Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sarah Ferguson

The queen and I always got on well, still do; I uphold everything Her Majesty represents, has given up her life for. It's her duty. For her country, she's selfless to the grave.

We are hoping that the Valley will respond with a greater period of time given for entries.

Jet Li

People would come to me and say, 'Jet, your Kung Fu is pretty good, do you want to be an action star when you grow up?' At 17, I was given the script and I went to make the movie.

Nobody's been told anything about Ahmad. We haven't given it two thoughts. It's just not a subject that comes up.

Micky Adams

Nobody can ever over-estimate the service Richard Shaw has given to Coventry City.

Madonna Ciccone

I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.

Piet Mondrian

Whoever says he is starting from a given in nature may be right, and so is he who says he is starting from nothing!

Peter Kreeft

A woman has a responsibility and a privilege that a man doesn't have of given birth to another human being.

Sendhil Mullainathan

Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.

Pierce Brosnan

When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up.

Scott Harding

We were joking that they had given up hitting for Lent, instead of pop and meat.

Brett Myers

You know, whomever starts on a given day is the No. 1.

I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I did.

Hallie Ephron

I haven't given any thought to collaborating with my sisters. It would be great fun. My daughter Molly is a wonderful writer - someday I'd love to collaborate with her.

We are saying that move by the personnel administration is wrong and not in keeping with their letters of September 9, 2003, that they would have given to the workers.

We are really pleased with Joe. He's thrown 14 innings, and he hasn't given up a run.

Dave Allison

I saw a lot more that liked than I didn't like tonight. But we've given up three shorthanded goals in our last three games. And that's something that we've got to get better at.

My son has given me the strength to continue. I wish I could retrace my steps.

Malcolm Gladwell

My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.

Albert Brooks

I've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.

Hari Kondabolu

I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.

James Joyce

While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

We've given up some yards and we've got to get that locked in.

We've given them a resolution, ... The only way I can understand it is that they are saying to Spirit Lake 'are you sure you want to do that?'

John Prescott

We've given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot.

We talk about winning as a team and on any given night we think we have the talent to get all our guys scoring. We want that type of balance; we don't want to rely on (Grant) and Willy to score seven between them.

Today is all about downgrades. This has given a negative tone to the market.

What we do when we investigate mergers is that sometimes we might feel the need to get more information on a given product or geographical market and we have to get that from the companies.

Gabrielle Zevin

Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book, but it's not something that somebody who has never read a book before should be given as an example of why you'll really love to read, necessarily.

Louise Brooks

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.

Jessica White

There's a part in a woman's soul, God has given it to every woman, and it's the part where you know whether he's telling the truth or not. Women see red flags.

Tom Watson

I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.

Shaun Sipos

That's what people want to watch - somebody telling a story. So if you go in and tell a story that makes sense to them, that touches them, then they're going to watch; then they'll tell a friend and that type of thing. In terms of how many people are watching in a given week, it's more the advertiser's job, not mine.