A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“anything, anything is possible, if you can just see the sky.”
“Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough.”
Source: The flies (Les mouches): and, In camera (Huit clos)
“Anything, even the conceptually most complex material, can be written for general audiences without any dumbing down. Of course you have to explain things carefully. This goes back to Galileo, who wrote his great books as dialogues in Italian, not as treatises in Latin. And to Darwin, who wrote The Origin of Species for general readers. I think a lot of people pick up Darwin's book and assume it must be a popular version of some technical monograph, but there is no technical monograph. That's what he wrote. So what I'm doing is part of a great humanistic tradition.”
“Anything, everything, can be learned if you can just get yourself in a little patch of real ground, real nature, real wood, real anything ? and just sit still and watch.”
“Anything?" She laughed. "Like what kind of anything did you want?" "Well, when I was five, I wanted to take a bath in spaghetti." -Clary & Jace, pg.310-”
“Anything’s possible, almost.”
“Anytime a business, home, or relationship isn't working, there is a direct link to “leadership” or, more specifically, the communication, miscommunication, or lack of communication of the leader.”
“Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One.”
Source: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
“Anytime a church squabbles over minor things you can be certain they do not have a clear picture of what they need to be.”
“Anytime a fan touches you, you have the right to beat the hell out of him”
“Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.”
“Anytime a movie lasts, it's really a thrill. I mean, that people can still pick up on it, and still enjoy it, that makes you feel great.”
“Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.”
“Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.”
“Anytime a person has Disney World in their backyard, you know they're thinking big.”
“Anytime a son-in-law does something wrong, he can easily become a son-out-law.”
“Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself.”
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“Anytime an artist puts your name in a song, it's unbelievable. It never gets old.”
“Anytime, any weather, we play best when we're together.”
Source: Ten Thousand Tries
“Anytime anybody asks you to do anything that is celebrating you or highlighting your life, just the fact that they cared enough about me, who am I to say no? It's a form of flattery to me and I take those things seriously, because in the long run, people don't have to care about you.”
“Anytime anybody does anything - unless it's in the realm of the obviously awful, which is fun too in a different way - it is in many ways a success.”
“Anytime anybody goes, "Wow you've been busy." I'm like, "No, not since college. This is a cakewalk in comparison."”
“Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.”
“Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.”
“Anytime anybody offers you anything with a big commission and a 200-page prospectus, don't buy it. Occasionally, you'll be wrong if you adopt "Munger's Rule." However, over a lifetime, you'll be a long way ahead - and you will miss a lot of unhappy experiences.”
“Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.”
“Anytime anyone is enslaved or in any way deprived of his liberty, that person, as a human being, as far as I'm concerned he is justified to resort to whatever methods necessary to bring about his liberty again.”
“Anytime destruction of another is needed in order to advance one's own aims or goals, then the goals need to be reevaluated.”
“Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.”
“Anytime God wanted to reach people he always used people to do it. So, anytime the Holy Spirit wants to reach other people, it is always through people.”
“Anytime I am around a male body part it is kind of exiting.”
“Anytime I am asked to use my creativity as a way to be of service, I consider it an opportunity I cannot refuse. This experience was truly a pleasure. Scott's enthusiasm is infectious His voice is soothing and beautiful at the same time.”
“Anytime I am doing something that will help someone in any way, whether it is a simple recipe, a tip, a decoration thing, or a life-change thing, it brings me to life and inspires me to do more of it.”
“Anytime I am spending time with my son. We went to a theme party recently and it was Toy Story. He was Buzz Lightyear, I was Woody and his mom dressed like Woody's wife.”
“Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser and I like to do that, and if they like that or if they just want someone who's going to do what's written.”
“Anytime I can add a smile to somebody's life that's all well and good, but I play the game to play the game.”
“Anytime I can get either of them really laughing, I immediately pull out a pad of paper write the joke down, regardless of where we are or what we're doing. I must be absolutely insufferable.”
“Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time.”
“Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper!”
“Anytime I didn't understand some things from the Bible or The Christian Church, I would go to my local library.”
Source: The Epitome Of Truth
“Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.”
“Anytime I feel my feathers ruffle off of someone else's success, I have to check myself. It's normally fear based or ego related and it's my daily work to let it go and focus on me, because that's the only person I can control and make grow.”
“Anytime I get an acting role, I find a way to learn about something new, or heal a part of my life that I didn't know was hurting. I think anybody could benefit from taking acting classes. You don't necessarily have to want to be an actor or pursue the acting business. But just taking an acting class, you're going to learn so much about life and what it's like to walk in somebody else's shoes. It helps you stop judging people. It does something to you where you become empathetic to people's plights and journeys, and it makes you a little more understanding and caring.”
“Anytime I get to be around the fans it's always a good time, especially during Music Fest. CMA puts together an event that allows artists to make that personal connection with the fans and it's wonderful. I look at it as our chance to give back to them and let them know we appreciate their support.”
“Anytime I have an idea, I'll make sure that I put it down so that when we do sit down to write an album, I don't have to dream it all out of thin air. I don't have to be creative on the spur of the moment, or spontaneously artistic. I just take advantage of whenever creativity strikes.”
“Anytime I hear about another one of us gone berserk, shooting up his ex’s office or drowning her kids to free herself up for her Internet boyfriend, the question I always ask is not, like every other tongue-clucking pundit in the country, how could this have happened? but why doesn't this happen every day?”
Source: We Learn Nothing
“Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'”
“Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is.”
“Anytime I'm not reading my Bible or praying, I feel like I'm wasting my time. [Mark's brother-in-law, Matt ________, speaking]”
Source: A Trip around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life into the Adventure of a Lifetime
“Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.”