Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ameen Rihani

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

Fred Couples

We've talked about playing with Tiger, which would be an ideal thing for me,

Tom Stoppard

The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; it's an event.

Tom Stoppard

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I do care about them, and they're not always what you want them to be in an ideal world.

Timothy Noah

With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion.

Brit Marling

I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.

Thomas Carlyle

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is and what kind of man you long to be

Mitsubishi Motors is the ideal partner to increase DaimlerChrysler's presence in all parts of Asia. Outside of Japan, (Mitsubishi) has the largest market share in Asia.

Coco Chanel

I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.

It is a risk. What we're trying to do is juggle the the schedule of when we want to have the pipeline up and operating versus the time it takes to get the permits and in an ideal world we wouldn't do any of that work until the permits.

Marcus Trescothick

It is not ideal to go into the last match with the series already decided, but a lot of ranking points are up for grabs.

Kofi Annan

particular to the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives in the service of the ideals of the United Nations.

Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough.

I think ideally we would like to stick with a lineup here down the stretch. That would be the goal, but I'm not going to rule out the possibility of tweaking it if we think we need to at some point.

Justin is one of several possibilities that we are looking at. I met Justin several times last summer and he was obviously an ideal candidate.

That would be the ultimate ideal of utilizing Louisiana music.

Mark Indelicato

I would never turn down a movie, but at the same time, but my ideal job would be a half-hour sitcom.

I think that a lot of people don't find their ideal place, and I did. I get to do what I love for a living.

David Dunn

I think that would be an ideal situation for Kerry.

I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.

Erin McKean

Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that's ever been used in print.

Cameron Russell

I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that.

NBC and advertisers would ideally like to have maximum momentum moving into the Olympics in order to promote them.

Jan Egeland

I'd like to say that the United States has been ideal in the way they have responded.

Ideally you want to do this once, and do it right.

Oliver Luck

Ideally you'd have 12 months to set this up, to get a staff and do everything necessary, and we've had three months to ramp up. But we'll be ready to go.

Charles Henry Parkhurst

Ideals we do not make. We discover, not invent, them.

Donny Robinson

I don't have the ideal body type for BMX, but just with anything, you have your pros and your cons. And being small kind of allows me to maneuver through the other bigger riders and make passes they couldn't necessarily make.

Laurie Simmons

I'm innately conservative, and painting is an ideal place to exercise a progressive conservatism. I operate well within limits.

Darin Strauss

When you write fiction, you have an ideal reader in your mind who's sort of you but smarter.

Lynn Coady

The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth of it. It transcends ideals of fair and unfair, right and wrong.

Samantha Fox

I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.

Norman Douglas

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.