pens.

Jon Tester

I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds - but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn't say, 'My God, that guy can play.' It'd probably sound more like Jack Benny.

Mal Peet

In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.

Frankie Dettori

I didn't know I was going to win it until the last 20 yards or so because I couldn't shake Brass Hat off. He kept coming back.

I'm so proud of what Brass Hat has done for us. We had a great experience and we'd love to come back next year.

Laurie Notaro

I have more faith in my bra than I have in my accountant.

Any business they do on the Internet is going to be very profitable for them. They have the infrastructure. They don't have to create it. And additionally, the profit margins on their bras and underwear and lingerie are spectacular, while the other e-commerce companies have very narrow margins.