Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clifford Geertz

We don't know what we think until we see what we say.

Clifford Geertz

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue

Conan O'Brien

NBC is making a movie about Martha Stewart that will cover the recent stock scandal. They are thinking of calling it 'The Road To Extradition.'

Conan O'Brien

President Obama has appointed a transgender woman to a position in the Department of Commerce. You know, in this era of partisan bickering, President Obama deserves a lot of credit for taking a chance on Ann Coulter, I think.

Conan O'Brien

Over-thinking in your brain is anathema to the process of thinking on your feet.

Conan O'Brien

After Donald Trump's derogatory comments about immigrants, NBC has officially cancelled Celebrity Apprentice. Think about it: Donald Trump isn't even president yet, and he's already made America a better place!

Conan O'Brien

A new study has found that watching Fox News can make you more conservative and watching MSNBC can make you more liberal. And watching CNN can make you think that no plane has ever safely reached its destination.

Conan O'Brien

Today's tragedy in Paris reminds us very viscerally that it's a right that some people are inexplicably forced to die for. So it's very important tonight that I express that everybody who works at our comedy show, all of us are terribly sad for the families and people of France and anybody in the world tonight who now has to think twice before making a joke. It's not the way it's supposed to be.

Conan O'Brien

Sony has canceled the big Seth Rogen movie, 'The Interview.' North Koreans hacked their email so Sony said, 'Now we can't show anybody the movie.' I'm disappointed. I think this is the wrong thing to do. And I hear in the film Meryl Streep is great as Kim Jong Un.

Conan O'Brien

Kim Kardashian tweeted that she is supporting President Obama in the midterm elections. I think it worked because all of the polls are predicting that after tonight Barack Obama will still be president of the United States.

Conan O'Brien

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he thinks it would be great if Donald Trump was president. Which is really weird because I thought Brady didn't like things that are filled with too much air.

Dyan Cannon

I really always expected to somebody to make me happy and I don't think you can really enter into a relationship until you are happy

Dyan Cannon

Shakespeare said, nothing is either good nor bad but thinking makes it so

Dwight Schultz

With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be.

Dwight Yoakam

Buddy , you might think that I've lost my mind. But mister, I'd pay twice to do it one more time.

Dwyane Wade

When I'm designing I try to think about what I like to see on other people.

Dwyane Wade

With the way I dress, I think my personality shows, so I don't always have to talk. Someone can see what I'm wearing, see what socks I'm wearing, and see what my vibe is, what kind of person I am

Dwyane Wade

Yeah, I play a lot of point guard. LeBron plays a lot of point guard. A lot of people are thinking too much on positions.

Dwyane Wade

I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.

Dwyane Wade

I think that work has been the key for me. Just like they say shooting will become easy if you just keep working at it, well, I love the dribble game-that brings excitement to the game.

Dwyane Wade

I'm a firm believer in God and I don't think he'd want me acting a certain way.

Dwyane Wade

Whenever there is a big game and people don't think I can do it, I always play my hardest, and now it has become a part of me.

Dwyane Wade

I think everything happens as it's supposed to. I don't want to force anything. I want it to be so authentic that it's seamless.

Dwyane Wade

I think the biggest thing I've learned is to not really worry what people will say or think about what you wear. You have to wear what feels good on you, what you feel comfortable in. And I've just learned to not really care.

Dwyane Wade

My upbringing involves individuals who helped me along the way. I don't think I would be here today without that support.

Courtney Barnett

I try to take notes of things that happen that I think are important or interesting or just little tidbits here and there that happen in life. And some of it's even just one line or like a saying and I just go off that.

Courtney Barnett

I think that if people get my music, then they get what my message is.

Courtney Barnett

I think everyone's so scared of other people judging them.

Courtney Barnett

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

Courtney Love

I do wish I ruled the world, I think it'd be a better place.

Courtney Love

I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought one started a band.

Courtney Love

[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.

Colin Morgan

The big difference I think between tv and stage is definitely the immediate buzz that you get. And that's not just as an actor, as an audience member you're getting the chance to have this kind of two-way process where the actors and the audience are experiencing the same thing. With tv you often have to wait months and months down the line to actually get the pay-off. Whereas with theatre it's a very immediate thing.