Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ira Glass

Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.

For me to think in terms of employing security seems ostentatious.

Sarah Jessica Parker

If you have a child, you're improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies.

Stanley Elkin

I've always been terrified of dying, always. It was a concern of mine long before it had to be.

Writing a novel is easier than writing a memoir; you are not constrained by the truth.

I'm not very eccentric. I wear more conservative clothes, though I do like mini-skirts.

Shinzo Abe

Russia is a part of the West and at the same time is a part of the Asia-Pacific.

I've tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.

Nigel Hamilton

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.

Nathan Kress

I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Lech Walesa

We have travelled so far in our technical advancements that we are no longer located in our own countries.

Lauren German

I'm very klutzy. I've fallen off horses, I've tripped with my high-heeled boots over a stunt guy.

Loretta Sanchez

The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for our community - to take this seat and give it to this Van Tran, who is very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic.

It's a truism that you can investigate anything forever.

Leona Lewis

I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like that. I don't show off or boast, and it's pointless to think I'm going to be any different.

Chelsea Handler

We women have to stick together.

Charles Krauthammer

The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.

Noah Hathaway

I'm trying to open a Chopper shop this year.

Nick Hanauer

I have, oddly, two ski houses - trying to sell one.

Neil Tennant

Since we started, Chris and I had theatrical ambitions.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'

I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.

Liang Chow

I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

Leslie Howard

I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor.

Lisa Unger

I don't remember a time when I didn't define myself as a writer.

Dick Cheney

As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

Dick Cheney

I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.

Dick Cheney

It used to be you needed to have a very large sophisticated state before you could even have a nuclear weapon... Now the technology is widespread enough. It doesn't take very many people to be able to cobble together a devastating attack, and all it takes is one.

Dick Cheney

I think there's no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared to try and free up the financial sector.

Dick Cheney

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

Dick Cheney

I - obviously, I'm not a big fan of President Obama. I think he's been one of our weakest presidents. I just fundamentally disagree with him philosophically.

Dick Cheney

President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of his team. He told me at the outset, he wanted me to sign on to be a part of his team - and he was true to his word, kept it. He was tough. He was decisive. He was also a pretty good politician.

Dick Cheney

You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But I think anybody who looks at it objectively has trouble making the case that somehow this is a bad economy.