Called Quotes

8011 Called quotes by 4669 unique authors

I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. — James M. Cain
After 911, the US Government engaged in mock investigations and shut down many small Islamic charities and organizations, giving the appearance of action in the… — Sibel Edmonds
Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps… — Charles Evans Hughes
I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked… — Miles Davis
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in… — Ahmad Jamal
What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth. — Sun Ra
He would forget everybody's name, so everybody was called 'Pops'. — Unknown Author
I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz music. I still… — Artie Shaw
I always called him the Dizzy Dean of music, he was so belligerent and braggadocio... But one thing I always noticed about Jelly, he would… — Unknown Author
It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a… — Artie Shaw
That grand old poem called Winter — Henry David Thoreau
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are… — Abraham Lincoln
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine… — George Orwell
People who want to know how stocks fared on any given day ask, "Where did the Dow close?" I'm more interested in how many stocks… — Peter Lynch
Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you're called very, very difficult you're really nobody at all. — Bette Davis
Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were… — Neal Shusterman
When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger,… — Ambrose
What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you!… — Isaac Mizrahi
Romance, in its earliest surviving form, was called ‘erotika pathemata’ by the Greeks - tales of erotic suffering. — Marina Warner
India then being four-sided in plan, the side which looks to the Orient and that to the South, the Great Sea compasseth; that towards the… — Unknown Author
Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy—what an older and less elegant generation… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got… — Howard Nemerov
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they… — Carl von Clausewitz
Well, at first the band were simply called Horsepower, but a lot of people thought that was something to do with heroin. That really pissed… — David Eugene Edwards

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