Famous Quotes & Sayings

Derek Blasberg

With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.

A. N. Wilson

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

Stephen Vincent Benet

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

Adrian McKinty

I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.

Dan Hill

One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew that I had to stay active, that I had to keep living as if my life was actually going to unfold naturally because when you stop, when you freeze, and you think about it, that's when the demons come and can drag you down.

Of course, my tongue will be dragging on the ground. But to get in shape, you have to play football (and) you have to play in games and scrimmages.

No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong.

Lykke Li

The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening.

Im a realist, ... We dont want to drag down the company. Most people I talked to are OK with paying for some of their health care. Its not like we wont have good coverage.

Peter McWilliams

Negative thinking is always expensive -- dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically -- hence I refer to any indulgence in it as a luxury.

Quentin Crisp

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.

Quentin Crisp

Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.

Given its position at the head of the G8, it won't want this matter to drag on for too long.

Sathya Baba

Friends who drag one away into evil habits and vicious deeds, are prowling around in search of victims.

I don't think it is appropriate to drag in the other candidates. I don't have any intention of signing (the pledge). I didn't have anything to do with the suit or any of his original troubles.

Terry Gilliam

I hate being dragged into genres. I like movies that are full of a lot of conflicting and interesting things,

Melissa McCarthy

I didn't really know how to write jokes, so I just told weird, long stories about being tall and beautiful and wealthy in New York. I'd tell them very seriously, but I kind of looked like a drag queen at the time with big wigs and crazy 12-inch platform heels.

I don't know for sure, ... but I have to wear gloves because my knuckles drag on the ground.

I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.

C. S. Lewis

I desired dragons with a profound desire.

Ang Lee

Americans are hidden dragons to me.

Analeigh Tipton

There's a lot of things I nerd out over. Quantum Mechanics. I also love Dungeons and Dragons. I want to be an astronaut.

Christopher Paolini

Kvetha, Shur'tugal Greetings, Dragon Rider

Christopher Moore

Foul and magical fumes bubbled out of the kettle, like the flatulence of a dragon on a demon-only diet.

Anne McCaffrey

Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.

Anne McCaffrey

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

Dorothy L. Sayers

Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death!

Donnie Yen

I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.

Dino De Laurentiis

After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.

David Beckham

Well I'm the Prince and I'm sort of slaying a dragon - which is something I've never done before, obviously.

Cornelia Funke

I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.

He knew what was awaiting him as he lay on the ground. I think he deliberately tried to drag the time along.

My mom had done some TV and commercials before I was born, and so when I was born, she knew I had a really big interest in acting because I was always acting in plays with my dolls, and they were sort of boring, because I've seen them on tape; they always involved a lot of singing and dragging them around by their hair.