Famous Quotes & Sayings

Doris Kearns Goodwin

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they love and the people they've lost... I don't want to limit it to what they did in the office, but what happens at home and in their interactions with other people.

Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.

I suspect this is the closest we're ever going to get to looking at the face of Shakespeare.

William Petersen

Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone.

Alex Lifeson

Today closes a difficult and painful period in the lives of my family, my friends and myself. But the sun is shining and it feels good.

I think the closest we've ever been to El Paso is Austin.

I think the closest game we've had all season was in the regional final to Libertyville at seven points.

Hugging closes the door to hate. Kissing opens the door to love.

He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses

He's had a really good week of practice, and I'm really encouraged at where he's at right now. He's not full speed yet, but he's really close, and it's the closest I've ever seen him.

I wouldn't jeopardize Shauna, my closest friend. I knew what it's meant to her to get to the games and as much as I wanted to be here, if I didn't think I could do it, I would have taken myself out of the sled. I didn't want to have on my conscience us not doing well because of me.

We landed on ice. It was closest thing to feeling like you were on another planet.

Cherie Blair

I really am not going to get involved in a discussion about the legal position of the Iraq war. I am not the person to do that because I am not sufficiently impartial as a lawyer about this, because it's a matter that is of interest to the person that I am closest to in the world.

There are seven teams in the tournament that could win it. It's the closest I've seen since I've been in the conference.

The parish president made the decision that he wouldn't risk the lives of the pump station operators, and we evacuated those people to the shelter closest to us, ... You want to know who's responsible for the flooding? Katrina's responsible.

Aaron Paul

I moved back to Idaho when I was 6 or 7 and then lived in a little town called Twin Falls and then moved to Boise. So quite different from L.A. I'd been to Disneyland a couple of times, and that was the closest I'd been to L.A.

BD Wong

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

Anton Corbijn

Film was something that I didn't see as a step up from music videos, though obviously, music videos, the fact that you work with a crew and a film camera, are the closest to film I've ever been. That is the only schooling I've ever had.

Antoine Rivarol

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

This road is our lifeline. One heavy snowfall closes it for two to four months.

Marie Osmond

I never had a sister growing up. Donny was the closest thing.

Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right of way.

Many grocery stores are open 24 hours, but the pharmacy closes at 7. Consumers are frustrated with that.

Many grocery stores are open 24 hours, but the pharmacy closes at 7, ... Consumers are frustrated with that.

I was the one who interceded in helping move the bodies. I had to locate the closest relative and get permission to move them to another cemetery.

I was the one who interceded in helping move the bodies, ... I had to locate the closest relative and get permission to move them to another cemetery.

Mary Ellen Mark

I think photography is closest to writing, not painting. It's closest to writing because you are using this machine to convey an idea. The image shouldn't need a caption; it should already convey an idea.

Mike Jacobs

I think he's the closest we've had to a national figure.

Dwane Casey

We need his offense. For us, he's the closest thing to that third scorer we need. He's the quickest guy we have.

We're closest to the ground. We're the people who actually have hands-on experience with Ford workers.

That was the closest meet I've ever seen. I don't have words to describe it.

That was probably the closest thing to a playoff game all year.

Joe Horn

That's what everybody wanted to know, and Gene couldn't tell us that. The closest he got to telling us was that we'll know our schedule by January.