Flop Quotations

When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.

I have one rave 'New York Times' review framed next to a flop 'Los Angeles Times' review. And it's for the same show. These people watched the same show. That's what happens. They love it, they hate it.

One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.

I don't work for production houses. I only work for good scripts and roles. If you follow my career graph, you will find that I have not given a single flop yet in my career. I am proud of it.

I'd love it, because I think we've got the guy in the league that more people flop on than anybody,

I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.

If a company doesn't use their time, money and manpower to tackle major commercial obstacles then the product will flop regardless of how much time, money and manpower is used. The successful brands are backed by teams that are knowledgeable about the industry and what potential problems may arise. These teams use what resources they have to make a favorable climate for their drug.

He has ace-queen, which really surprised me. He played it the only way he could to get all my chips, because if he bets the flop like he was kind of supposed to, then I would've just folded.

I thought to myself that with the raise he made, he looked like he had a pair of 8s, 9s or 10s, ... But I thought I'd try to take a flop and catch a king, queen or a couple spades, so I called.

People are not always as troubled by a position you take as they are troubled when you flip and you flop and you try to get every side of the issue. You have seen what I believe is an election-year conversion.

Our security and police forces are not properly trained. What happened in Alexandria is a security flop of gigantic proportions. And, it is an outrage. Poorly trained police are part of the problem. They are ill- equipped to ensure the safety of citizens and cannot cope with any crisis. They need proper professional training to handle such sensitive matters.

Reggie Evans would definitely get best actor in the league. I am so sick of watching that guy flop I can't stand it. It is an absolute disgrace what he does.

As the final step, pollsters tell us how the public reacted to it, which becomes the agreed version-whether the event itself was a flop or a success.

FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.

I've been told I've done a lot of flop movies. And I think, 'Wow, I've never considered them flops!' I've loved every character I played.

The things that I have done that haven't been as successful have been things that have been largely out of the public view, which is great. It's terrible, when you're a theater writer, to have a big flop publicly.

Often, there has been serious concern and debate over whether I might flop in international competitions. But most of my best performances have come in major events and the best record of 6.83m was achieved at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

a flip flop from 10 to 12 years ago.

It just takes your breath away. When you do a belly flop and go all the way in, it really grabs you.

It was a big flop for Disney. The biggest reason is it looked too close to last year's 'Madagascar.' It's essentially the same story.

They hit the ball today. Our pitching didn't miss many bats. We moved in, they'd flop it over the infield. We moved guys around. They just hit the ball where we weren't.

I'm not one of those fakers who is going to scream and flop and play all those little mind games trying to get a call, I'm just going to go and get my basket, ... But then I look on TV and see Paul Pierce shot 24 free throws and Michael Redd shot 17 and I'm like, 'Man, I go to the hole harder than anybody, so where are the calls at?'

I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen. (The boycott) could be a flop or it could be total chaos at the ports.

I really don't ever flop so I don't know where that would come from. I felt the contact so I went down.

I know it was hard. I was watching the whole time and you never want to see a guy flop around like that.

I play really well around the greens. I like the flop shots. Whenever I have that (wedge) in my hand, I feel very confident around the greens.

His decision is a most precarious one because he has a home base there. Every time you have a flop movie, you can always go back to the show. So he's taking a chance on eroding his popularity.