Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gilbert K. Chesterton

All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who have also committed the same crimes, sit by and laugh at them.

John Dryden

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

John Ciardi

I'm smiled out, talked out, quipped out, socialized so far from any being, I need the weight of mortal silences to get realized back into myself.

John Brown

Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!

Luther Campbell

I am tired of being in an industry that doesn't appreciate me.

Max Beerbohm

Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.

Matthew McConaughey

Directors like William Friedkin (Killer Joe), Steven Soderbergh (Magic Mike), and Lee Daniels (The Paperboy) got in touch with me and wanted me to be part of their films. That was a whole new chapter for me. I didn't chase any of those films and it made me think that I was right to take a chance, say no to the kind of thing I had grown tired of doing, and wait until something good came around. And it did!

Mark Skousen

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

Kiernan Shipka

I always try to read at night, because it gets me kind of tired.

Kim Campbell

Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be.

Kathleen Turner

A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that.

Karl Marx

It is a bad thing to perform menial duties even for the sake of freedom; to fight with pinpricks, instead of with clubs. I have become tired of hypocrisy, stupidity, gross arbitrariness, and of our bowing and scraping, dodging, and hair-splitting over words. Consequently, the government has given me back my freedom.

Judith Guest

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

They just got tired of it, I guess, ... Tired of the hassle that is going on and all the fighting, and not getting anywhere.

Jessica Savitch

One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.

Jess Margera

We were on Island Records for five or six years and we kinda just got tired of them always wanting to use our connections, all the time. It's like, they didn't really do much for us, I mean, they would give us money here and there and you know, do stuff like that but, I mean, overall, they didn't push us.

Jenny Offill

A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.

Jenna Bush

Kids are so dynamic; if you're tired and you walk into a roomful of kids, your energy is brought up to their level.

Glenn Close

When you're playing a man, you can look tired and horrible and you still look okay. As a woman, if you're tired, it's terrible. It was such a luxury not having to worry about that.

Gillian Anderson

I've seen productions where it feels like the actors are just tired and want to go home. That is one of the challenges doing theater - especially a long production - how to keep it alive for yourself and the audience.

Paul Ryan

It all started off with stirring speeches, Greek columns, the thrill of something new. Now all that's left is a presidency adrift, surviving on slogans that already seem tired, grasping at a moment that has already passed, like a ship trying to sail on yesterday's wind.

Patrick Leahy

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

Julia Quinn

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt.

Oscar Wilde

I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.

Paul Giamatti

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

Paul Giamatti

I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

Leos Carax

We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?

Laurence Fox

I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!

Laurence J. Peter

Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.

Lefty Gomez

I don't want to throw him nothing. Maybe he'll just get tired of waiting and leave.

Lefty Gomez

I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.

Lee Westwood

I'm heavier, but with muscle rather than flab. It's a massive difference. It means I don't get as tired sometimes and it means that I'm hitting the ball a lot farther, about 15 yards more with my driver.