Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neil Gaiman

Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody?

Neil Gaiman

Most of what I want to try to do is continue to go places with fiction that I've never gone before, and tell stories I've never told before, and one of the problems you rapidly discover about fans is what fans want is the last thing they liked. They want more of that.

John Newcombe

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.

John Wayne

It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.

John Waters

Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, "Oh, my last film was a cult film." I'd say, "Oh great, well I hope this one isn't!"

John Waters

I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.

John Wall

When you're sending emails, you live and die by your subject line. Making it personal or funny can increase your open rate 10 times or more. At the very least, try to pitch some value rather than pointless bragging. 'Work Faster!' is better than 'Version 10.4 now available!'

John von Neumann

The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work-that is, correctly to describe phenomena from a reasonably wide area.

John Steinbeck

I guess I'm trying to say, Grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.

Shawn Ryan

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon

Niki Taylor

I try to live by the rule do what makes you happy.

Nick Vujicic

You do not know what you can achieve until you try.

Nick Vujicic

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again

Nick Vujicic

Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.

Nick Goepper

I'm pretty well-rounded. I can do most of my tricks left and right, in both directions. I try to be smooth and confident. But it's still developing. I'm still trying to find my own personal touch in the way I ski.

Nicholson Baker

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.

Nicholson Baker

The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?

Norah Jones

I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.

Norah Jones

The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.

Norah Jones

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

Nicole Kidman

I always try to push through fear.

Nas

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Someone who says "I am busy" is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

N. T. Wright

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.

Monta Ellis

I'm not trying to put any more pressure on me because it's the playoffs.

Monica Lewinsky

I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert.

Miranda Kerr

My beauty routine stays the same; I try to be well hydrated and rested. Most importantly, I always try to make a little time for myself!

Miranda Kerr

Never say never! I'm open to trying new things.

Mignon McLaughlin

Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.

Johnny Mathis

Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

John Wooden

Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after I have proved to the individual that I highly value him. If they know we care for them, our correction won’t be seen as judgmental. I also try to never make it personal.