Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Favreau

People look at Marvel movies as epic in scope, but if you look back at the comics, you realise that Marvel heroes were often a reaction to the square-jawed DC characters like Superman, who were flawless and beyond reproach.

Jen Lancaster

Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.'

John Lasseter

Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development.

Kelli O'Hara

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow.

Joshua Sasse

I want to try and portray characters that are in real life, that you see day-to-day. If I were to just stay in my little village in Wales, I would have gotten a very small taste of a very big plate.

Gina Rodriguez

I will play the characters with last names like Sanchez and Gonzalez until the day I die, but I also want to play the 'Michelle Smiths.'

Julian Fellowes

I think the reason why people love 'Downton Abbey' is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed.

Joseph Bruchac

I think every writer will tell you that their characters are always partially themselves: who I am and what I've experienced. It's always there in part of my characters.

Steven Levitan

I think every time there's a show like 'Modern Family' or 'Will & Grace' that portray gay and lesbian characters and is successful, it just further opens the door.

Patrick Walsh

Outside of my parents, what I learned at De La Salle has influenced me the most in my life. Obviously, there's a huge emotional impact.

J. J. Johnson

Riley was full of smiles that whole day. It was quite emotional because we just went to watch. We didn't think that would happen. But that is what Power Soccer is all about. The game is truly inclusive.

Beck

As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I’m doing boy detox. Like a diet, only for my emotional health.

Joe Paopao

We never saw this coming. They played emotional football and, for the most part, they really had momentum and control.

Carl Rogers

The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person.

Carl Rogers

I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs; because that's the price I'm willing to pay for a fluid, perplexed and exciting life.

Carl Sagan

Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species ...

Carl Sagan

It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.

Chris Lehane

Our policy proposals, when they're analyzed, are responsible, reflect experience and show some real thought.

Justin Phinisee

Our past and history has given us experience so we know how to respond.

Henry Spencer

Past experience, on the shuttle and the Titan rockets, suggests that large multi-segment solid rockets have a probability of failure of 0.5 to 1 per cent.

Jim Anderson

Particularly with low socio-economic status, my experience is, such students never realized that testing was important,

Joel Edgerton

Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.

Ilian Evtimov

Our maturity and experience showed. We finished this game like you're supposed to.... We made plays.

Carl Howe

People have experience with the real world. For most people, the Internet feels insubstantial.

Mark French

People leave this whole experience really knowing more about their community.

Mario Hernandez

People here were frightened. By experience, they know that if they see the water receding, it's just concentrating, to come rushing back in furiously.

Randy Carlyle

Our players worked extremely hard. It was a fast-paced game, and it wasn't no-hit hockey. It was a physical game and those are tough ones to play.

Richard Michaelson

Our reaction was extreme surprise and disappointment. Everything was sorted.

Ted Roof

Our quarterbacks played under extreme pressure. I thought they did a good job hanging in there. What they did today, that wasn't easy.

Michael Heisley

Pau Gasol is extremely popular in Spain. I don't know how much he sells, but I get nothing in Spain. The money goes to the league, and they use it for whatever they choose to use it for to run the league.

Vincent Charles

Peace is still not assured, and we must remember there are still millions of extremely poor and hungry people who need help.

Steve Toltz

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

Budge Pountney

Steve has played in the back row a number of times and every time he has, he has done extremely well,

Sen. Garrett

States are grappling with how to handle this. Many are going from one extreme to the other, and I think what we've done is strike a balance. I can honestly say that what we've done could be model legislation.

Patty Murray

States are extremely nervous about what's going to be required of them.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Who wants to kill you?” the guy asked. He was still looking over his shoulder, but his expression was puzzled. “There’s nobody there,” the girlfriend told me. “You’re making them think they can’t see you, aren’t you?” I said to Patch, awed by his power even as I despised his use of it.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Shh!” the guy beside me hissed again. “Blame him,” I told the guy, pointing at Patch. The guy craned his neck back. “Listen,” he said, facing me again. “If you don’t quiet down, I’ll get security.” “Fine, go get security. Tell them to take him away,” I said, again signaling Patch. “Tell them he wants to kill me.” “I want to kill you,” hissed the guy’s girlfriend,

Becca Fitzpatrick

Does Patch have a restraining order against him?' he read. 'Is Patch a felon?' 'Give-me-that!' I hissed furiously. Patch gave a soft laugh, and I knew he'd seen the next question. 'Does Patch have a girlfriend?

Bert McCracken

I mean, you can't have sex until you're married if you're Mormon. The first time I had sex, my parents found out. They were listening in on the phone while I was talking about sex to my girlfriend. They freaked out, man. They both cornered me in my bedroom.

Bernadette Peters

Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.

Berkeley Breathed

Steve Dallas...a frat-boy lawyer who I knew in school. He's never written me. I suspect he was shot by an annoyed girlfriend, which has saved me many legal fees.

Ashley Tisdale

I'm in love with 'Bravo.' Me and my girlfriends love 'Bravo-ing,' which doesn't necessarily mean watching 'Bravo.' It's when you're a bum and you're on your couch watching reality shows.

Ashley Tisdale

It's important to have girlfriends, because guys tend to come and go.

Jennifer Morrison

Jamie Dornan is one of those guys who has no idea how gorgeous he is. He's crazy in love with his girlfriend and a crazy talent and a great singer and a great actor; just a lovely, lovely human being. It kind of makes you want to throw up a bit, but in all the right ways!

Dan Marks

Our position hasn't changed. We don't have the money. We're trying to survive. We've never tried to do anything to hurt Beach.

Vince Testa

Our 103-pounder was sick with the flu, and I didn't have a replacement. Fortunately, the forfeit didn't hurt us.

Philip Rivers

(Rivers) won't ever hurt you by running with the ball. ...

Larry Wachtel

Rising rates won't hurt the new techies, but they might impact the 'old economy' customers.

Ed Skyler

Roger Toussaint should spare New Yorkers his disingenuous apologies. Millions of hardworking New Yorkers are being hurt by his illegal actions.

Henry Bunsow

Remember the test here was, will an injunction hurt the public interest.

Gary Schlossberg

Manufacturing is still in a world of hurt.

Becca Fitzpatrick

My arms hurt from how tightly Patch held me. “Now that’s what I call a scream,” he said, grinning at me.

Becca Fitzpatrick

...I need a boyfriend. And to get a boyfriend, you have to look good. Doesn’t hurt to smell good too.

Paul Charles

Our market share has risen to record levels on the most competitive routes in Europe.

Chris Dwyer

Stable water levels are really important for management of vegetation.

Rory Fitzpatrick

Playoffs are always a big jump. I've been through it at different levels and in the NHL.

Billy Corgan

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

Bill Sienkiewicz

If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it

Benoit Mandelbrot

I went to the computer and tried to experiment. I introduced a very high level of experiment in very pure mathematics.

Michael Holland

I think we are down to levels were people have said enough is enough.

Ned Yost

I think we all were (impressed). There's some reason why he has jumped three levels in a year and a half. You could see why today.

Greg Miller

He just sets new levels of expectations for himself.

Gary Matt

Start with just the physical qualities of the card.

Lawrence Goldstein

Physically it's very feasible, and politically it's very feasible.

Willie Anderson

Physically I'm doing good. It's going to be a while before I get that game-type conditioning and get my second wind in the game.

Willie Anderson

Physically I'm doing good, ... It's going to be a while before I get that game-type conditioning and get my second wind in the game.

Steve Hodson

Physically and mentally, you've got to be tough. We did that down to the end.

Mark McHale

That wasn't physically getting beat. It was a miscommunication deal.

Lee Bennett

It got physical and we weren't strong with the ball.

Jacques Santini

It is important for the players to relax physically and also psychologically,

Domhnall Gleeson

I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.

Ricky Ford

Sri Lanka pushed us all the way. We've been tested and bounced back stronger every time.

Bill Sienkiewicz

So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe

Matt McHugh

That was a disappointing end. I was trying to push it.

York State

I was pushing for it from the beginning,

Stansfield Turner

I think he's being pushed out or made a scapegoat,

G. H. Hardy

I think this is as much symbolic as anything. But it's still important, and I understand why Sen. Byrd would push for this.

Jon Runyan

Just pushing and shoving. That's the way I always play.

Ryan Baker

I think it's from each other and pushing each other and having fun. If somebody does well, then we'll give him some support.

Skip Fredricksen

I think it's great, I think it's long overdue. We've been pushing for it the 10 years I've been here.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths.

Brooke Shields

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

Esther Hicks

If you look in 'The Science of Getting Rich,' you see no reference whatsoever to the 'law of attraction.'

Mike Eaves

He's like a surrogate grandfather. He represents a reference you can always go back to.

Tom Matzzie

I'm only 30. I don't really understand the reference that much.

Lauren Graham

All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!

Peter Capaldi

You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.

Brenda Fassie

I'd been shouting and shouting and no-one wanted to hear me.

Clarice Lispector

For one has the right to shout. So, I am shouting.

Steve Jones

I'm tired of Glen Matlock saying he was the songwriter for the Sex Pistols. I co-wrote as many songs... but I don't go shouting about it.

Billy Casper

As long as you're not shouting and hollering.

Emily Hughes

A little over a week ago, I wasn't even supposed to be here. I went out there for warm-ups and they were shouting my name. That's the first time that ever happened.

Niall Horan

I'm quite claustrophobic, and I don't like everyone crowding around and shouting the same questions.

Robert Duvall

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.

Barry McGuigan

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Billy Corgan

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Bill Taylor

Players win games, teams win championships.

Bill Tilden

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Simmons

You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.

Bill Simmons

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

Bill Shankly

I never drop a player I only make changes.

Bill Cowher

We're not attempting to circumcise rules.

C. S. Lewis

A spoiled saint, a Pharisee, an inquisitor, or a magician, makes better sport to Hell than a mere common tyrant or debauchee.

B. F. Skinner

The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.

Jason Mraz

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Colin Mochrie

The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more.

Emilia Clarke

I wear tinted moisturized since, on the stage, we tend to wear such heavy stage makeup.

Ron Eldard

I tend toward characters who are more lost than found.

Joel Robuchon

I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure.

Dan Boone

It can tend to snowball if you let it go.

Emily Mortimer

I'm always drawn to the thing I think I can't possibly do, because I tend to be better when I think I can't possibly do something than I am when I'm pretty sure I can do something.

Linda Martin

Lacy tends to be calming. She is not part of the therapy, but she's therapeutic.

Bette Davis

Pray to God and say the lines.

Ajay Naidu

I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.

Billy Bob Thornton

We didn't have a movie theatre until I was about nine, so I just didn't see them. But, once I got into movies I loved them.

Dominic Monaghan

When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.

Boris Spassky

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

Ben Nicholas

I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger and I did 'The Sound of Music.

Arthur Miller

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

Dennis Christopher

My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.

Edgar Allan Poe

One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him.

Bill Burr

Being a stand-up comic, this isn't a stepping-stone for me; it's what I do, and this is what I'm always going to do. And even if I do a TV show, the only reasons to do a TV show is to get more people to know me to come out to my stand-up shows.

Ike Taylor

I watched TV for two days, and then after that I just couldn't watch any more.

Silas Weir Mitchell

'Grimm,' I think, is a unique show in a lot of ways. There is certainly nothing on TV that looks like 'Grimm'.

Rachel Tucker

I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the program, they said, 'What is your ultimate dream?' and I said, 'Broadway.'

Mary Karr

I think the problem with visual media like TV is that they're reductive.

Bill Mitchell

He will when he watches it on TV later.

Azita Ghanizada

TV and film has defined my entire life.

Rocky Carroll

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.'

Ed O'Brien

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.