Doyen Quotes

#1. I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard II at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival.

Ian McKellen

#2. Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand.

Ted Lowe

#3. Don't be a scaredy-human," called Emerald. "Gran-Doyen says I can't burn you up, so I won't." Then under her breath, she added, "Though accidents do happen." (Emerald to Ethan)

Jackie Castle

#4. The amount of people I met that had heart problems surprised me in high altitude astronomy. I had not seen it in other fields. After a decade of working at high altitudes, I was also diagnosed with a heart problem.

Steven Magee

#5. The makers of '21 and Over' have been screening it, and I'm getting a lot of comparisons to a young Vince Vaughn.

Miles Teller

#6. Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.

Heraclitus

#7. I'm a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity - these values mean a lot to me.

Mohamed ElBaradei

#8. Some kids go walking in the mountains, but I just went to the cinema. So when I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, even though this wasn't normal for Arab kids or anyone in the town, they were sort of expecting it and were very supportive.

Tahar Rahim

#9. A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

Debra Winger

#10. Far from being a psychological trait, the spirit of revenge is the principle on which our whole psychology depends.

Gilles Deleuze

#11. He sometimes wished he had a mind like JB's, one that could create stories that would delight others, instead of the mind he did have, which was always searching for an explanation, an explanation that, while perhaps correct, was empty of romance, of fancy, of wit.

Hanya Yanagihara

#12. I have always wanted to play Sweeney in 'Sweeney Todd.'

Jason Alexander

#13. We moved from the East coast to the town of Spokane, Washington, when I was about 13 years old, and I did not adapt very well to the, to the style of the place, and I spent most of my time in the public library.

Irwin Rose

#14. Architectural photography can involve a lot of waiting; the building becomes a kind of sundial, while you wait for a shadow to crawl away from a detail you want, or for the mass and balance of the structure to reveal itself in a certain way.

William Gibson

#15. But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans.

Paula Cole

#16. Who are you?" the boy asked. He examined the stranger from head to toe and made a face. "You're ugly." "And

Claire Legrand

#17. Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.

Josh Billings