Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aidan Gillen

I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be.

Steven Millhauser

Repetition for no reason is a sign of carelessness or pretentiousness, but there are plenty of good reasons to repeat words and phrases.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Stephen Furst

I went to high school in Virginia Beach, Va., and we had these guys - they were surfers. They didn't like me, never talked to me. And if they didn't like you, they threw toothpicks at you. After I did a play, it was different. I found out I was pretty good at something.

Too many people get lost in the game of having a good time and being naive about things.

Sara Shepard

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.'

Harvey Weinstein

We didn't care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie - that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but we're getting the same results in more subtle ways.

Haruki Murakami

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

George Lucas

As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as 'Seven Samurai.'

Jean Reno

Everywhere in the world, you find good things.

George R. R. Martin

I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract.

Guy Pearce

The movie industry is very competitive, and if you're like me and you suffer from your own insecurities about whether or not you're any good, that can be troubling.

Gia Coppola

I always knew my mom was a good actress.

Gia Coppola

I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

Gayle King

All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?'

Gayle Forman

A good fight scene is really a good love scene.

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

Georgia Holt

Cybill Shepherd's mother - her name is Patty - is a good friend of mine.

Georgia Holt

I've always had real good taste; no matter how poor I've been, I've had good taste in clothes.

Ben Mendelsohn

It's good to surf whatever waves are going on right there as they're happening.

Imogen Poots

I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.

Ian McLagan

I sing to my wife; it helps me. She was my muse. I've written so many songs about her, to her, with references to her, and still do. She's a big part of my life. We were together for 33 years. It actually does me good - she's with me all that time in that way.

Mike Babcock

When you have 55 points at this point, you've done some good things.

When you go out there and throw strikes, no matter who you are, you're hard to beat. That's what he did. He had three good pitches working. He kept them in the zone, and that's what you have to do.

When you do that, good teams will punish you.

James Tate

When you don't sleep, you start to hallucinate, and that's not good.

When you don't score, you don't look good that's all there is to it. We didn't score, and we didn't look good.

When you don't get much sleep, you get really good at getting it when you can.

Dave Tippett

When you do it and do it well, it's a good sting. That's the difference.

Ram Kapoor

When you do good work, people will notice you.

John Taylor

The prevailing view, ... is there is still institutional money that is still very interested in investing in venture capital, and there are still good bankable ideas out there.

Bruce Pearl

The players have had a good fall. I say that by my standards, it's been a good fall. We're stronger and we're bigger. ...We're going in the right direction.