Said Quotes

But of works of art little can be said.

He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically.

Nobody wants to disappoint the boss and get fired. But if the boss hasn't said this is important, it's going to die a slow death in bureaucracy and that explains a lot of the problems.

I don't think any president that I worked with has ever said 'pretty please.

Well, what I've said is that the war in Iraq will always be clouded by how it began, which was a wrong premise, that there were in fact no weapons of nuclear - weapons of mass destruction.

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

Economists can certainly disappoint you. One said that the economy would turn up by the last quarter. Well, I'm down to mine and it hasn't.

If I had known that this movie would bring so much craziness, I don't know if I would have said 'yes' to the Twilight Saga. I never asked to be a poster-boy.

Only for practical reasons. To find out if I said something stupid in an interview. So I can limit the damage.

School reports were always pretty bad - I never ever did my homework. I always turned up for lessons as I liked my teachers but my report said I didn't try very hard.

I've said, I think since the second one [part of Twilight Saga ], that it's going to take 10 years to really settle in my brain, and I'm four years into it.

Oh dear,' said Eddie. 'We'd better hurry. Tinto, call me a cab.' All right,' said Tinto. 'You're a cab.

It has often been said that [...] the Japanese [are] geniuses at taking foreign ideas and adding a unique finishing touch.

In terms of myself, I said from the very beginning that I wanted to work in the management of Citigroup and I didn't want to be a CEO, ... That's not what I want to do with myself at the moment.

I went to rent a car, and the guy goes, 'Do you want the extra insurance?' I said, 'Why...am I gonna get into an extra accident?

Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.

I remember Robin [Williams] walked up to me after the last take and said, "Thanks boss! We nailed it!" That will probably be one of the best moments of my life.

Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplary fortitude.

A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged.

I said: "He cannot be so bad if he loves roses so much." "But he is a Beast," said Father helplessly. I saw that he was weakening, and wishing only to comfort him I said, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?"

I said with perfect honest, "I have no intention of trying to take these suckers out by myself, no.

Cigars should be like onions," she said, unfastening the catch and pushing back the pane. "Either the whole company does, or the whole company does not.

Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose?

All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired? I sat very diligently, she said.

Anything said off the cuff has usually been written on it first.

Some of them are working very hard indeed. “What are they doing?” “My boy!” he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious. “They are reading!

A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.

I said hello unnoticed, you said good-bye too soon.

When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.

Once I opened up a fortune cookie and inside was the guy's cheque next to me I said hey buddy I got your cheque he said thanks.

When I was born I brought no joy, my father said he wanted a boy!

I asked my wife, 'Is there somebody else?' She said, 'There MUST be.'

I asked my wife if she would put out the garbage. she said why should I you never put out for me.

It has been said of many modern Christian theologians that their primary aim is to find ways to express disbelief as belief.

It has been said that the reason we establish relationships is to assure ourselves of a witness to our lives.

A knowing of what needs to be done or what needs to be said or what needs to happen at any given time. That is wisdom and wisdom does not come from the accumulation of knowledge.

He that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy.

I've said that "2012" was my favorite ensemble cast, because it was so evenly good.

This is Simba," Nicole said, pointing to the lion. "Is he dangerous?" Asked Chase. "Not really. He mauled a trainer, but nothing much.

There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no.

What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.

I know where he should have put his flag up, and he'd have got plenty of help. (said at Stamford Bridge)

I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are building this thing that I don't necessarily like or use.

The rumors are lies. There were a lot of people said we're not going to play that we don't have a contract. ... We got it worked out got it hammered out.

We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

I like to talk while I'm on stage. It makes the show more personal. With that said, it's got to stay within reason or it's annoying.

Many years later, a psychiatrist friend of mine said something to us. He said, "Respect denial." It's a powerful force.

The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said "Make Love not War!" It didn't seem to me that they were capable of either.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The U.S. Geological Survey has told me that the proven potential for oil in Alaska alone is greater than the proven reserves in Saudi Arabia.

Well I've said it before and I'll say it again — America's best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead.