Saying Quotes

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As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill. — John F. Kerry
Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he’s far down enough (down… — Wallace Stegner
When one of us says 'look, there is nothing out there,' what we are really saying is, 'I cannot see'. — Terry Tempest Williams
Human beings understand themselves and shape their futures by arguing and challenging and questioning and saying the un-sayable, not by bowing the knee whether to… — Salman Rushdie
There's another way to phrase that and that is that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. It is basically saying the… — Donald Rumsfeld
We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that. — Donald Rumsfeld
I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly… — George W. Bush
I'm not so sure the role of the United States is going around the world saying this is the way its gotta be. — George W. Bush
All the books that were being published by African-American guys were saying 'screw whitey', or some variation of that. Not the scholars but the pop… — Toni Morrison
I don't fight for nobody else because Don King has made me money. Yet I hear people saying Don King is exploiting me. I made… — Jack Newfield
Saying someone is ugly doesn't make you any prettier. — John Spence
You're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals — Lev Grossman
You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one. — Preston Sturges
The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been… — Daniel Craig
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them. — Wanda Jackson
Bluebell had been saying that he knew the men hated us for raiding their crops and gardens, and Toadflax answered, 'That wasn't why they destroyed… — Richard Adams
I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs… — Betty Friedan
Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men. It's not true. You have nothing… — Betty Friedan
Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying. — David Antin
Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words. — Edward Abbey
Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence… — Edward Abbey
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that's-she did Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable drop. And when… — Richard Avedon
I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends… — Annie Leibovitz
So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the… — Lionel Richie

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