Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cynthia Ozick

Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare!

Coolio

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

Edward Coke

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.

Drummond Money-Coutts

Magic, historically, has been a man doing tricks with no wider story behind it.

Paul Hawken

Really, the proper study of economics is fulfilment, not consumption... It doesn't even matter if it's a green product or a green house... It's still consumption. What matters in this world is the fulfilment of people's needs and the fulfilment of their aspirations.

Paul Anka

I wrote 'She's a Lady' on the back of a TWA menu, flying back from London after doing Tom Jones's TV show. Jones's manager wanted me to write him a song. If I have an idea and I don't have a pad of paper, I'll write on whatever is available. What's the difference? Paper is paper.

Paul Theroux

Travel magazines are just one cupcake after another. They're not about travel. The travel magazine is, in fact, about the opposite of travel. It's about having a nice time on a honeymoon, or whatever.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

Paul Merton

Maybe there's a perception of me as grumpy old bugger who suffers from depression. It's a total misconception. I don't think of myself as any grumpier than the next person. I'm not even grumpy first thing in the morning.

Paul Kantner

One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner.

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.

We are continually working to get the refinery back up in as quick and as safe a manner as we can.

was instrumental in my pursuing something that really mattered to me.

Sid Haig

Was I a successful father? Maybe not. Was I a successful husband? Probably not. Was I a successful actor? Probably not.

William Shakespeare

To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.

Niklas Zennstrom

Tom had implemented a text filter, which is what everyone else in that market is doing. Those are the regulations.

Jason Lee

Yeah I'll do it. No I won't do it. Maybe I'll do it. Seven year contract.

We're athletes. We're competitive, no matter where we are. It's always fun.

Brian Lane

We're comfortable with what we've accomplished so far. Maybe we won't be as tight going into the game.

We're doing this because Matthew wanted us to.

How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?

Fay Weldon

No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.

Wolfgang Ketterle

Maybe if you win a Nobel Prize in economics, you make a lot of money by giving talks... but not in my area.

Willie Robertson

Phil has the classic, mature beard. Jase's is kind of red - it's weird, like him! Jep grooms his the most: He's got all these special lotions and perfumes that he puts on.

Henry Adams

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

I have never told a lie or modulated my natural voice... I can't help what people think sounds male or female.

I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.

Amity Shlaes

If you do a serious presidential bio, you want to supply the reader with maximum material because otherwise you're offending the reader. A president for many people is a serious thing and they want to know everything.

Anna Netrebko

When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing all the other stuff.' If you do not push yourself, you will stay the same. Maybe some singers are happy with that, but I have to move, I have to do something new always.

Anna Netrebko

When I am on stage, I give everything. Maybe because of that, I won't last long, but I don't care.

There are a ton of big names out there. That's a very tough bracket. It doesn't matter where you go, it was going to be a very tough bracket.

Pat Roberts

there is material in the report that the public should know.

Peter King

There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction.