Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wole Soyinka

The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together.

Jack O'Connell

To me, this is blatant class warfare. It's a blatant class attack, especially in light of the continuing tax cuts, and you are going to pay for the taxes by reducing health care for the poor and elderly.

Wale

I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need.

David Leavy

We have seen continued fighting and reports of atrocities. It only underscores the brutality of the Milosevic regime and his blatant disregard for human life, and the necessity for NATO's strong response to his repression.

Mary Harron

She was very much of the period, ... A lot of people played it too sexy, in a very modern way. And I think Gretchen had a very instinctive understanding of the sexiness of a very different time. You have to go back before Playboy, before the outright, blatant sexiness to something more hidden, teasing, more of the nice girl. Naughty but nice.

Vojislav Kostunica

We are talking about political fraud and blatant stealing of votes. This is an offer which must be rejected.

Kevin Kamps

There are some pretty blatant DOE absurdities going on. The whole program is pretty outrageous, and it will be hard for it to stand up in court.

Melanie Sloan

Rep. Jefferson's conduct shows a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the integrity of the House of Representatives. We urge a member of the House to ignore the long-standing ethics truce and file CREW's complaint with the House Ethics Committee today.

Charles Studd

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

Fred Greenstein

When a presidency has been turned around, particularly the modern presidency, there's often an outside element.

Corin Nemec

It is a Modern day, and these times need Modern solutions to Modern problems.

Martin Bouygues

My successor may need to be more modern than I am. It's a question of generations.

Harriet Harman

Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?

Camille Paglia

How many modern transsexuals are unacknowledged shamans? Perhaps it is to poets they should go for counsel, rather than surgeons.

Barry Commoner

The modern technologist is less 'sorcerer' and more 'sorcerer's apprentice'.

Lance Morrow

The jumbo jet is the airborne equivalent of the interstate highway...One might as well be stuffed into a cartridge and shot through a pneumatic tube, like interoffice mail.

Meg Ryan

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

P. J. O'Rourke

We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work... Bicycles are too slow and impuissant for a nation like ours. They belong in Czechoslovakia.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.

Paul Bettany

It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America.

Art Hoppe

We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time.

Billie Piper

Steve Coogan does something for me. He is so naughty, but I quite fancy him.

Brian Jacques

I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him...to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good...

Gianluigi Buffon

I don't watch penalties in my hotel room. I watch naughty videos

Jacki Weaver

Emily [Blunt] is such a giggler, she has such a positive life force about her and she's so giggly in a naughty sort of schoolgirl way that it kind of brings out the worst in you, you just love making her laugh. And also Nick Stoller has one of the best laughs. It's so infectious and whenever he laughs at something you do, it's like giving us a reward.

Erin Hunter

Graystorm: You know Firestar was also very naughty, just like you. Bramblepaw: Really? He seems to be very responsible! Graystorm: Yes. I was there when he was too stubborn to not help RiverClan

Cassandra Clare

And there are vampires, too? Werewolves, warlocks, all that stuff?" Clary gnawed her lower lip. "So I hear." "And you kill them, too?" Simon asked, directing the question to Jace, who had put the stele back in his pocket and was examining his flawless nails for defects. "Only when they've been naughty.

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.

Yuvraj Singh

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

Yoko Ono

Most people like to hear sounds they are used to.

Yoko Ono

Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.

Willie Aames

I think there are people that have very addictive personalities.

William Shatner

I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do.

Wentworth Miller

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.

William Clay Ford, Sr.

I think sports are a wonderful diversion. People can relate to sports very easily. It's a quick study.

William Sleator

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

Will Poulter

I need to try and get away from that brat role, or people are going to think I'm a natural brat.

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.

Nikki Reed

I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.

Rick Wakeman

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Bill Belichick

Understanding what not to do sometimes is just as important as what you can do.

Clayton Christensen

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not.

Charles Caleb Colton

It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

Alan Moore

As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.

Carl Sagan

Understanding is a kind of ecstasy

Carl Sagan

The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.

Bryan Stevenson

There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can't otherwise see; you hear things you can't otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us.