There’s so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don’t get this feeling that they’re really thinking about what they’re saying. – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The L.A. rap scene is popping again because rappers stopped saying ‘West Coast.’ Nobody says that anymore. Fans of L.A. music were reaching and saying, ‘This is West Coast music,’ because nobody else liked it. – Schoolboy Q
When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying ‘Hah! Got to ’em.’ – William Safire
I like writing songs – I keep saying that one day I’ll do something with them, but I haven’t yet. – Tom Conti
Saying ‘yes’ to one thing means saying ‘no’ to another. That’s why decisions can be hard sometimes. – Sean Covey
I’m not bleaching my skin, and if I was bleaching my skin and I felt like saying so, I would, but for the record, I am not. – Tamar Braxton
I don’t get it. If you’re saying, Tommy Lee, you don’t fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard. – Tommy Lee Jones
In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can’t be told that I’m wrong. That conflicts with what I was saying earlier about listening. It isn’t to do with receiving criticism and responding to other views, it’s who has that last decision. – Trevor Nunn
One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being. – Tom Peters
I’m not saying that people on welfare don’t contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active. – Tony Abbott
I went on tour with Beyonce when I was in Rich Girl and that was… something I will tell my kids for years and years and years to come. That’s like saying, ‘I toured with Michael Jackson.’ That will be something I will forever cherish. – Sevyn Streeter
I’m saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man. – Vera Farmiga
Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, ‘How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?’ It’s nothing I ever aspired to. – Steve Carell
I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn’t be beat, and I actually fell for it. – Stipe Miocic
I used to hear about guys who played saying how difficult it is getting up in the morning, and now I’m experiencing it; those same effects. – Terrell Davis
I’m tired of Glen Matlock saying he was the songwriter for the Sex Pistols. I co-wrote as many songs… but I don’t go shouting about it. – Steve Jones
I’m savoring being in California every minute, learning that traffic is just God’s way of saying ‘Hi.’ – Taylor Negron
There was no saying I could ever step in and do what John does, because it’d be really hard to be John Williams. – Thomas Newman
I’m an entertainer. I don’t go round saying I’m a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest. – Steve Coogan
Everyone knows that life isn’t fair. Saying it’s not fair suggests that you think life is supposed to be fair, which makes you look immature and naive. – Travis Bradberry
I like doing things in a very minimal, unconventional way as a personal way of saying, ‘Look, I made a career out of carefully and craftfully, though unconventionally, making records on laptops and blown speakers.’ – Skrillex
Journalists are quite surprised outside their dinner parties when they hear where I live. ‘Van Nuys? You still live there?’ It is like saying you’re from Alabama. – Sandra Tsing Loh
Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority. – Sam Graves
You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you’re arguing is because you’re using different words. – S. I. Hayakawa