Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Carlyle

A poor creature who has said or done nothing worth a serious man taking the trouble of remembering.

Thomas Carlyle

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Thomas Carlyle

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.

Thomas Carlyle

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

Tony Curtis

I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.

Tommy Lasorda

I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.

Tommy Lasorda

I walk into the clubhouse today and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and by the 7th inning he'd already drunk it.

Tommy Lasorda

Talking about your troubles is no good. Eighty percent of your friends don't care and the rest are glad.

Tom Wilson

I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time.

Tom Wolfe

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.

Tom Waits

On my gravestone, I want it to say, "I told you I was sick."

Tom Waits

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Tom Shales

"More fun than a barrel of monkeys." Has anyone ever stopped to think how cranky, if not downright vicious, a barrelful of monkeys would be, especially once released from the barrel?

Tom Sizemore

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.

Steven Spielberg

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

Steve McConnell

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

Steve McConnell

Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't needed?" Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.

Steve Nash

I'm not going to retire because I want the money. We want honest athletes, but at the same time, you're going to have people saying, 'He's so greedy. He's made X amount of money, and he has to take that last little bit.' Yes, I do have to take that last little bit. I'm sorry if that is frustrating to some, but if they were in my shoes, they would do exactly the same thing.

Steve Martin

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

Steve Martin

I saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden.

Steve Martin

The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.

Steve Martin

It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it: The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo.

Steve Martin

You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.

Steve Martin

If you're studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life.

Steve Martin

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

Steve Martin

I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.

Steve Martin

I gave my cat a bath the other day...they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that...

Steve Martin

I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian.

Steve Martin

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

Steve Martin

The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.

Steve Martin

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

Steve Martin

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

Steve Martin

I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.