#saying

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#be prepared #crabs #fifty #good #may

I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant. ↗

— Donna Mills

#always #characters #cutting #dialogue #doing

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#boring #certain #certain things #drama #ever

How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.' ↗

— Eleanor Mondale

#differently #eleanor #father #hello #how

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#certain #day #death #exceeding #fine

I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#hesitation #i #poems #saying #sentimental

I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#board #doing #go #good #i

We cannot have another experience like we've had in my freshman class, of people saying one thing and doing another. ↗

— Mick Mulvaney

#cannot #class #doing #experience #freshman

Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, 'This is the end.' I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#after #ago #autobiography #coming #couple

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue. ↗

— Joe Namath

#amongst #coaches #football #general #old