Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Idle

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!

John Cleese

And now for something completely different . . .

J. K. Rowling

Harry and Hermione are very platonic friends. But I won't answer for anyone else, nudge-nudge wink-wink!

Tim Hansel

Grace is the central invitation to life and the final word. It's the beckoning nudge and the overwhelming, undeserved mercy that urges us to change and grow, and then gives us the power to pull it off.

Alan Bennett

It [Cambridge] wasn't a holy grail in the sense that I'd never been to Cambridge. But then, when I did go, the contrast between Leeds, which was very black and sooty in those days, and Cambridge, which seemed like something out of a fairystory, in the grip of a hard frost, was just wonderful.

Glen Mazzara

That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics.

John Cleese

What have the Romans ever done for us?

Graham Chapman

When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled.

Stewart Udall

Gross National Product is our Holy Grail.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.

Thomas R. Insel

The Holy Grail of neuroscience has been to understand how and where information is encoded in the brain.

Roger Miller

Junk bonds are the Holy Grail for hostile takeovers.

Steve Sabol

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's not being noticed.

Edward R. Murrow

When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.

Jerry Mackey

We're not good enough to have defensive lapses. Normally, when we score 59 points, that's enough. Offensively, we're doing some good things, but defensively it looks like a circus sometimes.

Jimmy Buffett

I love a great show. This is a great show. This is the circus coming to town and it's great to see (Glenn) do that,

Gary Neville

The players do not have to lift themselves, they know their responsibilities. I am sure we will hear a lot over the next few days about how we are not going to be playing European football after Christmas. There will be a circus but we have to remove ourselves from that.

Howard Thompson

We only have the circus once a year. I'd like to see another big turnout.

Leslie Brolin

We'll have face painting and hula hoop games and other circus challenges, as well as novelty photo ops things like that.

Jim Smith

He's going to turn the courtroom into a circus and we can't have it.

Charles Bukowski

We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus!

Roberto Aguire

My progression into acting was pretty slow. I was constantly performing in different kinds of small shows. One year I would be in a magic show, the next year in a circus show, then a small play, and then a dance show.