Famous Quotes & Sayings

Butch Vig

We didn't want to reinvent ourselves with the new album. We felt that we had carved our own turf on the first record and we wanted to take everything we did and make it better, ... Version 2.0.

She's been a pioneer because she hasn't played the woman card. She's stuck to her guns and carved a proven track record.

Debbie Harry

The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.

We send professionals to the original sites to source jade articles, all of which are designed and carved by skilled local craftsmen.

Gary Mills

The dates aren't carved in stone, but we feel we can pretty much hold tight to the dates we've laid down.

Will Self

Instead of looking at individual buildings, it makes more metaphorical sense to think of New York as one enormous chunk of masonry that has been cut up and carved away. It says, 'This is the ultimate polis, through which humans move like nematodes.'

Alan Reed

I come from a family of painters. My dad Ken is still a working artist. His dad used to paint as a hobby, and my great grandfather carved ships' figureheads. I discovered quite early on I had talent, but like all abilities it needed work and dedication.

George Sutherland

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time.

Eddie Trunk

Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.

He carved so many of them that the house used to look like a Cracker Barrel.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I think the greatest of people in society carved niches that represented the unique expression of their combinations of talents, and if everyone had the luxury of expressing the unique combinations of talents in this world, our society would be transformed overnight.

George Sutherland

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time

Walter Lippmann

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, "Put not your trust in princes." Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the adulation.

We've had a member whose leg was carved up as they took a sample of leg hair.

Marie Miller

People have long been hoping to find a carved stone monument from this period of the Maya.

Mark Frauenfelder

My idea of a traditional holiday - the right way to do it - goes back to the days when gift-giving meant sharing homemade things: hand-knit sweaters, carved wooden toys, smoked meats and the like.

It depends on the rarity and who carved it.

It hasn't got a proper foothold here yet -- citizen journalism hasn't carved out a niche for itself like in the United States.

The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide.

Rufus Sewell

At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted.

William Howells

And the names he loved to hearHave been carved for many a yearOn the tomb.

William Howells

And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.

One gentleman was floating by and snagged the light fixture out front and tied himself off to it and carved his initials in the wall, because he knew the owners and was hoping they would recognize him if they found him after the storm,

Bronson Arroyo

Back in eighth grade, I remember going to school with a Mohawk and Ozzie Smith's name carved into the side of my head, and no one said anything to me. When I heard about it, I thought it was unfortunate that he got sent home, but it was also funny because he was trying to have his hair like me.

Initially it was challenging, but at this time I think we've carved a niche where customers recognize the job we do. I think it's become a situation where we've become more flexible over the time.

This is like being in a really big, long mine shaft. It's really just carved right into the earth.

This is land that, left to its own devices, would very likely be carved up into development lots.

Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone

I gave it a try, but I didn't do very well. Most people don't on their first one. I carved a mallard; at least, it was supposed to be a mallard.

I never thought I had my own style before, until I carved that bird.

Jaclyn Smith

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.

Gordon is a top prospect. He's committed to Illinois. That's not carved in stone. He could change his mind, but I'm not saying he will.

The court has now carved out a new category of expression that can be excluded from the First Amendment,