Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Mcewan

The evasions of her little novel were exactly those of her life. Everything she did not wish to confront was also missing from her novella--and was necessary to it.

Ian Hart

Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so unbelievably secret not even I was allowed to see them.

Ian Fleming

It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.

Hunter S. Thompson

You can't miss what you never had.

Hunter S. Thompson

Journalism, to me, is just another drug - a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight.

Humphrey Lyttelton

For me, it's a bigger challenge, it's much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you've got to see to it that you don't torpedo any of his punch lines.

Janet Fitch

The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.

Euripides

We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.

Christian Bale

I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.

Chris Vance

I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.

Philip Yancey

By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.

Julie Benz

I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do.

Julie Andrews

I miss singing very, very much, but the best thing is I have never been busier.

Judith McNaught

Missing you? I could cheerfully murder you.

Judith McNaught

Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried.

Joseph Mitchell

Life is a goddam mess...but you wouldn't want to miss it!

Louise Bourgeois

I am a searcher... I always was... and I still am... searching for the missing piece.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

There was something missing inside me I was trying to fill up, but I went about doing it the wrong way. But there sure isn't anything missing inside me now, because you're there.

Studs Terkel

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

Phil Ochs

God isn't dead--he's just missing in action.

Peter Lynch

Gentlemen who prefer bonds don't know what they're missing.

Terrell Davis

You can be the best person in the league but if you don't win championships, something's missing.

Terence McKenna

You may miss the end of the world, but you definitely are going to have a front row seat for the end of your world.

Randall Jarrell

The ways we miss our lives are life.

Reba McEntire

No matter what you achieve in life, you're always wondering, 'Is there something I should be doing? Is there something I'm missing?

Ray Winstone

Sometimes when you're making a film and something happens during a scene that you've just thought of, it can be missed if the wrong lens is on or if you're shooting in the wrong direction but this [performance capture] doesn't miss a thing. So, you might do something that's genius - very rarely, admittedly - but it doesn't miss it.

Roald Dahl

Here it is,' Nigel said. Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.' How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married?

Pharrell Williams

If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

Pharrell Williams

I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing.

John Trumbull

But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at dock or plover Bear wide, and kick their owners over.

Milarepa

Osho returned to India and stayed in Bombay for about three months. It was a transitional time. But Osho, never one to miss a beat, resumed the discourses a few days after arriving back in India.

Marcel Proust

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Jorge Luis Borges

What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.