Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donna Air

The transitional period was tough, I won't kid you. You go from a certain family dynamic to adjusting to a completely new one. It took a few months for us all to fi nd our feet.

Don Knotts

Mainly, I thought of Barney Fife as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

Don Johnson

“I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.”

Don McLean

I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it's obvious.

Doug Stanhope

The ultimate act of cowardice is the fat-headed wrestling guy sitting behind the frail kid in math class, clipping him on the ear, saying: 'What are you going to do about that, faggot?' That is cowardice. When the bullets start flying past that jock's saucer-shaped ears, that's not cowardice. That's payback.

Doris Lessing

I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents.

Donna Shalala

Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.

Donnie Wahlberg

With the Internet, kids today learn things quicker than we do and they have everything there is to see, so you have to do more than just remake some old '70s film

Donnie Wahlberg

Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.

Donnie Wahlberg

A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.

Donnie Wahlberg

When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.

Donald Fagen

I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.

Donald Glover

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.

Donald Glover

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

Don Tapscott

These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator.

Donal Logue

This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do a whole season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and do a year of plays. Most actors miss the days of live theater.

Donal Logue

Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.

Don Rickles

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

Don Rickles

It's tough having the last name Rickles. Luckily, my kids handled it great.

Craig Thompson

On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached.

Corbin Bleu

I'm a very outgoing person. I'm always happy, I'm one of those people who are always smiling. If somebody described me to somebody else, they'd say the kid with the curly hair with the big smile on his face. I get along with everybody.

Corbin Bleu

Kids look up to me, and it's really incredible to be in that position.

Ani Difranco

Why do our kids have to show us what gun control is all about?

Ani Difranco

My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in my society politically, having the kid around sort of makes me check in with myself. I think you're all busy trying to fix the world, but what about yourself?

Amy Klobuchar

Times change, and right now what people need is, they need to be able to send their kids to college, they need to able to buy a house.

Amy Klobuchar

So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Well, that's just not going to happen.

Amy Ray

The impossibility and hypocrisy of a situation where kids are expected to be honest but are judged and alienated from their community because of it should not escape us.

Amy Poehler

Most of the women in your life will outlast the men in your life. The Saturday Night Live ladies - Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Tina - and I text pictures of our kids back and forth all the time. It keeps us connected. As my nanny used to say, the older you get, the more important it is to know people that knew you when.

Amy Poehler

Always remember your kid's name,

Ally Carter

So you just...left?' Zach huffed. 'All the cool kids are doing it.

Allen Klein

Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything.

Alison Sweeney

I love fresh vegetables and we always include them in our meals. I don't force my kids to eat asparagus, but they do eat peas, broccoli, and carrots.

Alison Sweeney

Especially with me working in the entertainment industry, I think my kids are aware of weight and fat much earlier than other kids. It was important to me from the beginning to make sure they understand things like why too much sugar is bad for you, etc.