Famous Quotes & Sayings

Amy Adams

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

Amy Carmichael

Those who think too much of themselves don't think enough.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life.

Alvin Lee

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

Alvin Lee

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

Alveda King

Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.

Ally Condie

Do you think you could let someone go if you thought it was best for them?

Ally Condie

Remembering is part of thinking, but not all of it.

Ally Condie

I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember where you came from.

Ally Condie

And I laugh at myself for thinking I could touch the sky.

Allyson Felix

There are moments that aren't great. And I think it's amazing for people to be able to have some insight, to be able to see the support system and what really happens.

Allyson Felix

I don't feel that Shaunae Miller cheated me because she didn't break any rules or anything like that, but I do feel like it's a very difficult way to lose. Having worked so hard and I know that that was such a close race, it just kind of made it even harder to deal with defeat just because of how it was done. But I don't think that she had any ill intention by it or did it on purpose. I think it just kind of happened.

Allyson Felix

The pressure is hard. You get - the world is only watching every four years, and I think lots of people feel like they have to win in that time frame.

Allyson Felix

I think every genius person has a bit of insanity.

Anthony Collins

We have a right to know or may lawfully know any truth. And a right to know any truth whatsoever implies a right to think freely.

Anthony Geary

People say 'Why would you learn Dutch? Nobody speaks it. Why not French?' Even the Dutch say that to me! I say because I want to live here, I think it's only common courtesy that I speak the language.

Anthony Edwards

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

Anthony Doerr

I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.

Anthony Head

You know, one of the classics when somebody invents something, you go why the hell didn't I think of that.

Anthony Head

And to get that much talent in the show—and to keep it constant and consistent—I think is a remarkable feat.

Anthony Daniels

We are like creatures so dazzled with our own technological prowess that we no longer think it necessary to consider the obvious.

Anthony Daniels

We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet.

Anthony Daniels

I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the post-apocalyptic because you can see where we all think we're heading.

Anthony de Mello

Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise.

Anthony de Mello

Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till it becomes too dull and lazy to think, to observe, to explore, to discover ... not wanting to be disturbed or questioned into wakefulness.

Anthony de Mello

"I seek the meaning of existence," said the stranger. "You are of course assuming," said the Master, "that existence has a meaning." "Doesn't it?" "When you experience existence as it is - not as you think it is you will discover that your question has no meaning," said the Master.

Anthony de Mello

The poor think they will be happy when they become rich. The rich think they will be happy when they are rid of their ulcers.

Annette Bening

I think what's interesting about the whole paparazzi thing is that unless you're Brad Pitt or Madonna, you can pretty much avoid it. You know when you're going to an opening that you will be photographed, so that's fine. And you know the restaurants that have paparazzi, so you don't go to them.

Anne Sweeney

I look at power as the ability to get people motivated and to get them to do things that maybe they don't think are important but, in the end, are in pursuit of something greater than themselves.

Anne Stevenson

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

Anne Stevenson

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

Annette Funicello

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

Anne Tyler

I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at