A very big percentage of small-scale construction is plastic. But it’s some horrible beige plastic made to look like wood. – Greg Lynn
With Ed Wood, it was this sort of blending of Ronald Reagan, the Tin Man from ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ and Casey Kasem. – Johnny Depp
Pimenton gets its intense flavor because it is dried over wood smoke. You can try hot, sweet or bittersweet, though sweet is probably the most commonly used. – Jose Andres
Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney. – John Lasseter
A forest – the word dates back to the Norman occupancy, when it meant an area set aside for England’s violent new masters to hunt boar and deer – is necessarily larger than a wood. It belonged to the king and was a fit place for his recreation. – John Burnside
I’ve always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, ‘I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,’ and I said, ‘Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.’ – Jo Brand
As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines. – James Longstreet
I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does. – Abbas Kiarostami
Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring. – Blake Shelton
Why don’t they go back to wood racquets? Then we would see the best tennis to be played. – John McEnroe
Obviously, there’s not as much flex in a wood bat as in a metal bat, so I’m still trying to adjust to that. – Andrew Benintendi
I’d get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little ‘wood shots’ down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn’t count the number of long outs! – Bobby Thomson
A hangboard is a little piece of wood with edges, holes, and slopes. There’s different strategies for different things – hanging, varying grips, adding weight. If I do a hard finger workout, I’m definitely sore. – Alex Honnold
Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, ‘Why? Mine works, doesn’t it? It’s a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.’ – Angus Young
My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I’ve got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out. – Brett Hull
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block. – Annie Dillard
When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jittery vortices in the air. – Alice Oswald
A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood. – Franz Kafka
We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour. – Mikhail Kalashnikov
I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign. – Daniel Radcliffe
A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is a national treasure because it delivers beautifully the central miracle of Christmas: Emmanuel – God With Us. From the wood of the manger to the wood of the cross. – Don Willett
The paintings to me are always canvas; sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood, also. – Ellsworth Kelly
My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge. – Dick Dale
I think it was John who really urged me to play sitar on ‘Norwegian Wood,’ which was the first time we used it. Now, Paul has just asked me recently whether I’d written any more of those ‘Indian type of tunes.’ He suddenly likes them now. But at the time, he wouldn’t play on them. – George Harrison
I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool. – Mark Zupan