Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Have you heard about the latest 12 step group for compulsive talkers? It's called ... On and On Anonymous.

Michael Gray

I'm always looking for a good deal. I'm meaner than a woman as far as going shopping. I'm a compulsive shopper.

Trisha Meili

I had issues. I was a compulsive runner. I had an eating disorder. And I needed to look at that ... how to get peace with that in a way, and how to deal with not being the same person that I was before the attack, and come to some peace that that's OK -- that different doesn't mean worse.

Greg Wittrock

She's obsessed with cleaning. I think she has OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder about dirt.

Cynthia Voigt

I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine.

Keith Henson

The rewards that compulsive gamblers get are only one step removed from exogenous chemicals, unless you are a big winner.

Tony Fadell

We work crazy hours in Silicon Valley; my wife says we're all kind of diseased in some way. We're totally obsessive compulsive - when we see an idea, we're like, 'let me in, it's so much fun.'

Claire Cameron

I'm very rigid about my schedule. I sit down at 8 A.M., and the Internet blocker goes on. My standard time is 120 minutes. I'm a compulsive writer, so it reminds me to stop writing... If I write more than that, I turn into an ogre for my kids.

Edward Looney

We see compulsive gamblers of all sizes and shapes.

Gary Murphy

Parkview's a good team. They're going to be a dangerous team for a lot of people in their conference.

Gary Weiss

Ordinarily, the feds piggyback on the S.E.C. in complicated financial cases, but history proves that breath-holding on that score is a dangerous endeavor.

Nasser Judeh

Such extremely dangerous weapons included missiles, explosives and machine guns. Such practices contradicts the nature of the Jordanian-Palestinian ties.

Simon Davies

Surveillance over our private lives has reached a dangerous new level.

Rohan Gunaratna

Some groups have deep linkage, others minor linkages. Some were established a long time ago, others recently. But they are more dangerous as a movement, and have a much wider reach.

Billie Armstrong

Rock 'n' roll can be dangerous and fun at the same time, so thanks a lot.

Teresa Belew

Repeat offenders are the most dangerous drunks on the road.

Benjamin Tal

Relying solely on real estate-based savings may be dangerous because this type of saving can be illiquid and selling a home can be an inconvenient and expensive transaction,

J. R. R. Tolkien

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

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.

Austin Perez

Our members have been following the law for 20 years now.

David Herro

Managers, instead of following their convictions, are following the crowd. There is a herd instinct.

Russ Brown

I'm here to win. That's just the way were are. I have no problem following him around . He was doing what he had to win and I was doing what I had to do to win. The track did what they had to do. I hit him. They made the right call. They put me in the back and that's the way it is.

Hal Rogers

the American people have a right to know what happened in preparation for and immediately following the storm.

Jan Denise

It is OK for me to hold out for what I want. It is OK for me to find a way to make it happen. As long as I am following my truth, as long as I am not invested in how or when it happens or who helps, it is more than OK. Trusting the outcome, trusting the laws of the universe, is different from being invested in the outcome.

Joni Gray

I think we're OK. I think we just keep following this road ...

Lewis Carroll

It frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea, And dines on the following day

James Armstrong

I think this is following in a long line of great San Francisco nuttiness.

Greg Childs

I'd like to keep the combination going and I'm hoping he runs the following week.

Wesley Moultrie

Our requirement would be that the tobacco firms in the U.S. maintain a high level of liquidity.

Andy Roberts

Our replacement technicians are highly trained and experienced mechanics.

Greg Aiello

Passions run high this time of year. The main thing is, Pittsburgh won the game. It could've been worse.

Ron Vos

Passing out flyers at a shopping mall or hoping somebody sees a poster doesn't get through to today's jaded, image-bombarded, media-savvy young consumer. Street marketing is practically an old strategy now, so the stakes are much higher when it comes to getting your message across.

Janice Miller

Part of Planet Digital's mission is to provide people with the highest standard of hands-on training possible,

Jim Keller

Our low power, high performance technology is very well suited to that.

Tom Phillips

People I know in the administration have a very high regard for Nathan,

Kathleen Murray

People have to reschedule their weddings for many reasons. You don't want to be left high and dry.

Mark Waggoner

Supplies really aren't a problem. Consumption over the holidays is usually a little higher than normal but production has been keeping up.

Lori Miller

Our family's outcome is better than the increasingly-heart-breaking losses experienced by many families.

Dontrelle Willis

I don't even know what WHIP means, ... They were so similar, I have no idea. Maybe because I had more losses than him. That's the only thing I can see off the top of my head.

Peter Cardillo

Obviously, we are not going to see some substantial gains, but I think we will be able to retrace some of these losses by the end of the week.

Stanley Chou

Wall Street's losses overnight weighed on market sentiment.

Levance Fields

We've just had some mental breakdowns. We have wins with this young team and we have losses with this young team. It is what it is now. We have to get better.

Sam Powell

We had some unfortunate situations. We had some eventful losses that we probably shouldn't have had, a suspension, and on top of that, we had a young team.

Rick Carlisle

Every win is important when playoff position is at stake. We've had a string of road losses that's been really tough on us so getting back on track was important.

Dan Moser

You know what, if I saw a team with six losses I'd probably think we should go in and spank them.

Kyle Wilson

We've had losses this year where we've had to bounced back from, and we've done it each time.

Eduardo Perez

That's the way it goes. You've got to have a short term memory in this game.

Manny Lawson

Getting a shutout here is going to be a memory for the rest of my life.

Adam Loewen

I don't remember what he said. I've got a short-term memory.

Natalie Williams

Hopefully, we'll be making (a memory) in the next three weeks. That would be a perfect way to end a career.

Doug Noble

He is mostly the same old person, but he does have memory loss.

Frank Robinson

He has that mentality, ... You have to have a short memory as a closer.

Paul Burrell

Whatever I write about her (Diana) is in memory of her and it is the truth.

Joan Felt

My father's memory is impaired, but mostly he's just an old man.

Bill Gates

No one will ever need more then 640K Memory

Alan Garner

When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.

Albert Einstein

But then, after all, we are all alike, for we are all derived from the monkey.

Dashiell Hammett

My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.

Aneurin Bevan

Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.

Alvah Bessie

When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches.

Bob Dylan

Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.

Ben Bradlee

You never monkey with the truth.

Eli Roth

I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.

Glenn Beck

I haven't seen a half-monkey, half person yet.

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.

Mark Thompson

Risk and reward tend to be symmetrical. If you want to be a high-value company, you have to take more risks.

Billy Corgan

The music business - and I guess you could say any artistic endeavor - usually rewards those who are on the leading edge of where everything is going, but you can't be too far.

C. S. Lewis

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

Stephen Schwartz

I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling.

Ayn Rand

This was the great clarity of being beyond emotion, after the reward of having felt everything one could feel.

C. S. Lewis

if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.

Carroll O'Connor

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

Earl Nightingale

Your rewards in life are in direct proportion to your service

Earl Nightingale

Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others.

Quinton Ross

That was incredible. It seemed like he made every shot tonight. Every time he got the ball, he made a shot.

Jim Colborn

I was very impressed. He seemed to get stronger as he went along. He stayed in his delivery.

Lindsay Davenport

I was, today, trying to get a lot of just first serves in and not tried to go for too much, ... (It) seemed to work.

Jamie Lawson

I was in a band at school, and almost from the day we started, I started writing songs, just because that seemed what you did.

Hope Schulte

I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did what I usually do, and (the shots) just seemed to fall.

Alex Hernandez

I don't know what happened, ... Every thing seemed to be going well, but Wilson was just too fast.

Russ Ortiz

I can't. I wish I could. Nothing seemed to be where I wanted it.

Leslie Moonves

God, it seemed like we had shot somebody.

Mark Kantor

He said he was getting a new job. Everything seemed to be going fantastic.

John Pistole

Our pat-down approach is very similar to what is being utilized in Europe and, as we know, around the world. It's even much more thorough in other parts of the world.

Bruce Bochy

That was very similar to how he threw for the Dodgers.

Richard Jefferies

It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant.

Shigeru Omi

I think it is similar to tsunamis and earthquakes...we do not know when,

Wang Guoliang

His voice and tone were similar to the secretary-general.

Ladell Betts

Hopefully, we can get something similar like we had in the first game, when we had a 1-2 punch,

Jordan Foreman

He has a big body, he's strong, so it's somewhat similar to what he (Davis) does. He's been a big help.

Steve McNamara

We work out of a similar structure but all tinker about with it in different ways.

Gwendoline Christie

I like to explore characters who are very different to me, or varied parts are very similar to me.