Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Miller

Last week Oscar called on the governor to resign, this week he's calling for debates, and next week might be a pie-eating contest.

I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality.

I think the protection schemes that we're calling are very sound,

Mike Love

I think the Beach Boys' legacy is 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' you know? We're calling our next tour '50 Years of Fun, Fun, Fun.' By and large, the Beach Boys' legacy is about incredibly positivity. We've traveled around the world and uplifted the spirits of hundreds of millions of people. Our sound is one of the most recognizable in all of music.

I was calling out their call and our call at the same time, just to get them acclimated.

Drew Stubbs

I was calling him off because normally the center fielder has the priority there. I don't think he heard me, but that's not his fault.

I was calling a play but wished we had a timeout. With nine seconds left and down by three, we were taking a look at three. But they guarded pretty well.

Joey Santiago

I was a nervous wreck and I kept calling my wife. It was so out of character for me to even be down there. But in the end it was good closure for me.

David Toms

The people calling wanted to talk (golf). I wanted their credit card number.

Tony Little

We talked casually, including our spiritual involvement, for a good hour. Then I kept calling frequently for the next two months.

Federico Fellini

What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one.... Its this in-between that Im calling a province, this frontier country between the tangible world and the intangible onewhich is really the realm of the artist.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.

Patterson Hood

I don't think people are going to be calling it 'Southern rock,'

If it weren't for Nokia, I would have thought about calling in sick. There was nobody in the city yesterday morning. When you did see people, it looked like they were going to a funeral,

If the union official spent more time looking at the facts, rather than calling the media, he would get the information correct.

If (Tagliabue) was here today, he could not help but be impressed, ... I don't know if he would change his mind (about calling San Antonio a small market), but I think he would be impressed.

Jaromir Jagr

When they're calling everything, you have to be smarter. It seems like every time we lose, it's because we've screwed up and we make stupid plays.

Of John Le Carre's books, I've only read 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,' and I haven't read anything by Graham Greene, but I've heard a great deal about how 'Your Republic Is Calling You' reminded English readers of those two writers. I don't really have any particular interest in Cold War spy novels.

When I wrote 'Your Republic Is Calling You,' it was Franz Kafka's writing that I had most in mind, and James Joyce's 'Ulysses.' Entirely out of the blue, Kafka's characters receive an order to go somewhere, and when they try to comply, they never quite manage it. Ki-yong in 'Your Republic Is Calling You' is precisely that sort of character.

He was just calling to congratulate me on getting to play. We just kind of swapped stories.

Carlos Tevez

He spent the whole game calling me a 'lousy foreigner' and saying I wouldn't finish the match, ... We Argentines have to worry not only about the game but also about the refereeing.

Mike Judge

I almost didn't name Butt-Head 'Butt-Head.' I came real close to calling him something else.

Bobby Jenks

I think it's pretty funny calling the big guy in. I know he does a lot of things out of humor. He doesn't mean anything by it. I'm taking it with a smile.

It is now increasingly hard to justify calling Pluto a planet if UB313 is not also given this status.

Pat Buchanan

It is our calling to recapture the lost independence and sovereignty of our republic, to clean up all that pollutes our culture, and to heal the soul of America,

Cowboy Troy

Had it not been for Big and Rich calling me and wanting me to come out there, I'd still be in Texas, probably still working at the shoe store I was working in.

He is going to dance around the weeds a little bit, calling for the Fed to be data-dependent.

He found his calling later in life. He was nearly 30 years old.

He could hear people calling for help, but he couldn't even see them.

He just makes pitches when he has to. He's got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they'll swing at it. ... We've been calling him Houdini all season long.

Jason Kidd

He kept sending somebody to the (scorer's) table, and I kept shaking him off. It was like a pitching coach calling a fastball and I wanted to throw the curve.

Helen Dean, the dog's owner, is calling and coming by often. She's part of her family. Most people don't go to this kind of effort.

There are still people - not as many now - calling and saying, 'Well I've been reporting this for two years. We weren't in existence two years ago. We didn't have all those officers. Those phone calls are slowing down.