Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gerry Beckley

I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame.

Harry Caray

You know Alou's name spelled backwards is Uola? That sounds like a first name, Uola.

Harold H. Greene

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.

Gregory Bateson

The map is not the territory (coined by Alfred Korzybski), and the name is not the thing named.

Jack Kirby

My monsters were lovable monsters. I gave them names - some were evil and some were good. They made sales, and that's always been my prime object in comics.

Jack Kirby

There was violence because first of all, there were ethnic differences and names. If you were small, they called you a runt, and you had to do something about that even if there were five other guys.

Jack LaLanne

How many cars out there look like Corvettes? You want something nobody else has. You don't want an old look-alike thing, and that's why Corvettes have the reputation of being one of the fastest cars. I've always had good cars, and a Corvette is one of the best cars I've had. I've had Lamborghinis, I've had Ferraris, I've had Stutz Blackhawks. You name it, I've had them. For the money, Corvette is tops.

It's ridiculous for people to say this because I don't even know the names of all the players.

Logan Pearsall Smith

The truth is that the phenomena of artistic production are still so obscure, so baffling, we are still so far from an accurate scientific and psychological knowledge of their genesis or meaning, that we are forced to accept them as empirical facts; and empirical and non-explanatory names are the names that suit them best.

Lloyd Alexander

Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.

LL Cool J

I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time was almost never published. You can't name a major publisher who didn't reject it.

Lynne Truss

Brackets come in various shapes, types and names: 1 round brackets (which we call brackets, and the Americans call parentheses) 2 square brackets [which we call square brackets, and the Americans call brackets]

Lysander Spooner

To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferior in value to gold, and then - because those prices are nominally higher than gold prices - to say that they are inflated, relatively to gold, is a perfect absurdity.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

She had...the glimmerings of a sense of humour - which is simply another name for a sense of the fitness of things.

Louisa May Alcott

But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

Louisa May Alcott

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names

John Green

Indiana,’ he said. ‘They steal the land from the Indians and leave the name, yes?

John Glenn

We (the DOE) are poisoning our people in the name of national security.

John Fogerty

Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.

John Flanagan

I said, names aren't important," he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: "Do you know what is important?" Will shook his head. "Supper is important!

Jonathan Lethem

Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.

Jonathan Dimbleby

Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words.

Jonathan Ames

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

Jon Stewart

Never name it after yourself. Maybe we'll throw a with in there. That seems to work. Like Late Show With David Letterman.

Jon Stewart

I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.

Jon McGregor

There are so many people in the world, and I want to know them all but I don’t even know my next-door neighbor’s name.

Jon Postel

I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.

Jon Postel

A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.

Kate Adie

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

Justin Vernon

A lot of people change their band names because they're looking for a change of atmosphere.

Paracelsus

Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.