Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Bird

Guys like Larry Bird -- he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That's not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.

Thom Yorke

I can't wait to die so I can be a skeleton and play my chest like a xylophone.

Theophilus London

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

Terry Venables

Everybody says Steve McManaman played on the left for me in Euro 96 but he never played on the left. The one time he did play on the left was against Switzerland.

Terry Francona

Sometimes you've got to be a little flexible. For the most part, it's hard to get players to look at the big picture also. I understand that. They're looking at their next start or their next at-bat.

Terry Francona

Once players have my trust, they have it.

Terry Brooks

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

Teresa Medeiros

You care enough to play hard to get.

Tennessee Williams

Oh, I haven't reached any peak. I hit the bottom in the '60s. When a certain actress undertook the leading role in a recent play of mine, she referred to me as "that old derelict." Not to my face, but behind my back.

Tom Petty

The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore.

Tom Petty

No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.

Simone Weil

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

Simon Sinek

It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.

Simon Kuper

I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and they were a bit like the Dutch.

Rick Riordan

I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals (Chapter 2)

Rene Auberjonois

The writers and producers always have an idea, then they cast the role and the instrument starts to tell them how to play the music.

Reese Witherspoon

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was.

Tim Hudson

I've matured a lot as a pitcher. I understand what my strengths are. I've learned that I've got a great sinker, I get a lot of ground balls, and it's easy to get a ground-ball double play.

Tim Henman

I've had some decent wins this year against higher ranked players but what I've failed to do is to build on those.

Tim Henman

There is no desire from the new British players. They say their coach doesn't travel with them so it's hard, but I played hundreds of players from Eastern Europe and Russia who had no facilities at all.

Tim Gunn

Being in the moment is everything. So being in the moment for me is just letting the narrative play out, listening to the designers and giving them helpful feedback about what they're doing.

St. Jerome

Playing keys is more than just knowing what notes to play. You have to know about the buttons too.

St. Jerome

It is idle to play the lyre for an ass.

Sri Aurobindo

The consciousness of the supreme Purusha remains above, but in the mind there may be a Purusha consciousness which they call the cosmic consciousness - it is wide, all-pervading, one. Outside this goes on the play of Prakriti.

Sri Aurobindo

The navel region is the centre of the vital. It is from here that the movements of the vital rise upward. Above the navel and behind the chest is the centre of the play of emotions and below this takes place the play of the physical. Mulādhāra is the base of the physical. In between the Mulādhāra and the navel, there is another centre of the vital.

Sri Aurobindo

The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself - for this is your true self.

Ruud Gullit

If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

Ruud Gullit

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

Ruud Gullit

Every week you have to play well to be the champion.

Ruud Gullit

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

Ruud Gullit

To play Holland, you've got to play the Dutch

Rutger Hauer

I don't make the decision about what percentage of good guy or bad guy I play. For some reason, if I put my energy into the bad guy, that scares people. It's magic.

Ron Moody

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.