Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Stanley

The soundtrack of O Brother is the most publicity I've gotten. I don't feel that I have lost any of my old fans, but I have gained new ones.

Rainn Wilson

When I was a little kid I loved the Marx brothers and discovered Monty Python when I was 10 or 11-years-old. I used to take a tape recorder and hold it up in front of the TV to record entire episodes to play over and over again, so that I could memorise it.

Rainbow Rowell

And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did.

Rainbow Rowell

That's the ultimate kind of broken. The kind of damage you never recover from.

Rainbow Rowell

I'd rather be broken than wasted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Best masters for the young writer and speaker are the fault- finding brothers and sisters at home who will not spare him, but willpick and cavil, and tell the odious truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother.

Sean William Scott

My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid.

Scott McNealy

If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.

Liam Hemsworth

One of the biggest inspirations before I started shooting came from my brother, when he texted me and said, 'Hey, fatty, it's called 'The Hunger Games', not 'The Eating Games'. So I started working out a lot more and eating a lot less.

Liam Fox

We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.

Lena Horne

I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers].

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Margaret Cavendish

And though my brother Sir Thomas Lucas died not immediately of his wounds, yet a wound he received on his head in Ireland shortened his life.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Jeanne Shaheen

And, you know, we're looking at some broad themes for the convention, stronger at home, respected in the world, and looking at -- at how John Kerry's career and life experiences play into those themes.

And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

Richard Lovelace

And when she ceased, we sighing saw / The floor lay paved with broken hearts.

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Arnaud had that guy beat. Had he not cramped up, Arnaud would have won the match. He was mentally tougher and playing more disciplined than his opponent. He broke his opponent's game down and slowed it down, but he cramped up and that really limited him.

Robby Benson

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to get married. I think because of the way I was brought up and seeing my parents in love.

Entering the second period, it was tied 1-1. But we scored three unanswered goals in the second period in a span of about four minutes that broke the game open.

Energy stocks should find support in the oil price and the earnings news will support the broader market. It is difficult to see any negative factors.

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Priscilla Presley

Elvis brought out this mothering quality. I cut his meat up for him. I tasted it before he ever had it. I would fix his deviled eggs, cut off the top, put his butter in, prepare all his food as a mother would for a child.

Elizabeth's 3-pointers broke the game open. She's been doing that for the last week or so.

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Entrust is one of the companies today that has a very specialized solution and has yet to broaden its portfolio. It's ripe for acquisition.

Early on in the game, we got some momentum. I moved some girls in for them to get a chance to score some, and I probably broke the rhythm a little bit. But I can't fault anything they did.

During his tenure, Charlie used his broad business experiences and sound judgment to help steer the company through many challenges over the past decade. Through Charlie's leadership, we have built a world-class financial organization and strengthened Lilly's reputation for sound financial operations, transparency in our financial reporting, and strong internal controls.

During a grievance hearing the union rep. Jeff Brown made a threatening comment that he would start stalking me to see how I liked it, and the police were called, and he left without incident.