Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Nastassja Kinski

Something very important is missing from my life: consistency.

Shawn Marion

Sometimes we have a team down 20 points and then start missing some shots. That's when we need to clamp down on defense. It's not easy, but at the same time we've got to do it.

Danny Miller

We go out and do our best, ... but we have to move on to our next missing person.

We were one pitch away from missing the playoffs. I wish there was another way, but with 13 teams there is no other way. In two or three games, anything can happen.

We weren't tired -- we were just missing shots.

Ronnie Brewer

We just started missing shots. That's as simple as it is.

Barry Zito

I'm not missing a start, no way. If I was going to miss a start, it would have been yesterday.

Brandon Rush

It surprised me. I was getting the shots I wanted, I just was missing them. I was getting frustrated, I just couldn't get myself into the game.

Talk about shooting the messenger. And missing the point. This isn't a movie star,

Keith Tkachuk

This is unbelievable. You don't want to use excuses, but it's a big part of it. We're missing some NHL-caliber players.

Tom Carroll

In regard to them missing (expectations) by a penny, in our view it is a small and very short-term negative.

In my second game, I started missing spares and the lanes started getting worse for me.

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.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

All we know of the Missing Link is that he is missing - and he won't be missed either.

Harry Styles

I do miss having someone to spoil, somebody that you can just sit with for a bit.

Frank Zappa

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.

Frank Herbert

Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.

Frank Herbert

Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your own life.

George Harrison

Food is less important to me because I've learned to control my appetite to a great extent, simply by having my mind elsewhere. I find when I'm busy meditating on other aspects of my life I go without eating and I don't miss it.

Moby

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

Mike Richter

I remember what Ron Greschner said when he retired. 'The thing I'm going to miss most is showering with 23 guys.' And that's what it's all about: camaraderie.

Knute Rockne

When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.