Said Quotes

The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!'

All my Doctor's said I should become a model.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!

As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.

I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong.

I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.

President Obama said it best during his state of the Union Address this year when he declared: 'I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules.'

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.

I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.

I've always said money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail.

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

I will never forget the bright September day, standing at my desk in the White House, when my young assistant said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center - and then a second one - and a third, the Pentagon.

Some bloke came up to me in Tesco a couple of years ago at 11:30 pm and said: 'Excuse me, would you mind telling my son here that you're Uncle Vernon?' I said: 'Get a grip. It's 11:30 at night - what's he doing out of bed? I'm not here to entertain people at this time of night.

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'.

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.