Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Parkman

We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie.

Martin Millar

When I wrote 'The Good Fairies of New York,' I wasn't really imagining that there were fairies. Not in the way that I'm really imagining there are werewolves.

Fifty-six percent heritability -- that's a fairly large contribution of genes.

Jack Zipes

Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc.

Fair trade. Would it not be more logical to label unfair products?

Michael Drayton

Fair stood the wind for France, / When we our sails advance, / Nor now to prove our chance, / Longer will tarry.

Andrew Marvell

Fair quiet, have I found thee here / And innocence thy sister dear?

Robert Herrick

Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, / Why do ye fall so fast?

Sepp Blatter

Fair play was trodden underfoot in Istanbul. We will take severe measures.

Fairness is so important because some sponsors are very generous.

Silas Weir Mitchell

Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.

Fairly significant indication of overflow. We are estimating upwards of 10,000 and probably into the 50,000 gallon range.

William Shakespeare

Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Fair housing is not an option - it is the law.

Mary J. Blige

When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply.

Michael Hastings

If someone tells you something is off the record, I don't print it. If they don't tell me something is off the record, then it's fair game.

The government needs to support child-rearing families by distributing public funds fairly and equally.

Tom Shippey

Tolkien reintroduced the world of fairy tale to a new audience. It was a very traditional image of fairy tale -- elves, dwarves, trolls, dragons, wizards. Those have all come out of fairy tales. But Tolkien put the whole thing on the map, ... A lot of that stuff is traditional material that he has codified and rationalized in a kind of 20th-century way.

John Lasseter

You know, going to the movies has always been recession-proof. It's fairly cheap entertainment; it's classic escapism.

We've been fairly steady over all the years,

Harriet Harman

Well, if you look at the programme that we're offering, I think that is a future which is fair for women as well as men. We're still heavily outnumbered - we're still four to one in parliament - but we are pioneers! We are forging a new path.

Antonio Tarver

I wasn't going to let it go to the scorecards and I knew I had already played that game before, and there is nothing fair in the game of boxing. I learned that the hard way,

Jacopo Sannazaro

Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned.

We intend to reach the highest international standards, so that all the referendum results will be fair and transparent.

Sean Durkin

We had a lot of wood to chop. It's a shame the fairy tale ride had to end here.

Thurston Moore

We had wanted to a fairly large theater tour. We're doing Lollapalooza. You play to 20 times as many people as you'd ever be playing to.

Don Jones

We've gotten a fairly good response. I'd be hesitant to say what percentage.

Shani Davis

We've got skaters who are just here for the pursuit. It wouldn't be fair to them to take away their Olympic dreams.

We have to make sure he gets a fair trial -- that is our fundamental obligation,

William Shakespeare

Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.

Jimmy Carter

We hope for a fair and honest election.

We really should in all fairness get some help,

We really seem at a stage where growth is happening in a fairly spectacular way.