Famous Quotes & Sayings

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

Tori Kelly

When I'm on stage, I generally wear what I would wear every other day, but I think my hair is probably bigger on stage - it seems to be my accessory!

Emraan Hashmi

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy film. I set my own trends. I like to give something new and different to my audiences. I want to do the kind of comedy that has been missing till now.

Elizabeth Hand

I love artists. I find them fascinating. To me, there really is a genuine magic in what they do.

Emmylou Harris

I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

Alanis Morissette

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Unfortunately because of the variety of outlets for people to speak their minds on the Internet and that kind of thing, it's made the media in general more opinionated and there's more of a 'gotcha mentality' than real reporting.

Katie Holmes

He's the most incredible man. He's so generous and kind, and he helps so many people, and, um, he makes me laugh like I've never laughed, and he's a great friend.

Kathy Najimy

It's really not the genre for me, or the venue, it's the writing.

Tom Selleck

I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies.

Dick Vitale

Twelve for 23... It doesn't take a genius to see that's under 50 percent.

Debra Winger

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

Dean Koontz

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Dean Koontz

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

Cobi Jones

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

Claire Messud

Geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Elia Kazan

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

B. C. Forbes

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

Barbara Eden

If gentlemen prefer blondes then I'm a blonde that prefers gentlemen.

Avi Rubin

As new generations [of computers] come out, usually there are increased complexity and features, [that lead to] increased security problems. Plus, other industries have shown that every new generation has its own set of security problems.

Dorothy Height

She said it in her gentle manner but with the same vigor of the prophets of old as they struck injustice,

She (Daly) never said anything specifically about Jacquie or Heather, we kind of just talked about general stuff.

Shannon already was a pretty skilled player. That comes from her father. But she's improved so much since she's been here. She's our general and makes our offense go.

Sir Edwin Manton was one of the most generous benefactors in Tate's history,

Andrea Yates

She loved our kids, ... kind, gentle person.

Minority health in general is worse than white health.

Most water professionals think people use too much water in general and irrigate their lawns too much in particular. But we think the state is being unreasonable in their requests.

Bruno Bettelheim

What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to generation.

Bruce Willis

But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys.

Brion James

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.

Brian Lara

Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

Arthur Conan Doyle

No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!