Famous Quotes & Sayings

Louisa May Alcott

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

John F. Kennedy

A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or Tory.

Jonathan Horton

I'm no perfect gymnast. I want to go out and eat junk food, or I maybe don't sleep as much as I should, or some days I'll leave the gym and think, "Maybe I should have worked a little harder. Maybe I'm not as tired as I need to be." Every day you push a little harder, eat a little better, maybe go to bed a little earlier.

Jonah Lomu

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session.

Elaine Stritch

It gets tiring being a smartass.

Edward Boyden

If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.

John F. Kerry

Not to wax nostalgic about the 1970s, but back then people got upset when they saw injustice. They got tired of seeing our air, land and water polluted. They were shocked when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was polluted so badly it caught fire. And on one great day 20 million Americans marched all across this land. Politicians had no choice but to take notice.

Joan Rivers

I have to tell you that it's not going to be easy. Take every chance and every opportunity that you can. Don't say 'I can't' or 'I shouldn't' or 'I'm too tired.'

Jo Ann Davis

A man must walk only his own path...Never another's or his feet will grow tired and sore. And he will feel lost even when he arrives.

George Ade

I am thoroughly tired of the fable style of narrative and shall do my best to get up something entirely different and possibly little more worthy.

George A. Sheehan

There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.

Joe E. Lewis

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster.

Jimmie Johnson

If the roles were reversed, I would be saying the same thing. As a competitor, you're tired of the same guy winning. I guess I understand where they're coming from and what they're saying ... I don't necessarily agree with it. I think it would be great for someone to win five straight.

Emma Lazarus

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Emma Watson

If I'm feeling tired, I just say, 'I'm going to paint my nails purple and put some lipstick on!'

John McCain

We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they cannot keep.

John L. Lewis

The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony and to grant them their political rights. Despairing of fair treatment, they resolved to do something for themselves.

Jimmy Connors

I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too bullheaded sometimes, but I think I have some fan and player support. I know what the others say, but I'm not that obnoxious. I am not a punk. I'm 5' 10", 155 pounds. I've got broad shoulders and I can pack a punch. Most of these guys are windbags anyway. If they ever try anything with me, I'll be to the net fast.

George Mason

I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.

Elvis Presley

I get tired of playing a guy who gets into a fight, then starts singing to the guy he's just beat up.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Elaine Stritch

I'm going to do less performing because I'm tired. It's hard to convince anybody that you're just going to take it easy.

John Corbett

Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

John Cornyn

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

Linda Evangelista

I was having panic attacks. I didn't want to live that way anymore. I was in love and I wanted it to work. I was tired of travelling, tired of the whole scene, just tired. I sat around. I was lazy. I wanted a routine, and I wanted to wake up in the same bed every day, and I got my wish.

Lilith Saintcrow

I'm getting really tired of bleeding. Someone stop the world, I want to get off.

Lil Wayne

I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me.

Lee Trevino

Just remember, somewhere there's some guy who's tired of putting up with her crap

Lewis Black

I hammer on a theme until I'm tired of it and the audience is tired of it.

Lewis Black

Usually I'm too tired to apologize.

Lewis Carroll

It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else"--but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they WOULD put their heads down! I am so VERY tired of being all alone here!

Joyce Meyer

If you are tired of living on the beaten path that everyone else walks, venture into the woods. Some people would be afraid they would get lost, but a confident woman expects to have a new experience that might be outrageously wonderful.

Julie Morgenstern

Clean and restock your car at the end of each trip. No matter how tired you are, resist the temptation to let that empty muffin bag wait until mañana. Tomorrow turns into next week, next month...