Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clive James

A traditional fixture at Wimbledon is the way the BBC TV commentary box fills up with British players eliminated in the early rounds.

Darby Stanchfield

From a personal standpoint, playing someone judged negatively by her friends is not difficult.

E. B. White

The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.

E. B. White

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.

Dustin Pedroia

I hope to play for the Red Sox a long time.

Dustin Pedroia

I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I'll just continue to be a better player.

Dusty Baker

Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.

Duncan Sheik

If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record

Dustin Hoffman

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why

Drew Gooden

When I was young, I kept trying to be in the most helpful place for me, when sometimes, as players, you have to look in the mirror and say, "It's not always going to be comfortable."

Drew Houston

Software touches all of these different things you use, and tech companies are revolutionizing all different areas of the world...from how we shop to how farming works, all these things that aren't technical are being turned upside down by software. So being able to play in that universe really makes a difference.

Douglas Hofstadter

The paraphrase of Gödel's Theorem says that for any record player, there are records which it cannot play because they will cause its indirect self-destruction.

Andrew Rannells

So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes it's not a good fit. You have to get clear about what it is that you do and not try to be a bunch of other people. Not try to be that guy or try to play that part; find the roles that you do well.

Andre Johnson

A lot of times, guys are just out there playing and they'll just go and get you. I don't really think they're thinking about the helmet-to-helmet contact. You'll probably see a lot of players more hesitant before they make their hits.

Angel Olsen

I listen to tapes a lot. I have a car that only (has a cassette player). I like the nostalgic factor.

Anastasia Myskina

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

Anatoly Karpov

You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.

Anatoly Karpov

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

Anatoly Karpov

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

Anais Nin

We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.

Amanda Plummer

I don't play roles everybody likes. I'd rather have a career I'm proud of. Like everyone else, I need to eat. But I'm a very unbusinesslike person, and I keep my price low. I'm not a mass product. I'm not everyone's cup of tea.

Amanda Peet

I wrote a play before that and it never saw the light of day. And then I started working on this play and it came out really quickly. Eventually I got it, and I wrote a letter to Sarah Jessica Parker and she wanted to do it. So that's how it happened.

Anne Hathaway

If you're with someone who enjoys having people play hard to get, maybe that's the way you're supposed to do it then.

Anita Sarkeesian

There is a clear difference between sexist parody and parody of sexism. Sexist parody encourages the players to mock and trivialize gender issues while parody of sexism disrupts the status quo and undermines regressive gender conventions.

Andrew Zuckerman

Play in curiosity is where everything happens.

Andrew Wyatt

I don't judge people who just hit "play," but I would judge myself if I did that. I wouldn't feel like I was earning my money, I'd feel like I was putting one over on people. I have to play the notes.

Andrew Wyeth

There's a quote from Hamlet that is my guide... He tells the players not to exaggerate but to hold a mirror up to nature. Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

Andres Iniesta

Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.

Andres Iniesta

Rooney is one of the best players in the world and I love watching him play. But if you had to pick out only one, then for their history and for all that they have achieved it would have to be Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs. They are two shining examples for any player.

Andres Iniesta

The Celtic fans are very special and the club and players can be very proud of them. They are the best I have ever heard.

Andres Segovia

I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars.

Andres Segovia

The guitar is the easiest instrument to play and the hardest to play well.

Andre Agassi

Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it's an offer I can't refuse, so I rally and try to stay in shape and keep myself active.