Famous Quotes & Sayings

Noam Chomsky

The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are conceived.

Al Jarreau

That's Tommy, this great producer who comes in contact with people and must have a mental library of personnel who are great for this and great for that, and he brought this whole group of musicians to the project that I'd never worked with before.

Grover Cleveland

After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth.

We had a tough race yesterday in the rain. Wayne did a good job starting so far in the back and brought the car back in a good position. I had to work very hard from there for the entire race, but we got a good result.

Today of all days I should have brought in my Magic 8 ball.

Solomon Ortiz

In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties.

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.

Tom Shadyac

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.

Shirley Bassey

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.

Walter Huston

Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a good part for your old man sometime.' Well, by cracky, that's what he did!

Wael Ghonim

The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen.

Adam Clayton

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'

Ben Affleck

I grew up in a house with a mother who was a teacher and a Freedom Rider - very left-wing Democrats living in a heterogeneous working-class neighborhood. I picked up a lot of those values there, and I brought them with me when I showed up in Hollywood.

Ben Gibbard

For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room and just play. I can honestly say I had more fun and felt more inspired on this record than anything that we had done in a long time.

Tyler, The Creator

I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.

Richard Holbrooke

We are not learning anything here that isn't in previous accounts, ... But to be in the physical presence of the events, that is different. While we are trying to forge a peace, we need to remember what brought us here.

John Roberts

I don't type on the computer or edit. Law students who went to law school really just a couple years after I did were brought up all on the computers and that's how they do it, but I was still part of the older school.

Jenifer Lewis

What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell.

Jane Green

Ten years ago, you wrote a book and you never expected to find out anything about the author. Now with social media, everyone wants that connection. I think our readers want to be invited into our lives and brought on the journey and be part of this whole process.

When they brought her name up, I said I'm not going to talk about it. It hurts. It hurts so much. I didn't put her photo in a frame where I could see it. I stored it all away. I kept them, and every once in a while I'd look through them for a few minutes and then put it away.

Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

Mike Rowe

When you were with him, you always felt you were in the right place, doing the right things. He enjoyed his life and brought life to the people he met.

Nancy Grace

I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.

Nancy Pelosi

I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.

David and his followers taught no new doctrines, in their dispersion or when they came to power, that can be brought to countenance thee at all in shaving off thy beard.

Naomie Harris

I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.

Nastia Liukin

I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like.

Nandan Nilekani

The biggest thing the money Infosys brought me is the freedom to do what I want. And what I want is to give millions more the opportunities I had.

Robert Baden-Powell

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

Diana Krall

It was probably when I met Jeff Hamilton, the drummer I've been working with for the last 20 years. He's the one who brought Ray Brown to hear me sing at a restaurant in my hometown.

Persis Khambatta

I was brought to Hollywood by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Eisner, chosen from 600 hopefuls to star in the original 'Star Trek' motion picture. The success of the film, coupled with the allure that I had shaved my head for the role, put a spotlight on me.

We are confident that those who commit such crimes can and will be brought to book,

We had some good returns, but the penalties brought us back.