Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ira Glass

Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?

Paul Sereno

The hand is amazing. It was probably ideal for fishing, for grabbing ... into those large fish.

Jenny Gardner

When you are looking at snacks throughout the day, look at what's going on. Are you going to be running errands all day? If so, pack snacks at home so you're not grabbing something out of a vending machine.

B. R. Hayden

It is about grabbing what you see on the Web, organizing it, and sharing with it with somebody.

Cam Neely

I think the hooking and the holding and the clutching and the grabbing is the main thing that they had to get rid of.

Todd March

I was so used to grabbing the hose, running in with the guys.

Craig Barr

They were grabbing and holding Jones' jersey all night long, but then we got the offensive (penalty) call. We had a touchdown taken away from us last week at McCutcheon.

Chris Edwards

I don't know if you can have a perfect game. But it seemed liked they were getting open and grabbing onto everything I threw. The offensive line was great. I didn't get sacked.

Simon Hoggart

The Tory party is like a rugby union match in which all 30 players are wearing the same strip. They're not sure who they are grabbing round the knees, but they're having a lot of fun doing it.

Amisha Patel

Cleaning is therapy for me. I'm not ashamed of holding the duster or broom.

David Pratt

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

David Eagleman

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

Lynda Barry

My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.

Drew Forbes

We are just kind of washing around here. As it stands right now, we are just in a holding pattern.

Sandra Tsing Loh

There's an image that some of us have of Jackie Onassis, stepping out in the rain, and Maurice Tempelsman is holding her umbrella. We want that man. We want the man to be the concierge and the masseur and the travel booker.

Marla Maples

I was holding a reserve inside all along. When you're with someone as powerful as Donald, you have no choice. You can get lost within that power if you're not careful.

Thomas Brooks

You have some more things you do in district. Whatever we need to get done, we're going to do it. There's no sense in holding back.

Gary Edwards

We were just holding on. When we tried to get that push, we just didn't have it.

Jill Malko

We had to be disciplined, and we weren't that disciplined in the first half. We got kind of rattled and we just started hooking the ball.

Viswanathan Anand

I personally prefer long-distance walking, but we are talking about pre-tournament preparation. During a tournament I make do with walking, mainly to concentrate before a game.

John Messina

The point was to maintain no on-street parking spaces in the neighborhood,

Bobby Short

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.

David Walton

At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter.

Paul Kantner

One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner.

Jerry Sloan

We played a lot harder. That's the main thing. That was interesting that we did that.

Vicky Hartzler

I think the main thing we can do, whether you agree or not, I don't think that's the real issue, the real issue is this November and there's an election.

Ansel Elgort

You are your main news platform, so no publication has as much power as you do about posting about yourself.

Kurt Vonnegut

Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden.

Werner Herzog

I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them.

Donald Trump

Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.

Jim Clyburn

we're not going to let it ride this time.

Natalie Zea

There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.

Azhar Usman

To me this is not just about standing on stage telling jokes. There's a lot riding on this.

Simeon Rice

We're just going to ride this ship, ride this wave. We accomplished one mission, we'll be setting out for many more.

James Bowden

Usually, you ride and then you party. Now, you just party.

David Pogue

I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry it.

Bear Grylls

I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.