Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brooks Robinson

I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays.

Brooks Atkinson

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

Brooks Atkinson

In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked behind most of the early plays. But not now. There is no conviction now that the problem will be solved.

Brooke Burke

Whatever I've got going on, I play music to accompany me.

Brittany Murphy

I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes.

Edmund Hillary

The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.

Edmund Burke

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

Elie Wiesel

The darkness enveloped us. All I could hear was the violin and it was as if Juliek's soul had become the bow. He was playing his life...He played that which he would never play again.

Edward Norton

When I was very small, I had that first-time-you-see-a-play experience, which immediately made me want to act, because it seemed like this incredible outlet for something I was already doing fairly compulsively anyway, which was putting on hats and costumes and doing funny voices. It was a very natural compulsion for me.

We have a refuse-to-lose mentality. We played pretty well. We played intense. We didn't play smart, but I can't remember a better game.

Dwight Yorke

When you look back you talk about legends of the game, he's certainly up there. Twenty trophies since 1994. He just seems to get better and better. I've had the honour of playing alongside him. The four years I've played alongside him, he is the best player, one of the first names on the manager's teamsheet. He is just a complete legend. There are not enough players like Paul Scholes around any more for my liking. 'Legend' is over-used but this guy is right up there with the very best.

Dwight Howard

I'm trying to earn everything given to me. I play hard and I want guys to remember that when they play the Magic they have to face Dwight Howard. And when you face him you have to get after it.

Dwight Howard

I want to be the greatest player ever in my era.

Dwyane Wade

I understand being the villain is what people like. People play to that. They want to know about the villain.

Dwyane Wade

You play a certain way for so long, and change is good. So I look forward to change, and I look forward to playing with the proper talent that we were able to put together.

Dwyane Wade

Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.

Dwyane Wade

Everybody was calling. I think everybody called every player in the league. Thats history right there.

Dwyane Wade

I took it upon myself to be more aggressive. I wanted the ball. Coach gave me the ball and I just tried to attack (and) make plays, just take it to the rim and see what happens.

Dwyane Wade

Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant...the second best all time...now, I have a new favorite player to play against...my former teammate, LeBron James.

Courtney Love

I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.

Courtney Love

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.

Colin Hay

I play in a lot of empty rooms.

Colin Hay

I just want to be a better guitar player, really.

Brian Jeroloman

We're just considering it like a regular weekend. We're playing it Friday-Saturday-Sunday.

Al Groh

we started to see the player that we saw in training camp.

We used to come down and play on the playground on holidays.

We should've played like that from the jump.

We should have won the game. We made enough plays to win this game.

Brian Posehn

I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure.

Stephen Rea

If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.

Harry Connick, Jr.

I had tons of friends, played ball with my friends on the street, and did the normal things.

George Vecsey

Flo Hyman became America's best-known volleyball player with a faulty aorta, but she did not know it.

Gena Showalter

I'll usually see a scene in my head, playing like a movie trailer. After I've written that scene, everything takes off from there.