Line Quotes

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.

I've got the FA Cup tattooed on my leg and the Leeds United emblem, too. On my back, I've got, 'It's been emotional,' which is my line from 'Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.' I'm fond of my tattoos, and I'm still having more.

One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella's line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.

The bottom line with Dimebag is he got off on making people happy. It didn't matter if it was about playing his guitar, shaking their hand, giving them a guitar pick. It didn't matter.

Keep the masses fed and entertain them to keep them in line.

Unfortunately, my line of work is in the limelight.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

We live in world that wants to burnish the rough edges and straighten the crooked line, but conformity doesn't beget greatness.

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.

As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last.

When I heard Kerastase was starting a natural line, I was like, 'Oh my god, that's so me.' They loved that I'm a natural blonde. A lot of hair companies want color, so I was very lucky.

Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life.

The Lord doesn't always take you in a straight line. He tests you sometimes.

I'm a superstar. And I move like a superstar in that Octagon, and I expect somebody to move like that when they signed that dotted line with me.

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.

The bottom line is that the federal government is an important partner in addressing issues like funding our public schools, fixing our crumbling roads and infrastructure, protecting our natural resources and ensuring that healthcare is affordable and protects people with pre-existing conditions.

Full-time workers earning the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 only earn about $14,500 a year in wages - below the poverty line for a family of two. That's unacceptable.

I do clearly have quite a lot of the behavioural traits that people who are diagnosed as autistic do have. But it's a question of where do you draw the line of where autism is?

One of the arrangements I'm really proud of is '21 Guns' because the chorus has this descending bass line with a suspended type of progression that immediately screamed 'Bach' to me.

After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.

Perhaps unscripted reality shows and written fiction have already blurred together into some new amalgamated mush, just as the line between commercials and programs has been trashed.

I'm a high roller at many casinos. You can look at my credit line.

My message to women is it's okay not to toe the party line on every issue. You don't have to be a puppet or a mouthpiece for your party on every issue. You can be an independent thinker; you can take it issue by issue, and that's okay. You shouldn't be told, 'You can't sit with us.'

It's really hard to talk about writing, and I'm usually conscious if I'm misleading people or misleading the questioner, because the problem with writing is the next line.

I can cross the line when I'm making fun of people.

I'm very proud of what I accomplished here in New York - I had a clothing line, I had a lip gloss called Tinsley Pink, I wrote a book, I had a reality show and I did all these things.

When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.

There's a funny line between feeling objectified and feeling supported and it's a very odd one.

The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president.