Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isaac Singer

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Shirley Jackson

Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Carry.

Dorothy Gilman

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.

James Dickey

I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please?

Russell Hoban

Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

Charles James

The antitrust division has been left in very good shape by Joel Klein. I've found a number of enforcement issues I'm happy to pursue.

Joe Wilson

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Jonathan Franzen

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover.

Patricia Highsmith

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Our nation wants peace, stability, justice and equality in international relations,

A. N. Wilson

People have a tendency to regurgitate whatever they've last heard and to give equal credence to untruths as they do to truths.

Oscar Wilde

Some of these people need ten years of therapy -ten sentences of mine do not equal ten years of therapy.

Steven Levitt

Some of these deceased personalities have Q scores equal to or greater than some of the live personalities we measure,

Jacques Herzog

Our goal here was to give equal importance to visitors, nature and art,

Brian Gordon

Reservations don't equal sales. There are several investors placing refundable deposits on multiple projects around town. But when it comes time to sign the contract, they will often re-evaluate their selection.

Chris Hester

Playing football gives me a reason to study. For me good grades equal football.

David Sanborn

People who really understood the use of space and the fact that the sound and the silence are of equal weight and that what you're doing is really manipulating space. It's the same as a painting except that you're doing it aurally.

B. R. Ambedkar

Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.

Michael Long

Part of this process is looking at the older kids and giving them an opportunity to see what is actually needed to succeed in the AFL.

Marty Schottenheimer

Our offensive line is not giving him a lot of space.

Steve King

Our misdirection stuff was working well, ... We still want to be want to be balanced, but you have to take what they're giving you, too.

Dan Moore

People lead by giving. Giving is power for communities and individuals.

Jim Timon

People just love to be immersed in a frightening Halloween experience. They love giving up that control.

Michele Johnson

Steve-O and Jackie were very loving, very giving people.

Howie Dickenman

Steadiness. Lenny's not going to make a lot of mistakes. And he can hit shots and play defense. He's giving us a lift.

Jeri Porter

Stephens has stepped up and done a real nice job giving us a really good low-post presence.

Tanis Ybarra

Some of these organizers are green. And when I say green, I mean totally green. We're giving them a class. Organizing 101. By the seat of the pants and the grace of God.

Phil Klay

People lie to themselves all the time about what they've been through and what it means - I'm no exception. But you write those lies down - lies that really matter to you and that are really painful to let go of because they've become a part of who you are - and they don't work.

Leo Tolstoy

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

Tom Nalen

Playing doesn't lie, you've got to go out there and get it done. And if you do, it doesn't matter how you got there, they'll find a place for you to play.

William Williams

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

Cassandra Gash

I don't know where the responsibility lies, but I know I've done everything I can do.

Mark Twain

I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.

Fernando Rospigliosi

He can't be believed. He's a man who lies systematically.

David Garrick

Here lies Nolly Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll, Who wrote like an angel, and talkd like poor Poll.

Ed Garland

His oath should have been, 'I Tony Harwood swear to lie, I say you should reject Tony Harwood 100 percent. Throw him out. He ain't worth nothing.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

E. O. Wilson

Springtime is the time for gazing at galaxies.

Adam Carolla

spontaneous, clever, specific, oblique and at the same time very human.

S. Walker

That could be a possibility. I'm thinking, hopefully, we can get something worked out. As of right now, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

Charlie King

Right place at the right time is all I can say about that one.

Gil Brandt

Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.

Boy George

Most psychiatrists or analysts are a waste of time

Bob Rose

We need solidarity. This is a union town, and it's time to show that.

Bethenny Frankel

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

Bob Bauman

That was a lot of weight off their shoulders.

Dusty Baker

He can't put any weight on it right now,

Al Gore

Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete.

Charles Darwin

Any one whose disposition leads him to attach more weight to unexplained difficulties than to the explanation of facts will certainly reject my theory.

Chris Farley

I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.

Chris Farley

I have what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem.

Burt Young

I used to be a fighter and I'm used to taking weight off.

Carnie Wilson

The surgery will always be a huge part of my life. I'm going to need to help people with weight problems for the rest of my life so that I can maintain my weight.