Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Lashner

I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but come up with very few moral answers, stories that emotionally touch readers through the characters.

William Lashner

I don't trust novels with points, do you? If a novel is only about a point, the writer should just say it in as few words as possible so we can take it in and go back to watching 'The Bachelor' on television.

Will Rothhaar

I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people in a positive way. That's really what I hope I am remembered for the most.

Emma Watson

I think when I was younger I wasn't really sure if I wanted to act, so I played around with a few different ideas. I wasn't sure whether I might want to write or whether I might want to do something in fashion.

Jeffrey Archer

Very few people deserted me when I went to prison. They stayed loyal.

Wayne Schwertner

The past year we should have had a good hatch. We should have had a good hatch for the last few years.

Brian Kernighan

I want students to understand specific technologies, but the real goal is that they should be able to reason about how systems work and be intelligently skeptical about technology so that, when they're running the world in a few years, they'll do a good job.

Bobbi Brown

Many women like to wear nude eye shadow during the day, but it doesn't really do much for you. Instead, try one that's a few shades lighter than your skin tone.

Bill Hader

I met Robin Williams a few times, and he was a beautiful guy.

Wayne Rooney

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

Viswanathan Anand

In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I have been emphasizing on the positives of chess to the authorities.

Age Hareide

The points mattered more than anything tonight. The results in the other games went our way, and now we can travel to Belarus knowing that we are in the play-offs. I hope our luck continues.

Ted Young

The pat on the back (for winning the regular season) is gone. The first do-or-die games for the girls are (today) and on Saturday for the boys. Everything you've worked for is gone on Saturday if you're not prepared for it mentally or physically.

Mark Fox

We played well in spurts and didn't play well at times. Often games in March aren't pretty, but we were able to find a way to win.

Brad Fuller

We played well and showed up. We had 13 hits, which is probably more than we've had in the last three games combined. We got a good game from Heath and that's a lot on his shoulders as young as he is.

Chris Lorditch

We play some good games outside of the division. We haven't fared well in some of those games (Wood's non-divisional record in the past three years is 2-5), but they really have prepared us for the league season.

Venus Williams

We played all kinds of games like bobbing for apples, ... I don't get to do that, it was amazing. I took it so seriously.

Pam Player

We played a better first half. I was trying to keep them pumped up and keep them focused. We've got to make sure we win all the games all the way out. In order to do that, we've got to keep our heads on our shoulders.

Bruce Anderson

The patterns we are seeing are similar to those witnessed in the last campaign, but the past is not always a reliable predictor of the future.

Victoria Osteen

Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.

Richard Daley

I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

Nas

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.

Cynthia Ozick

In an essay, you have the outcome in your pocket before you set out on your journey, and very rarely do you make an intellectual or psychological discovery. But when you write fiction, you don't know where you are going - sometimes down to the last paragraph - and that is the pleasure of it.

Andy Williams

We played 90 minutes of hard-fought soccer, which we didn't do for one minute last week.

Nigel Newton

We have made a number of big purchases in the last six months. We're in a position to do so.

Jim Rogers

We did very well with the last legislative session and I think we will do very well in the next session so long as we can prove our case.

Kenichiro Sasae

We are not necessarily satisfied, ... working up to the last minute.

Garrett Jones

When the winds picked up, they'd go right through you.

Evelyn Glennie

Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.

Joan Rodgers

We still don't know how they picked our house, but it was very scary.

Don Ho

I kiss grandmas because they're clean. I haven't picked anything up from a grandma yet.

Doug Hawkins

We don't have pitchers to strike out 10, so we have to rely on our defense. They picked us up today.

Joe Condit

We haven't picked out any specific properties yet. This process is just beginning. It probably will take a year to sort out which ones we want to buy.

Nicole Vaidisova

In the second set, I picked it up very fast, just dictating play, so she didn't get any rhythm,

Steve Terry

You couldn't have picked a better day for spring break.

Bill Robertson

The truth is, we have so many potholes, we could have picked just about anywhere,

Ron Moore

We're wanting to do an upscale natural-habitat project.

Brad Meltzer

There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves.

Brad Meltzer

The point is, as death gets closer - what's so wrong with wanting someone you love to live forever?

Rachel Campbell

Some of them aren't out yet and they've been wanting those.

Jodi Collins

I think like everyone, we've been wanting to do something, and now we are.

AJ Michalka

You kind of need to weed through who is wanting to be a true friend.

Delta Goodrem

I was just burning, wanting to be on stage.

David Tom

I think it's more willpower than anything else, wanting to win more than anything else.

Gary Moore

We've been wanting to get that for a long time.