Famous Quotes & Sayings

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Write down exactly what you're spending -- every time you go to the ATM, if you go to McDonald's, and if you get that pair of shoes, make sure you keep a ledger of it for at least two months.

Jen Lancaster

We all know exactly what we love, and woe is you if you're on the other side.

We all knew something was up, but we weren't sure exactly what.

We're relying on that report to tell us exactly where are we transporting students that are walking two miles or more away from home to get to school, versus other students who walk more than two miles that don't get transportation.

We didn't get too many shots because we were playing a man down for most of it. That's not exactly what you want to do, but we were able to do well defensively.

Damien Wilkins

We had a turnover, missed shots and Wally hits a 3. I don't know exactly how it went, but we were right there and then 60 seconds later we weren't.

Judy Greer

Sometimes I think to get to the emotional level of a scene, you don't necessarily have to have experienced the exact thing that person has experienced, but whatever you have in your life that has gotten you to that place is usually enough.

Ruben Studdard

When one person does something that works, everyone else wants to do it. So it didn't surprise me at all to see people come with different versions of 'American Idol' and a lot of them are exactly the same but with different twists.

George King

We're trying to get a feel every single day from our listeners exactly what they need and what they would like from their radio.

We're tired of being told that who we are is wrong and that's what those of us who were geeks ... that's what we went through. But now those skills that we honed are exactly what the world needs and what the world is looking for.

We knew it was going to be tough. But our feeling was if we could tire them out we were going to win the game. And that's exactly what happened.

John Clarke

Until we get final approval, we don't know exactly where we can plant the rest of the trees. We also have to order the seedlings one year in advance, so we'll be ready to plant as many as 50,000 by next spring.

Amy Chua

I was the one that in a very overconfident immigrant way thought I knew exactly how to raise my kids. My husband was much more typical. He had a lot of anxiety; he didn't think he knew all the right choices. And, I was the one willing to put in the hours.

Ethan Embry

Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

Emily Meade

Sometimes I get really down on myself for not having the exact career I want, but it's ok as long as you know what you want and you're going towards that. Accept it's going to be a different path than you thought in the first place.

Penalties in importune times were exactly the difference.

Gigi Hadid

People always make fun of my eyebrows and think that I shape them this way! But if you see a picture of me from when I was two years old, I have the same exact eyebrow shape.

Our pressure was effective, and that's exactly what we wanted to do. We wanted to make them play our game because we knew we couldn't let them settle into the half-court set.

Our pitching was really good today. Zane has pitched well all season long, and It's always been there for Clayton. We've just been waiting for him to figure it out, and in his last two starts he's done exactly what he did today. Derek Ward also threw a strong inning for us, and Justin Wells did just what we needed him to do.

Overall, I think that the past incidents, sometimes it's not exactly what it's perceived to be.

Overall, there's nearly 2,000 inspection stations in the province of Manitoba, they know exactly what is loose and what isn't loose. They know the guidelines in the inspection handbook, so they follow it.

Spike Jonze

I'm hesitant to make grand statements because I feel like that it's not exactly what I'm writing about.

Kevin Quinn

Mekenzie's running strong. I think Mekenzie's strength today was in the hills and knowing exactly where the hills were on the course.

We need players to know exactly what we're doing, so we need to simplify some things. It's good to have some time to be introspective, take a look at things and see where we go from here.

Spencer Smith

We never went out and played shows before we got signed because the music scene in Las Vegas is so bad. There's not a lot going on. In our practice space, there were something like 30 bands, and every day we'd walk into that room and hear the exact same death-metal bands. So it kind of influenced us to be different. And to get out of Las Vegas.

Marcus Giles

I think these last three games showed that anything can happen at any point in the game. That's exactly the reason why you keep focusing on the job and get the job done.

I think there's a lot to be accomplished when we work together. This Solidarity Day is exactly what it implies and I hope it goes on and on and on and gets better each year.

Just exactly like we had kind of predicted that it was going to do. Some have been cleared, but not mine and that's never been cleared.

Gloria Stuart

James Whale had been an actor. He was the most meticulous, most knowledgeable director. He was able to tell you exactly what he wanted.

I saw my swing on video, and I found out exactly what I was doing wrong, and it was the same mistake that I've been doing forever. I worked really hard last week, tried to fix it, and it's on the way, I guess.

I saw that one take off and I thought it was in the net. Especially since my keeper isn't exactly the tallest guy.

I said he showed us 'Barely Legal.' I didn't say he showed us that exact one.