Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Rasmussen

The problem with much of that thinking is that it's taking something from today, like movies, and merely putting it on the Web.

Oscar Wilde

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet.

bell hooks

Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims.

Lord Salisbury

Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools.

Elliot Mintz

Janet is merely one of a number of witnesses and there is no allegation whatsoever that Janet has violated any law.

John Webster

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.

Charles Hodge

Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work.

Patrick O'Brian

I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.

Denzel Washington

I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular moral standard - I'm willing to wallow in the mud, if necessary. It appears as if there seems to be a consistency in result, but maybe that has as much to do with the roles I choose as it does with how I play them. I do what pleases me.

Tom Odell

I think I subconsciously put myself in these situations where the girlfriend isn't pleased with me. I'm useless as a boyfriend. That's how I managed to write all these songs.

Ricky Gervais

I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.

Elie Wiesel

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Bob Easton

Obviously, we are very pleased with (Clinton's visit).

Boone Pickens

Mr. Pickens is pleased to have some skin in the Barnett Shale game.

Mike Espy

May it please the court, I am not guilty,

Joanie Ewing

She had a lot of one putts for par. That's a solid round for her, and she was pleased with it.

Barney Bishop

We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.

David Duke

We Aryans are those of European descent who are racially conscious and who have committed our lives to our people's survival and evolutionary advancement. We shall do our duty. We shall not surrender our freedom and our very existence to Jewish or any other power. We shall preserve our heritage and our hard-won rights and freedoms. We shall guide our people up the evolutionary stairway to the stars.

David Bromstad

Design Star' was incredible, and I didn't think it could get any better, and then 'Color Splash' happened.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Within twenty years, he was the world's biggest movie star, the husband of Maria Shriver, and an emerging Republican leader who was part of the Kennedy family.

Benicio Del Toro

When you start to become a movie star it's easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That's why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame.

Ben Stiller

The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they've played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That's why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.

Benedict Cumberbatch

When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.

Audrey Meadows

Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!

Audrey Hepburn

I never expected to be a star, never counted on it, never even wanted it. Not that I didn't enjoy it all when it happened.

Rease Watson

One thing that has struck me the most is the hundreds of (electricians) out here. They're working their tails off. They're from all over the place.

Ken Jury

It immediately struck me as being ambergris -- it couldn't be anything else.

David Hernandez

I think she struck me as being a little overwhelmed,

Antonia Bird

I've always been struck by the complexity of a world where drugs kill and cure. Where no one is immune.

Susan Collins

They struck me as not the typical request.

Christine Arron

They struck her working tools, her legs, her arms, her hands.

Patti Smith

I knew William Burroughs really well, and I was always star struck being around him. I adored him.

Judy Garland

He struck me many times. He did a lot of drinking.

Terry Jorde

This has struck a nerve. Thousands of them.