Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eliezer Yudkowsky

The media thinks that only the cutting edge of science, the very latest controversies, are worth reporting on. How often do you see headlines like 'General Relativity still governing planetary orbits' or 'Phlogiston theory remains false'? By the time anything is solid science, it is no longer a breaking headline.

Elijah Wood

I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, "Poor thing." I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better.

Tim Schafer

After 'Psychonauts,' we could have laid off half our team so that we'd have more money and time to sign 'Brutal Legend.' But doing so would have meant breaking up a team that had just learned how to work well together. And what message would that have sent to our employees? It would say that we're not loyal to them, and that we don't care.

Larry Davis

We came back from the Christmas break and tried to concentrate on playing at a pace we wanted to play at.

We only knew a couple of ghosts were rampaging through Alabama. But we just pushed and pushed for a break, and we forced a break in the case.

We passed the breaking point last night. If we get any more today, we're going to have to give them plastic sheeting and have them camp in between the other tents.

When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.

Hans Zimmer

when (producers) are going, 'This scene really doesn't work and we need some help here,' and you realize what they're saying is you can make or break this movie.

When police officers tried to break up the initial fight, other people tried to prevent them from making arrests. Those people also ended up being arrested.

With a current elephant population of 600, the (Shimba Hills) National Reserve is choking. The elephants destroy the habitat, break park fences and cause mayhem and destruction in villages surrounding the park.

Ross MacDonald

How can a man help breaking the law when he don't have money to live on?

Stephen Kinzer

Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.

Vijay Singh

Finishing second is not going to do her any good. If she had 10 seconds it's not going to do her any good in the long run. You break records by winning tournaments.

John Connolly

Financially, we were stuck. We got to the point where you go on the road and are lucky to even break even. What is really the point?

Failure to push the budget through could be the straw that breaks Mori's back.

Every time I would get the lock open the dog would push the lock button down and relock it. He thought I was trying to break in. He did that three or four times before the owner managed to get him to the other side of the car so I could swing open the door.

Robert Frost

Families break up when people take hints you don't intend and miss hints you do intend

Brad Faxon

But, really, I don't plumb-bob a lot because I don't think it reads enough break into the putt.

Peter Coyote

When you break the rules and you win, you're a hero; when you lose, you're scurrilous.

Paul Theroux

I have spent my life on the road waking in a pleasant, or not so pleasant hotel, and setting off every morning after breakfast hoping to discover something new and repeatable, something worth writing about.

Barack Obama

But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.

Barack Obama

Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.

Angelina Jolie

I take my kids to school. And if I go to work, I go to work, and they visit me on set. I come home. I have dinner with my family. I have breakfast with my family. I have a very solid, very warm home.

The government is responsible for pushing the Maoists to break the cease-fire.

The good news is the break up of driving surface of asphalt (across the city) is less severe than in previous winters.

Eddie Jones

The good news is that it's not something too serious and with some rest and a break from the game, he should be right to start the Super 14 season.

Russell Tovey

I still feel I'm going to wake up any moment, and my skin's going to break out all over.

Mel Gibson

Hollywood is a factory. You have to realize that you are working in a factory and you're part of the mechanism. If you break down, you'll be replaced.

We'll probably go through the same routine we did for that game. We'll get up about 6, have breakfast at 7 and then get ready to play.

We have the capability of scoring a lot of points and tonight we did that. Tonight was just our night and Riverdale didn't have a good shooting night and that led to a lot of fast break opportunities for us.

Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.

Three guys breaking 40 is three guys that can break 80 (for 18 holes), and that's a team that can win states.

James Blake

To win on Tommy's serve was great. It was welcome. I had no regrets going after his second serve on match point. Six months ago I wouldn't have had the confidence to do it. Early in the year, the break points were the ones I was missing. I need to keep those points going my way.