Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ethel Waters

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

Etty Hillesum

That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.

Jhumpa Lahiri

And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway was the best part of the day? Wasn't it terrible that after all the work one put into finding a person to spend one's life with, after making a family with that person, even in spite of missing that person...that solitude was what one relished the most, the only thing that, even in fleeting, diminished doses, kept one sane?

Jhumpa Lahiri

He owned an expensive camera that required thought before you pressed the shutter, and I quickly became his favorite subject, round-faced, missing teeth, my thick bangs in need of a trim. They are still the pictures of myself I like best, for they convey that confidence of youth I no longer possess, especially in front of a camera.

Goldie Hawn

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood-Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

Harper Lee

Miss Caroline seemed unaware that the ragged, denim-shirted and floursack-skirted first grade, most of whom had chopped cotton and fed hogs from the time they were able to walk, were immune to imaginative literature.

Gregory Maguire

...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

George Best

They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?

George Bernard Shaw

The person I miss most is the one I could have been.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

Franz Kafka

I miss you deeply, unfathomably, senselessly, terribly.

Erich Maria Remarque

You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that.

Eric Burdon

In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goes by at high-speed; it will take your breath away.

George Eliot

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

Fred Armisen

I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'

George Herbert

He that seekes trouble never misses. [He that seeks trouble never misses.]

Christine Keeler

Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.

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.

George Carlin

I went to the Missing Persons Bureau but no one was there.

Garth Ennis

I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y.

Garry Winogrand

You just go through a certain kind of drudgery every time you have to look for something. I've got certain things grouped by now, but there's a drudgery in finding them. There's always stuff missing.

Gail Porter

I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey.

Fernando Pessoa

I look at myself but I'm missing. I know myself: it’s not me.

Fannie Flagg

I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias.

Eugene Ormandy

If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.

Cassandra Clare

It's Simon, he's missing." Ahh." said Magnus delicately "Missing what exactly?" Missing!" Jace repeated "As in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared

Cassandra Clare

I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-" "He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said.

Cassandra Clare

The missing stairs baffled Clary. What did vampires have against stairs? -Clary, pg.266-

Cassandra Clare

Dead bodies didn't resemble unconscious ones; it was as if you could sense that something had fled from them, that some essential spark was now missing.

Cassandra Clare

Will looked up in apparent relief when Charlotte and Tessa came in. "Will," Charlotte said, "You remember Miss Gray?" "My recollection of her," said Will, "is most vivid indeed.

George Eliot

Them as ha' never had a cushion don't miss it.