Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yuri Milner

One of the companies that we've invested in is called Facebook. In only two years, between 2009 and 2011, the information exchanged between people increased 28 times. And that cannot be explained by new people joining Facebook.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.

Walter Smith

Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.

Abraham Lincoln

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Wyclef Jean

What I learned from people like Carlos Santana is that you cannot get too happy after working for five years in the industry. It takes years and years, and I learned to keep a straight head and keep on working harder and harder.

Christian Louboutin

You know, you cannot be comfortable on a high heel shoes the way you would be in sneakers. But, you know, not everyone wants to be on sneakers. Sneakers are for different purposes.

Colin Morgan

I cannot wait to come back to Glasgow. I know the place like the back of my hand. In fact, one of the jobs I had as a student was in Cineworld. And I was always at gigs in King Tut's, Nice 'n' Sleazy's and the Barras. I played Ultimate Frisbee down on Glasgow Green and pulled pints in O'Neill's on Queen Street.

Chris Carter

Even if I see 300 'X-Files' fans together, I can't fathom - I cannot imagine - the audience itself. All I think about is the show and all I think about is why I like it and why I like to write it and why I like the characters and what I have to say through them.

Ellen Key

The ever clearer consciousness that love can dispense with marriage, yet marriage cannot dispense with love, is already partially recognized by modern society, by the facility of divorce.

John A. Wheeler

I had a picture of a seven-year-old throwing a Frisbee around on the grass but it's treated as a spiritual place.

Bill Bailey

Live comedy's a very reckless, foolhardy profession. You're only as good as your last gig so earnings fluctuate.

Dave Chappelle

Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.

Liev Schreiber

The best gig is the one you've got.

Nick Atkinson

The guys just come to our gigs to pick up girls, if nothing else.

Brian Molko

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

Beck

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

David Bowie

I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places.

Brad Callow

We're hoping to sell our EP at our gigs and market it to radio stations and record labels. Our end goal is to get signed to a major label.

K. A. Applegate

One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.'

Brian Cox

There's so much light in Broughty Ferry. I think the humour in Glasgow is darker, because it's much more gloomy, there's a perpetual misery there.

Nicola Sturgeon

I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.

Rudyard Kipling

Stiff-necked Glasgow beggar! I've heard he's prayed for my soul, / But he couldn't lie if you paid him, and he'd starve before he stole.

Iain De Caestecker

I do actually have a connection with James Herriot because we went to school in the same area. I went to Hillhead Primary School in the West End of Glasgow and he went to Hillhead Secondary.

Bob Nelson

We pretty much provide most if not all of the kinds of jobs they are going to need in slot parlors.

Alan Cohen

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

Alan Cohen

Life is about movement, expansion, growth, and actualizing potential. If you stay in a home, relationship, or job beyond the time it is healthy for you, the universe will prod you with thorns as if to say, “It’s time to move to a broader domain.” If you do not heed the message, the thorns will get sharper and at some point you will have no choice but to fly. When you do, you will understand why a once comfortable situation became uncomfortable.

Dick Cheney

People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them: How do you think I got the job?

Dick Cheney

You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.

Dick Cheney

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

Dick Cheney

My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.

Dick Cheney

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

Arthur C. Nielsen

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

Cheryl Cole

I still am very street - I just have nicer clothes. I'm not ashamed of that.

Sara Rue

Working on 'Malibu Country' with Reba McEntire is truly a gift. She is one of the nicest people that I have ever had a the pleasure to be around. She is so professional and always on time and has it together. It really is a joy to be around her.

Arthur Hiller

I thought we were making a nice little movie. That's how it was regarded by everyone else, too.

Fisher Stevens

But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.

Deb Smith

We had a nice pitching performance from Katie.

Paul Aznarez

We had a nice little run and kind of turned the tide a little bit. That's what you look for in your press.

Amy Ray

We did some planning with them. It was nice to get involved.

Don Meyers

We did some nice things to get back into the game.

Walter Benjamin

There's something nice about being able to go to sleep at night saying "You know, tomorrow I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that...." I think that being an activist on this planet is a privilege and a pleasure.

Will Chase

I played more performances of 'Chris' in 'Miss Saigon' than anyone else.

Colm Meaney

I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less.

Jamie Dixon

We played well in the first half, and we should have been up by more. Teams lose. It's how you respond, and we've always responded well.

Paul Dowe

We played well enough to win. The bounces just didn't go our way.

Willie Randolph

We played well enough to win. I'd rather win, but you can't be disappointed.

Paul Doerrfeld

We played well enough to win, but if we play one of the top teams in the state tonight, we're not even close.

Jose Theodore

We played well defensively and we waited for our chances. That's how we're going to have success and that's the way we have to play at home.

Amy Newman

We played well, but we could have still done better,

Aaron Bender

We played well, but had too many errors. We had a five-out inning in the fifth.

Eddy Curry

Y'all pulled out the old stuff, ... This is the vintage stuff. Throwback. This is crazy, man, crazy.

Yolanda King

I pulled over to the side of the road and we prayed.

Elaine Morgan

I pulled off to the side of the road under an overpass,

Jim Shaw

I pulled myself out. The timing was too tight.

Fareed Zakaria

I occasionally find myself reluctant to be pulled into a world that's not mine, in the sense that I'm not a religious guy.

Rebecca Allen

I never thought I was a writer. My teacher, Ruth Johnson, pulled it out of me.

Colonel Farnacio

The troops pulled out because big boulders are cascading down the mountain.

Matt Nagle

My friend told me I went over to this guy and he pulled a knife.

Kathy Mattea

Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.

Annie Dillard

When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.

MaryEllen Elia

We have a way to go with our 12th-grade students.

Edward Hirsch

There's been no poet, no great poet in the history of poetry who hasn't also been a great reader of poetry. This is sometimes distressing to my students when I tell them this.

Elizabeth Olsen

I've always loved being a student.

Paul Kohn

We're going to take a look at all the qualifications that all of the students bring.

Kelly Shackelford

What they're trying to do is treat them like they're not a student club. They are a student club.

Bob Inglis

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

Carol Kane

It's very hard to remain a student in life.

Steve Gray

Three years ago, I had 18 students, ... and this year I have 44.

Bill Owens

Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership.

Casey Neistat

Then HBO was the pie in the sky. HBO is the absolute ultimate.

Neil Gaiman

Perhaps this is the ultimate freedom, eh, Dreamlord? The freedom to leave.

Charles Kendall Adams

No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.

Eleanor Roosevelt

To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.

Lloyd Cutler

And we made decisions on each of those matters which were ultimately upheld by the courts.

David Bowie

Now I realize that from '72 through to about '76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn't have been more rock star.

John Eccles

Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.

Jason Baker

This one was the ultimate whiteout - a wall of snow.

Alan Cohen

Why wait for your ship to come in when you are already on it?

Jeff Goodby

was just throbbing out there, waiting to be appropriated.

Chris Paulitz

We're just going to wait for the markup.

Craig Patrick

We're done negotiating. We're just waiting for the answer.

Michel Lu

We have to wait for confirmation (of the reports) from our embassy. After this, we will see what we will do.

Morten Olsen

We have to wait and see after today's training.

Rex Norman

We don't have any word for sure. On the record, I know what you know - which is wait for the announcement ... but there has been speculation.

Linda Cox

We'll wait to see if DOE approves it.

Jake Siewert

We'll wait and see how it comes out in the Senate.