Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bryan Davis

If you draw your sword against those you sworn to protect, the very ones who trust in your strength, how will you convince them that you are a shield when the dragons come and take them away?

William Shakespeare

Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched; For death-like dragons here affright thee hard.

Nick Woodman

The worst way to fire somebody is to let it drag out. It's not good for that person because they're not succeeding in their role. And it's not good for the organization because it's just not working.

Jay Inslee

What the president did was wrong; he should be censured, but not impeached. Rick White and Newt Gingrich shouldn't be dragging us through this. Enough is enough. It's time to get on with the nation's business.

Alan Turing

The Exclusion Principle is laid down purely for the benefit of the electrons themselves, who might be corrupted (and become dragons or demons) if allowed to associate too freely.

We're getting very frustrated because the Teamsters have been dragging their feet and stalling these talks,

Stephan Jenkins

We're going to play really long tonight. They're gonna have to drag us off the stage tonight.

Unions drag down business, growth is slower, and right-to-work laws weaken the unions. So when the unions are weaker, you tend to have more economic growth.

Diana Wynne Jones

But most dragons seem to have interesting personalities--besides probably having quite good reasons for what they do, if only one could understand them

We're expecting housing to be flat in the second quarter and a drag on economic growth in the third quarter and fourth quarter.

Alexis Arquette

Yes, I am transgendered but I also am a cross-dresser - I dress as a woman. It's not that I just want to be seen as a female in our society, I'm also a drag queen and a performer - there are many levels there.

With the release of the Dragon sensor... I have finished my mission. I am done posting. I will no longer be the face of Red.

Don Bluth

I remember when we were doing the first Dragon's Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes.

Don Bluth

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.

There are times you go through the season and, I'll say it, it starts dragging a little. The playoffs, every game, every shift means more. It always means something, don't get me wrong, but in the playoffs it just means more.

Liberated from suffering and searchI have tied myself to the skirt of God.If I fly, I look at the summits I ascend.If I go around in circleI observe the axis on which I revolve.If I am dragged by a burden,I know where I go.For I am the moon, and the sun is my guide.

Dana Gioia

Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the nearest road, a spot so hard to reach that no one comes a hiding place, a shrine for dragonflies and nesting jays, a sign that there is still one piece of property that won't be owned.

Barbara Kruger

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

Arthur Miller

There might be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it.

Jeff Davis

We've been in a state of mind where we've been worried about a slowdown dragging down the U.S. economy,

Tony Stewart

When I'm not dragging the team down, I think it helps all of us, ... When the one person who is dragging everybody back gets on the same page and does his part, it makes a huge difference.

We used to joke that if you go into labor we'll drag you out to the sidewalk.

You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line.

Aristotle

When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.

Aaron Broussard

At 23 years old, I came into politics as a dragon slayer. At 63 years old, I'm going out as a dragon.

Many kids are literally dragging themselves to school half-asleep. They are very sleepy during first, second, maybe even into the third period of the day.

Niels Arden Oplev

The thing with 'The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo' is that is it's like an Agatha Christie plot, and an investigating journalist is also a classic character.

Drag racing has played a big role in In-N-Out's history, and it is also an important part of my family history.

Billy Porter

I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in 'Paris Is Burning.'

Trade is a drag (on growth) and that tends to hit manufacturing harder than the rest of the economy.

Alexandra Adornetto

Even though Xavier was only human, it seemed he could protect me from anything and everything. I wouldn't have been worried if a fire-breathing dragon had torn of the roof, because I knew that Xavier was there. I wondered fleetingly if I was expecting to much og him, but dismissed the idea.

Nancy Gibbs

Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.

Miranda Lambert

I don't mind having a big butt - they're back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sure my booty's not dragging on the ground.