Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hume

The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation.

Alain de Botton

There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting.

Vauvenargues Marquis

Lazy people are always wanting to do something

Jamie Wyeth

Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when things do start clicking, but that doesn't happen a lot. I really have to push myself sometimes. Painting is a profession in which it is very easy to be lazy, particularly if you have any degree of success.

Jason Biggs

Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.

Sergey Galitsky

People who don't get rich are lazy or just have other priorities.

Bret Easton Ellis

Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride.

Edward Norton

The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and indulgent.

Barbara Hershey

I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously.

Al Davis

The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard

Al Capone

We been on the road for 18 hours... I need a bath, some chow... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?

Alanis Morissette

My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.

Brit Hume

Nobody's profitable at this moment, because recession is on; advertising dollars are down, and expenses are way up. So that kind of belies the situation that you would expect, because the ratings are way up everywhere.

Ben Okri

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

Charles Caleb Colton

The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.

Brian Tracy

Imagine if your business burned down and you had to walk across the street and start again, what would you do differently?

Chelsea Handler

I had to sit down and explain to [her friend] that AA was for quitters

Bo Burnham

My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It's much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I like to keep my girlish figure

Twyla Tharp

When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.'

Eric Brown

I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.

Ron Beard

When he figures out how incredibly good he is, he'll be unstoppable.

James Van Der Beek

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further

John Dunford

Next year will be even lower. I think the figures are in free fall. We are losing a generation of linguists.

Bill Zollars

Given that third quarter was revised upward significantly, I am skeptical that growth was so low and I will wait until we have the final figures to judge.

Mark Zandi

On the national level, I think you'll see weakness in jobs figures for September, October and maybe even November.

Geno Auriemma

We're 18-2 and it doesn't feel that way. I don't know why. Maybe because you know how many games are really hard to play in and you just keep thinking, 'This is really hard.' If someone figures out what we're not good at, it's good night, Irene.