Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anthony Powell

He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a lack of affluence that might, literally, affect my purchase of rare vintages, and a figure of speech intended delicately to convey his own dire want for the bare necessities of life. He remained silent for several seconds, as if trying to make up his mind whether he could ever bring himself to speak to me again; and then said gruffly: 'I've got to go now.'

Jenna Morasca

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

Beck

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

Coco Lee

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

Dan Stevens

I don't know much about my biological background.

J. I. Packer

N.T. Wright foregrounds what the Bible backgrounds, and backgrounds what the Bible foregrounds

Helen Thomas

I'm of Arab background.

Jodie Foster

I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.

Piper Perabo

I was glad to have had some dance background because some of the dances are pretty wild.

David McKeown

Some people are fragile enough that they may still succumb to this.

Nora Ephron

Joan is very funny. I'm always telling her she's a fraud: Everyone thinks she's fragile and humorless, when we all know she's wildly funny and the last surviving member of the Donner party.

Larry Robinson

I thought defensively we were in much better position. We're a little fragile in our own zone sometimes and guys will get running around a little bit. I thought our positioning was much better.

Venus Williams

Her racket is actually fragile -- powerful but fragile,

Derian Hatcher

Obviously, right now we're a fragile team. I don't think there are any questions about it.

Christopher Thornberg

Let's put it this way: We will be in a fragile economy.

James Wolfensohn

Time is short, and optimism is a fragile commodity, ... miss this opportunity for change, we will regret it for the next decade.

Darcy Tucker

We gave up that first goal, and bang, it seems like we lost our confidence. Our psyche is fragile right now. We need to be mentally tougher.

John Sacchi

We need to keep taking small steps to improve. Our kids are young and fragile and we need to keep their spirits up and keep them moving in the right direction.