Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Mason

We developed the design and the concept to sell, and we were pretty close to selling it to Fender, ... But they leapt back out at the last minute because they had so many other companies they bought, so we just decided, 'I guess we're going to make them ourselves.' So that's what we're doing. They're great guitars, they look beautiful, sound great.

John Edward

We deserve a president who's close to our people, not close to the lobbyists, ... exclusive club.

John McCarthy

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

Lynn Johnston

Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby.

Lupita Nyong'o

I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive... I have fourteen classmates.

Lynda Resnick

I'm a closet Catholic. I love the iconography of the saints. There was a point in my life when I was going to convert to Catholicism, but I didn't want my grandmother spinning around in her grave like a rotisserie chicken.

Kourtney Kardashian

I used to play Donna Karan. I used my dad's home office, and Kim was my assistant. Then one of our friends would play a buyer, and I would take her to my mom's closet and show her the new collection.

Kourtney Kardashian

I remember playing in my mom's closet with Kim as little girls - we had this game we played, I was Donna Karan, and she was my assistant, and I was really bossy.

There is close cooperation and a regular exchange of expertise.

Maria Sharapova

When I'm down or when it's close in a match, I feel like I am still in it. Mentally I'm still really, really tough.

Prince Charles

We shall not forget you, and we shall watch with the closest interest as you embark on this new era of your remarkable history.

We set up our schedule hoping to make February as close to what it'll take for us to win the regional tournament. I really think these last four games will have us sitting on go for tournament time.

Stephen Amell

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

Tess Henley

I'd say most of my songs I write from personal experience. When I feel like I don't have any inspiration in my personal life, I think about others that are close to me and maybe what they're going through or even just people I've come across, acquaintances.

Terry Porter

When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't even think about the NBA. The big start for me was making it to the final cut for the Olympic team, and I was the only one who was going to be back for my senior year of college.

Thomas Steinbeck

I was eighteen when I first read Joseph Heller's stunning work 'Catch-22,' and was at that time close to being drafted for the fruitless and unenlightened war in Viet Nam.

Porter Goss

What we do does not come close to torture,

There are none. It's getting closer. These kids are playing hard and getting closer every week. We just need a breakthrough more for them than anything else.

There are some things I'd like to do. We've made some conversations with people, and some things may happen. But the tendency in this league is a lot of conversation and things don't tend to happen until you get close to the (trade) deadline.

John Wright

There are some things about this that don't pass the smell test. There are a number of very close relationships with this legislation. I just hope everybody has their eyes wide open.

Mark Shapiro

There are some subtle things to work on to become more consistent offensively and defensively, but nothing drastic. He's ready or close to ready. His time is coming very soon.

There are some other paint stores that are great, and they'll mix your paint, but not as close as you want it,

The only refineries that could use it (the emergency oil) are the ones who are up and running and working, and every day (that) another refinery closes is just another million-barrel loss for the market.

Shawn Johnson

The only way we could be closer is if we had the same parents.

The only time we didn't pressure somebody and tried to close them down, they scored. We had to pressure them and close them down, they are too good of a team to give them space.

Don Ameche

There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.

Gioconda Belli

Novels give you the opportunity to create a whole world. Because you create people, you make them talk... You decide who they are, whether they live or die. It's the closest thing to feeling like a god that you can come to.

We've been in very close games this season and have come up short. Tonight was kind of like the ending point of those types of disappointments.

Harrison Smith

We've been in some close games when we've let down. When that happens you need to make plays. All it takes is one play. Today our defensive line played strong all day and their blitzing was very effective.

We've been in so many close games. We made some mistakes, but when we needed to we made big plays.

We've been in (similar) situations a couple of times: earlier this year at Tulane and at SMU just recently. Tonight we just wanted to make sure that we handled the situation the way we were supposed to and close the game out.

We've been in conversations with (Boston College) about an opening weekend game. We are close but there are still some details to work out.

We've been in close games all year. We lost it for maybe two to four minutes, but it was no fault of our own because they played great.