Saying Quotes - page 4

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all. (Kingman Brewster, Jr.)
If you catch me saying ‘I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me. View quote
Johnny Depp
While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done. View quote
Helen Keller
He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on? View quote
Stephen King
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it. View quote
Duke Ellington
If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say. View quote
Bob Marley
Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying ''the Son, O how unlike the Father'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it. View quote
William Blake
about Theseus, began the saying He is a second Hercules. View quote
Plutarch
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. View quote
Heinrich Heine
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows. (Erma Bombeck)
Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one? View quote
Kate DiCamillo
When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody is making them do it? No, these are simply evil people who want to kill. View quote
Condoleezza Rice
The next thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
...those who say I am being punished are saying that god can't think of anything more vengeful than cancer for a heavy smoker. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print. View quote
Dave Barry
Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. View quote
Mignon McLaughlin
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched. View quote
Sophocles
The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer. View quote
Alan Turing
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. View quote
Winston Churchill
Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" (Robin Williams)
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. View quote
Noam Chomsky
Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying. View quote
Errol Morris
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. View quote
Paul
Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle. View quote
Ned Vizzini