Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathryn Lasky

I can read a newspaper article, and it might trigger something else in my mind. I often like to choose in historical fiction things or subject matter I don't feel have been given a fair shake in history.

Aaron Ruell

I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director.

Erin Crocker

I don't mind the questions because I realize that a woman racer is still fairly unique.

Before Save Our Homes, we lived in a world where they paid on fair market value. This would put some people back in that world.

Because of its size, it's fairly limited, but I think any kind of informational type program would really do well here.

George Eliot

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it.

Elena Dementieva

By taking like 12 minutes time out, I don't think it was a fair play, but she could do it, I mean, by the rules. And she did it,

The logistics of moving to and from the fair is a big deal. It's a huge undertaking.

All of the guys in my fraternity are my brothers. You want to give everyone a fair shot. It's very hard to those seniors that might not get a chance.

Robert A. Heinlein

All's fair in love and war-what a contemptible lie! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A

James M. Barrie

David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.

Jim Webb

The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bottom

The first three or four games of the season, we hit the ball. But we hit it fair tonight.

The first game is always interesting. We're going to find out a lot about where our team is. As for Fair Haven, I know they have improved from last year. We're not taking anything for granted.

John Bercow

Fairness is not about statistical equality.

Joan Chen

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

Joan Crawford

Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?

John Flanagan

It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

John F. Kennedy

Life isn't fair. In never was and never will be.

Leo Tolstoy

… for nightinggales - we know - can’t live on fairytales.

Lauren Conrad

It just is what it is. It's not always fair.

Lewis Carroll

Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy tale.

George MacDonald

Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale.

George MacDonald

A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory.

Kate Forsyth

She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything could happen.

Freya Stark

Fair and unfair are among the most influential words in English and must be delicately used.

I'm not sure he was given a fair shot from a fan standpoint.

I'm not really sure he was given a fair shot. He may think that he was, but I'm not really sure that he was.

We have a fair share of smaller sized people. We got pushed around a little bit, so we need to get stronger.

We have a fairly pessimistic outlook on U.K. growth. Our interest-rate outlook for the U.K. going forward is favorable for bonds.

Shashi Tharoor

This week's summit will be the single largest gathering of world leaders in human history. If world leaders rise to their responsibilities, the rebirth and renewal of the UN will be at hand. With its renewal, we will also renew our hope for a fairer and safer world.

Those requirements are appropriate, fair and the same for everyone.

This was a partisan steamrolling. I think we threw fairness out the window.