Known Quotes

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

People pigeonhole me - I'm known for raising more money than any man alive.

The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less.

The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code.

Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.

I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of people who were around when the music started. I mean these are legendary, maybe not so well known, but legendary musicians.

The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay.

And I've known people who came out with a sense of torture.

I'm into the idea of responsibility and edification and these things have found me and I have found them. I wanted to be in the movie and I made it known to Mike.

The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.

Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time away, and any trouble you get into through being well known. It's not for the acting, that's for sure.

The concept of industry domination of regulatory agencies was well known and documented in the literature by the 1960s.

It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.

Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost.

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.

If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit.

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

I've been known to have a good step or two. I'm half Samoan, you know, and part of our culture is singing and dancing daily.

I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue.