Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gov. Schwarzenegger broke his promise to protect injured workers. He has not fixed workers' compensation, as he claims, but has made things worse for Californians injured on the job.

Gordon Brown is showing that he's modern, that he's not a stick-in-the mud.

Vince Cable

Gordon Brown is in serious trouble for the first time as chancellor because of problems of his own making.

Gordon and I are prepared to do this. Broadway is the plan.

(Graham) Brown was late getting to me. I just lined it up and hit it.

Great defense. My coaching staff made a great call. We were expecting a rollout and brought pressure from the right.

Great content is scarce and broadband distribution platforms are scarce. We can see more deals like this coming together to provide content for the Internet and digital TV.

Laura Osnes

'Grease' was my Broadway debut. That was eye-opening. At the same time, it was very familiar. It was a Broadway show, but it's kind of the same as doing a show in Minnesota. It's the same type of rehearsal process. You are doing 8 shows a week, but I worked at a theatre in Minnesota that did 11 shows a week.

Andy Burnham

For the health of parliamentary democracy, this matter now needs to be brought to a swift conclusion.

For the first time this year, our interior defense broke down. That's an indication that you are a little shook. You quit doing things that got you there.

Mohamed Salah

For the first time, they are not merely expected to be troublemakers but to gain the trust of their voters. If this time people voted for the Brothers to punish the N.D.P., they won't next time. So the Brothers face a difficult test.

For the citizens of Florida who may in fact, like any corporation, be brought into our court system, that they be held to one simple standard. They will be held accountable for their share.

For some reason, he just matured from then until now. We just started to see him ripple and grow up some more. I don't know what brought it about, but it was good timing.

For someone who is British, the fish have a certain kind of resonance. They were brought by functionaries of the (British) Empire. You feel like you are following in the footsteps of adventurers of previous generations.

Jack Osbourne

I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.

Jack Prelutsky

My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.

Ishmael Reed

If the British prose style is Churchillian, America is the tobacco auctioneer, the barker; Runyon, Lardner, W.W., the traveling salesman who can sell the world the Brooklyn Bridge every day, can put anything over on you and convince you that tomatoes grow at the South Pole.

Imogen Poots

I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing.

Giotto di Bondone

The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars.

Geraldine McCaughrean

[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this story lasted, but Peter Pan himself, listening in. In exchanged for a story of yours, he might show you his most prized possession: James Hooks' map of Neverland. In exchange for a smile, he may show you Neverland itself.

J. K. Rowling

Long ago, when Harry had been left alone while the Dursley's went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been a rare treat: Pausing only to sneak something tasty from the fridge, he had rushed upstairs to play on Dudley's computer, or put on the television and flicked through the channels to his heart's content. It gave him an odd empty feeling to remember those times; it was like remembering a younger brother whom he had lost.

J. K. Rowling

I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave you that scar.

J. K. Rowling

They were bullyin' him, Hermione, 'cause he's so small!" said Hagrid. "Small?" said Hermione. "Small?" "Hermione, I couldn't leave him," said Hagrid, tears now trickling down his bruised face into his beard. "See -- he's my brother!

J. K. Rowling

Hagrid, look what I’ve got for relatives!” Harry said furiously. “Look at the Dursleys!” “An excellent point,” said Professor Dumbledore. “My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, I’m not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery. . . .

J. K. Rowling

That old berk," muttered Aberforth, taking another swig of mead. "Thought the sun shone out of my brother's every orifice, he did.

J. K. Rowling

He chanced a glance at her. She was not tearful; that was one of the many wonderful things about Ginny, she was rarely weepy. He had sometimes thought that having six brothers must have toughened her up.

J. K. Rowling

And Hermione was struggling to her feet in the wreckage, and three red-headed men were grouped on the ground where the wall had blasted apart. Harry grabbed Hermione's hand as they staggered and stumbled over stone and wood. 'No - no - no!' someone was shouting. 'No! Fred! No!' And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.

J. K. Rowling

And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.

J. K. Rowling

How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley. George's fingers groped for the side of his head. "Saintlike," he murmured. "What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?" "Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?

J. K. Rowling

Time is Galleons, little brother.

Greg Kinnear

My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as a diplomat at the American embassy. My parents were enthusiastic about the move, so my older brother and I felt like we were off to some place kind of cool.

Grace Jones

I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.