Famous Quotes & Sayings

Terry McMillan

Now, I've been known to be attractive on special occasions, and I do my best to project as much beauty as I can muster from deep inside, though I often fail.

Kimora Lee Simmons

You can be rich and not be famous. You can be famous and not be rich. But to be rich and famous is a special category all by itself.

Michael Mandelbaum

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

Marcelo Balboa

Being able to (come back) was a special moment,

Nancy Werlin

You can be special without being extraordinary.

Miep Gies

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

John Sununu

The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.

James Hansen

Cap and trade generates special interests, lobbyists, and trading schemes, yielding non-productive millionaires, all at public expense. The public is fed up with such business. Tax with 100% dividend, in contrast, would spur our economy, while aiding the disadvantaged, the climate, and our national security.

Libba Bray

You're special. I'm special. The whole world's special, so don't you forget it. The universe wants us All to be happy, Full of smiles and all that stuff, All that stuff That's happy and smiley. So get happy, happy, happy right now! Get happy, happy, happy right now! Get happy, happy, happy right now!

Helen Gurley Brown

There are not that many people who know how to edit. It's a funny tiny little obscure talent but it's very special. You have to have the feeling of popular taste.

Henry George

When we consider that labor is the producer of all wealth, is it not evident that the impoverishment and, dependence of labor are abnormal conditions resulting from restrictions and usurpations, and that instead of accepting protection, what labor should demand is freedom. That those who advocate any extension of freedom choose to go no further than suits their own special purpose is no reason why freedom itself should be distrusted.

Mandy Patinkin

I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.

M. Russell Ballard

One who lays claim to special privilege through the priesthood doesn't understand the nature of his authority.

John Boorman

I only storyboard scenes that require special effects, where it is necessary to communicate through pictures.

The kid's a special player. He's a young superstar.

It's always special when Syracuse comes to town. You know it's going to be high-scoring and fast-paced.

This is special and different from everything we've done before. We don't know how much we'll be getting or how it will be dispersed.

This is special and different from everything we've done before,

Ellen Page

Patricia [Rozema] is really special, and she really worked hard to make the environment and the landscapes' natural beauty come alive. She was not forceful with anything, but enabled it to really have this poetic nature.

Ray Nitschke

Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee.

Robert Henri

Completion does not depend on material representation. The work is done when that special thing has been said.

Takeru Kobayashi

I know that I have a special stomach.

Swami Vivekananda

Each one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to freedom

Stephen Chbosky

Everyone is special in their own way.

Stefan Zweig

Each of us, even the lowliest and most insignificant among us, was uprooted from his innermost existence by the almost constant volcanic upheavals visited upon our European soil and, as one of countless human beings, I can't claim any special place for myself except that, as an Austrian, a Jew, writer, humanist and pacifist, I have always been precisely in those places where the effects of the thrusts were most violent.

Thomas Frank

Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Been chatting much with Jared?" "We often have special moments where I come into a room and he immediately leaves," Kami said. "I treasure those times.

Sara Zarr

Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.

Vance Joy

Most songwriting like poetry takes a careful selection of words. Sometimes you're just channeling something and a selection of words come out that you wouldn't normally say, but you come up with an assortment of words that are really special. It just makes sense even if it's normally how you wouldn't express yourself.

Thomas S. Monson

Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.

Ray Winstone

In terms of directors, great actors make directors - Gary Oldman was great to work with, for me; Tim Roth, too. You work with Scorsese and Spielberg and they were wonderful directors, but for me, working with actor/directors is special.

Robert Duvall

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.

Robert Rankin

Because I'm a special gatekeeper. I'm the head gatekeeper. Because, although, as you can see, I'm only a head, I'm also the gatekeeper. Which makes me the head gatekeeper. Which makes me very special, don't you agree?