When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'
Rip Torn
HopeManPeopleYouSaidNever
In my whole life, I've worn black tie three times. I can't tie the knot myself. Once, at the premiere of the opera, I got to La Scala before Domenico, and I was hiding in the corner until he arrived, and I said, 'Quick, you have to tie my tie, please!' Otherwise, I'll wear a tuxedo jacket with jeans and my bling-bling cross.
Stefano Gabbana
LifeMyselfBlackYouSaidThree
When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren't factored in to the pump price - among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents.
James Surowiecki
IllusionPollutionPriceSaidDone
Anything is possible. My background is a bad background, but a lot of people said I couldn't do it. You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
Michael Oher
PeopleMindYouBadSaidPossible
The 'that's right' breakthrough usually doesn't come at the beginning of a negotiation. It's invisible to the counterpart when it occurs, and they embrace what you've said. To them, it's a subtle epiphany.
Christopher Voss
BeginningNegotiationYouSaidRight
I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.
Peter Falk
ThinkSaidNeverUnderstoodWordHe
I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.
Robert Mueller
WomenWalkMenWarSaidLand
For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.
Mark Strand
BetterSaidWayThingsUsSome
I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.
Robin McKinley
BusinessMeThinkingGenerationSaid
It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
PeopleWinKnowSaidAbilityHow
People have even said my father paid Aditya Chopra to make a film for me. It's illogical. People say what they have to say.
Arjun Kapoor
FatherPeopleMeSaidSayFilm
I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'
Jo Brand
MeWishYouSaidWoodI Wish
We'd tour for a year and a half and do an album and then tour for another year and a half and do another album. We thought we were invincible, but someone should have said, 'You guys need to take a little time off.'
Nuno Bettencourt
TimeThoughtSomeoneYearYouSaid
Mitt Romney saying that Barack Obama gets an F is one of the most ridiculous things that he has said in this race.
Stephanie Cutter
SayingSaidRidiculousRaceThings
I have a piano in my kitchen. I read a great biography about Tom Waits that said that he had a piano in his kitchen; he had a grand piano in his kitchen. And I thought, 'Well, if Tom Waits has one, then I must.'
Jamie Cullum
GreatKitchenThoughtSaidPianoHe
I'd be lying if I said that any part of writing is easy for me, but I have always found that setting comes more naturally to me than, say, writing action scenes.
Molly Antopol
MeWritingActionEasySaidSay
Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.
Cheryl Ladd
SuccessNobodySaidOvernight Success
I was reading an article about Kings of Leon's bass player, who said that he was directly influenced by Joy Division and by me. I was like, 'Woah!' It surprised me. It's a great compliment.
Peter Hook
GreatJoyMeReadingKingsSaid
I get that there is no one quite like me, nor should there be anybody quite like anybody else in any field. I've always said, 'Don't be the next anyone; be the first you.'
Mauro Ranallo
MeYouSaidFirstAlwaysNext
If it be said that the consent of the strongest party in a nation, is all that is necessary to justify the establishment of a government that shall have authority over the weaker party, it may be answered that the most despotic governments in the world rest upon that very principle, viz.: the consent of the strongest party.
Lysander Spooner
GovernmentWorldRestPartySaid
Of course, in India, I always said, 'Oh yes, I'm married.'
Robyn Davidson
IndiaSaidAlwaysYesCourseOh
The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me.
Jonathan Coe
MeThinkFeelYouSaidGuy
Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me.
Anthony Quinn
MoneyMeWeekYouSaidNever
When you're on TV, you're looking at a half-page of material, trying to memorize it really quickly. By the time it's on TV, I've already forgotten what I said, but I can still recite my whole role from Shakespeare in the Park. It works a different set of muscles.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
TimeLookingTryingYouI CanSaid
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