Famous Quotes & Sayings

Al Jarreau

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.

Sarah Hall

For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary.

Ansel Elgort

When you're crafting a character, it's good to have a lot of influences.

David Chang

Growing up, my dad owned a restaurant in Washington, DC, and food was something I was passionate about. But when I finally got into it, I felt like it was so late in the game; that's why I worked seven days a week at Craft and Mercer Kitchen. I wanted to see how far I could take it.

Jerry Seinfeld

I kind of thought that stand-up comedy would suffer from the Internet because people seem to know more about the craft of stand-up than ever before. I thought it would seem trite. Kind of like if you know more about magicians, you wouldn't love them.

John Ridley

There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below the line' workers - whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled 'below the line' workers. I say get them all on the next thing smoking to Vegas for an all expense paid weekend of whatever.

I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this country. So there is a mass movement of people who identify themselves through their food preferences or even just that they prioritize food - that's where we get this idea of being a foodie.

We know San Jose State is going to come out and play hard. They have some talented players that are crafty and tough to play. For us, we are taking each match with our full focus looking to get back on the winning track. It's always nice to get a win for the Rivalry Series. This year, we are not thinking as much about that as just playing hard and smart to get the victory.

Wole Soyinka

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

He's a crafty pitcher who figures out ways to get outs.

Dave Tippett

He's a crafty, keen player. Crafty in the way he goes about it on the ice and keen on the way he picks up things and reads plays.

History teaches us that punitive measures, hastily crafted in reaction to short-term market fluctuations, will likely have unintended negative consequences.

Kelly Corrigan

It's funny, I'd rather be known as a writer who crafted a really nice piece about women's friendships over time. But that doesn't roll off the tongue like 'YouTube sensation.'

I get my ideas from everywhere -- preschools, Web sites and craft books.

He does a good job drawing fouls. He's crafty like that.

Lupita Nyong'o

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

Maya MacGuineas

To craft a full package of offsets, everything should be on the table.

Our strategy, as we have navigated these market conditions, has been to use locally crafted strategies in a measured and orderly fashion to keep inventory levels very low while keeping our home-building machine working.

W. S. Gilbert

My philosophy is to take back the word craft rather than get rid of it. I'm interested in design, art.

Matt Mullenweg

Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.

Matt Stajan

Kyle is a lot more crafty than we are, so he should go in the middle.

John Scalzi

I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean that to denigrate myself. I mean that in the sense of, when I write, the person that I keep in mind is my mother-in-law.

Aaron Carter

I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.

Walter Cronkite

It is difficult to think of our craft without him.

Sara Zarr

I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.

Mariska Hargitay

Meisner technique was different than anything I'd ever experienced. It's a really great way to be accountable to your craft and to yourself, but also it takes that kind of focus and dedication to learn anything.

Ryan Reynolds

I worked as a busboy in real life. I have some calluses that are not just from snacking at the actors' craft service table,

E. O. Wilson

When it is done, it looks the most professional of any craft I'd ever done.

It destroys the craft not to learn it

Donald Barthelme

The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.

Constantin Stanislavski

Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?

Allen Ginsberg

First thought, best thought.

Tommy Mottola

Everything starts and ends with the song, and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.