Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vladimir Nabokov

Oh, my Lolita, I have only words to play with!

Young Jeezy

Anybody that I ever dealt with knows that I'm a very focused individual, and when it comes to my work and what I do, you might have to play the back burner to that.

Yani Tseng

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.

Xavi

The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games; he's the best. There is no comparison in my view; he's the world number one and by a margin.

Xavi

I would loved to have played with Scholes. He plays the game the way it should be played and at his peak he was the best midfield player in the world.

Xavi

Iniesta is easily Spain's most complete player. He has everything.

Xavi

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

Wynton Marsalis

But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about something of value, it's not just loud. It doesn't have that violent connotation to it. I wanted to be a jazz musician so bad, but I really couldn't. There was no way I could figure out to learn how to play.

Wynton Marsalis

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

Wynton Marsalis

In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't really worry about whether it's contemporary or not.

Wynton Marsalis

Don't bullshit' just play.

Wynton Marsalis

This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.

Wynton Marsalis

Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get.

Wynton Marsalis

It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge."

Wynton Marsalis

I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum.

Wolfman Jack

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.

Wolf Blitzer

The police were also ready with more formidable tools of intimidation. The office also assigned a veteran homicide prosecutor to oversee the investigation. All this activity sent a signal to Condit. If he didn't play ball, he might find himself called to testify before a grand jury under oath.

Willie Nelson

I like to play small clubs.

William O. Douglas

The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market.

Yehuda Amichai

The phrase I like to use to describe my sense of time-a play on comparative literature-is comparative time.

Yann Tiersen

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

Yann Tiersen

Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I can play in the 11 positions because a good player can play anywhere on the pitch.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players

Zoe Kazan

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.

Zinedine Zidane

It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.

Zinedine Zidane

The door can never be closed for good to any player.

Zinedine Zidane

I am supposed to set an example to young players.

Zinedine Zidane

All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class

Zinedine Zidane

Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He's magical.

Zedd

The time for desperation is upon us. Let's play.