Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gioconda Belli

It had never crossed my mind that a man could think he had the right to stop me from being who I was.

The fact that it is fast moving would limit things like damage from rain fall. But the fast movement contributes higher wind speeds and means it will be fairly strong when it crosses the state.

There are a lot of cross currents today. And there is talk that one of the big hedge funds is going under the waves.

There are a lot of cross currents out there ... but overall the report suggests the job market is still doing pretty well.

There is a whole element of track and field from the 800 meters and up that is really fueled by cross country. In those events, we weren't having much of a showing. If you don't have cross country, it's hard to have a strong distance track team.

Lee crossed the line, but everybody does some wrong, and he has been very supportive of people in the community.

John Ferguson

Security trumps trade. Security has become the priority when crossing borders.

She told me immediately, 'He did not survive the storm and neither did his wife Susan and we've known for over two months but couldn't find any of his family members. So they didn't check. They didn't talk with FEMA, FEMA didn't talk with them and the Red Cross didn't talk to either.

She was a sweetheart. She was quirky, she was shy, but not if you knew her. ... (She was) just someone that crosses your path in life that was just a super person, a super human being.

Victoria Beckham

She's an interesting one, she's worked really well for us ? she sort of crosses the line. I think people are still fascinated by what's going on in her life.

Mary Harron

She's sexy, but she's very ladylike. There is something kind of 1950s about her, like she's wearing white gloves or crossing her ankles.

She's been an inspiration to all of us. We were really crossing our fingers hoping that she would get it.

Bill Hader

People ask me, 'Did you always want to be on SNL?' No, actually, it never crossed my mind. It didn't even seem possible. It would've been like saying, 'Hey, do you wanna go to the moon?'

Wislawa Szymborska

Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then another hour passes, during which nothing happens. Who could stand to watch this kind of thing?

Mother Jones

I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.

Richard DeVos

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Erin O'Connor

It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It's vintage.'

Eddie Guerrero

I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'

We discussed music and singing every time our paths crossed out here.

We defend the student's right to express their own opinions but there have to be some limits on it. And our feeling is that this crossed the boundaries.

Pat Riley

We didn't play with great desire and we got our heads handed to us for the second game in a row. Crossroads No. 1 is where we're at right now.

We didn't play poorly. In fact, we competed real hard but Holy Cross was pretty good. They have a good goalie, good special teams and their top two lines are very skilled.

Camryn Manheim

The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by.

We're keeping our fingers crossed that everything will go off and we'll get the kids back in,

We're keeping our fingers crossed that everyone is healthy.

George Washington

This spirited new musical is American history...but with a 'Forrest Gump'-type twist, as Liberty Smith, an everyman hero and the 'forgotten' founding father, crosses paths with historical giants and influences great events in funny and unexpected ways.

Marlon Wayans

If you could cross a lion and a monkey, that's what I'd be, because monkeys are funny and lions are strong.

If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?

Gary Oldman

I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.

Goodluck Jonathan

In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags. There were days I had only one meal... I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day. Didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.

Wynter Gordon

When we talk about my music, it's a cross between Tina Turner, Alanis Morrisette, and Diana Ross. It's the glamour and the showiness of Diana Ross; the ferociousness and pain of Tina Turner; and the vocals of Alanis.

Willie Geist

Watching 'CSI: Miami' is like watching 'Teen Jeopardy!' or doing the crossword puzzle in 'People' magazine. It makes you feel smart even when you're not.

Bill Callahan

I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's written incorrectly, I get this weird sort of physical nausea, and my mouth curls up all strange. I guess that's why I always write the words first: because, if everything feels okay, I'm ready to put it to music.