Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francesca Annis

My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.

Hermann von Helmholtz

The law in question asserts, that the quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished.

Alveda King

My Uncle, of course, would have been pleased to see someone with brown skin holding the office of president.

Drake Bell

I love 'Airplane,' the 'Naked Gun' films; everything the Zucker brothers have done is just awesome.

Donna Air

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

I like Ronald Reagan, who didn't play crass politics, and he just articulated and delivered on broad themes that were needed. Free markets meant free markets. Deregulation. Lower tax rates. Strong national defense. And he was credible and believable.

Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.

Kat Graham

I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.

Robert H. Schuller

Twentieth century history of Christianity will name Oral Roberts as the voice that brought the Pentecostal movement to be taken seriously by mainline Christianity.

Robert Kiyosaki

World War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy.

Bryan Greenberg

'The Good Guy' is a totally differently-looking New York than 'How To Make It' portrays. 'The Good Guy' is all about Wall Street and that culture, which 'How To Make It' touches on, but 'How To Make It' also is downtown, Lower East Side loft parties, cool clubs, Brooklyn and that world.

Bailey Chase

'Damages' was cool. It brought me back to New York for a little while, so that was a lot of fun, and I was obviously very excited about the opportunity to work with Rose Byrne and Glenn Close. I'd been a fan of that show before I started working on it.

Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.

Bill Viola

The very first video experience I had was in high school. They brought a black-and-white closed-circuit surveillance camera into the classroom. I will never forget, as a kid, looking at that image.

Al Sharpton

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

Al Sharpton

As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have been in college instead of laying in a coffin.

Afrika Bambaataa

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass.

Anthony Carmona

The prominence given to our nation as a rainbow country has its genesis and credence in our 'Calaloo culture' of which our East Indian brothers and sisters have played a principal part.

We have to come back here tomorrow and find a way to win a hockey game. There?s no question after all of this disappointment I think it?s brought our team together.

This should be a fun fight. We look forward to meeting (UPN) on the broadcast stage.

This ship brought vice, violence, protection and cash into Seattle," ()

This will deliver a world-class broadband network to approximately 750,000 homes.

There is potential for him to at least get something done in the next couple of years, and still not be re-elected as it's brought back to people's memories and attention.

The party stuff was interesting, but what lasted is that we defined a new form of participatory programming that fused TV and internet. That's what I brought back with me when I returned.

The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi has succeeded precisely because in this state, politicians kept their promise about why they brought the tobacco lawsuit.

Chris Eyre

The only time I broke down and ever cried was when I got to Dallas. And I cried and I cried, ... The fellow who was issuing my ticket said, 'Would you like a window seat, ma'am.' I said, 'Anywhere you want to put me. I just want to be on an airplane.'

There are gold, silver and bronze tiers and each of those tiers receives a different payment. Obviously, the higher up the tree you are, the more money you get.

Reggie Bush

This shows this is a great program. Coach Carroll has brought this program back up to where it used to be. USC was down for a while, but Coach brought us back and today speaks for itself. We're definitely on our way to qualifying as a dynasty.

The players know this system, and they feel good about the fact that it's brought them success,

The only thing I can figure out without going into the motor is that it looks like it broke a main stud (one of three inside the engine which holds the crankshaft in place), ... From there, somehow it wedged the rod in the cylinder which eventually led to it breaking. As soon as it started, you could tell something was wrong. It was the first time in all my years in racing that I've seen something like this happen to us.

Zach Randolph

The power went out at my house and I couldn't open my (electric) gate. I had to open it manually, and I broke (the gate) trying to do it. Coach understood.

We loved going to Twin Falls, my brother and I. I remember the family homestead. The house was so cozy and comfortable.

Philipp Meyer

When you look at 'Grapes of Wrath,' the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at the reader. The book's real power comes from its slower, broader movement.