Famous Quotes & Sayings

B. B. King

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

Tom Scholz

I will say that I know Nirvana did a show and played a few chords from 'More Than a Feeling' before they did 'Teen Spirit,' and it wasn't very good. But in all seriousness, 'Teen Spirit' was a great song. If subconsciously or somehow I had any influence on that, I'll take that as a compliment.

Dan Bartlett

The accusations of racism and things like that is something that touched a chord with him. It wasn't one of the finest moments for our government.

June Wozny

I think it will be overwhelming to see. It is a simple idea, but it will look so professional. I think it is going to strike a chord when I see it, and I am just really proud of them.

Rain Phoenix

For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.

Simon Templeman

I think The Hulk really hit a chord with me, I love the Hulk. But, I never dreamt I'd be playing Doctor Doom.

Leo Ornstein

There is a paradox because I think you've struck a chord there that we ought to simply pursue - it is true that music is a form of communication.

Willie Nelson

I always thought Hank Williams was a great person to listen to, ... because his messages were simple, to the point, usually just three chords but they hit you right in the bone.

Jesse Harris

Neil Young does throw in a major seven chord here and there, so if you're a new guitar player learning Neil Young songs, you'll learn some seven chords, and some different positions. Nothing too complicated, just enough to kind of open up your knowledge a little bit.

Ryan Giggs

Records are not important to me at this stage and I don't consciously think about them, but they are something I will be able to look back on proudly when I have finished.

Julie Futch

Our school has never done anything like this. We've established something to be proud of at Auburn Riverside.

Bill Shankly

Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.

Big Sean

I just wanted to do something that had some meaning that I can look back and be proud of, that my family can look back and be proud of.

John Torchetti

I was just proud of our whole team. This is a team win if I have ever seen one. From the goalie out, we competed.

Sammy Day

That was a tough loss. But they battled back and I was proud of them.

Catherine Young

That streak is really important to us. We are proud of it and want to keep it going as long as we can.

Stacy Dent

That's awesome. I am so proud of all of you.

Ron Hassler

I was proud of how we competed, but they were able to take us out of some of the things we like to run.

Scott Gomez

Our tournament starts now. If you lose, you go home. It's as simple as that. This is what you play for.

Bela Bartok

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

Barry Ritholtz

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.

Robert Kraft

We need a deal, it's as simple as that.

C. S. Lewis

A society where the simple many obey the few seers can live; a society where all were seers could live even more fully. But a society where the mass is still simple and the seers are no longer attended to can achieve only superficiality, baseness, ugliness, and in the end extinction. On or back we must go: to stay here is death.

C. S. Lewis

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.

Cecelia Ahern

What was that thing that could make two people promise one another to spend every day of the rest of their lives together? Ah,I found it. It was a thing called love. A small simple word.

Cecelia Ahern

Their plan had been very simple: to stay together for the rest of their lives.

Carrie Mae Weems

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.

Ian Johnson

I will be encouraging them to vote yes. It is important we have a strong strike vote.

Trevor Noah

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord.

Lorenzo Bundy

He was pretty good, especially early. He pounded the strike zone, but he still has to work on his location.

Jimmy Harris

He was spotting his fastball. He had a real tight strike zone.

Derek Jeter

He was throwing strikes, that's the thing. You try to be patient, but if he's throwing strikes with it, you find yourself in the hole.

Rigoberto Medina

There is no connection. The nationwide strike has nothing to do with this.

Connie Mack

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own.

Tom Pratt

I thought (Shaver) had big-league command. Everything was down in the zone. He threw 43 strikes in 58 pitches.

Maximilian Schell

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.