Coppell Quotes & Sayings

Referees don't come down here with a particular flavoured shirt on. — Steve Coppell

If the players go Christmas shopping, it's not ideal preparation. It may sound silly, but having to fight off the crowds in a busy shopping centre or having people visit can be demanding. — Steve Coppell

I attempt from love's sickness to fly. — Henry Purcell

People talk about the prestige of beating records but prestige never bought me dinner in a restaurant. It's winning games that does that. — Steve Coppell

The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's eyes. — Steve Coppell

God comforts us to make us comforters, not to make us comfortable. — Ray C. Stedman

For example, "1031" is jargon for Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows a seller to delay paying taxes on a piece of real estate that is sold for a capital gain through an exchange for a more expensive piece of real estate. Real estate is one investment vehicle that allows such a great tax advantage. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

I found it very cruel that the sun shone and the weather was perfect during the darkest of my days. — Melina Marchetta

It sounds blase but there is a certain amount of luck. We'd all like to take a certain amount of credit for Kevin Doyle ... But I can't really remember what it was I particularly liked about Kevin when I watched him in Ireland. I had five pints of Guinness in the afternoon and it was all a bit blurred. — Steve Coppell

I don't really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there. — Drew Barrymore

A young bride can put on makeup at 6 in the morning and look fabulous at midnight. I have about a 15-minute window where I actually look good, and then I have to wash my face and start over. — Cathy Guisewite

I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for. — Steve Coppell

So you love me," said Petra softly when the kiss ended.
I'm a raging mass of hormones thet I'm too young to understand," said Bean. "You're a female of a closely related species. According to all the best primatologists, I really have no choice."
That's nice," she said ... — Orson Scott Card

You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been. — Mark Twain

The dream of romantic love is taken more seriously in North America than it is anywhere else in the world, which is why we believe in fidelity and why we believe in infidelity as well. It is also, of course, what makes our divorce rate as high as it is. Falling in love at first sight and instant gratification are part of the world in which we live, so there are people who believe adamantly in fidelity. They just don't believe in it for long. — Merle Shain

I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens. — Ann Patchett

The Sinister Spirit sneered: 'It had to be!'
And again the Spirit of Pity whispered, 'Why? — Thomas Hardy

He's carrying his left leg, which, to be honest, is his only leg. — Steve Coppell

It is dreadful that one cannot tear the past out by the roots. — Leo Tolstoy

At the end of the day, it's all about what's on the shelf at the end of the year. — Steve Coppell

Nine months of misery. — Steve Coppell

I don't think I'm alarmist. I'm more disappointed by the euphemisms in some instances than outright bigotry. Now, to me, you walk around with a Klan hat on or you've got a swastika on you arm, you just look like a dope, you know what I mean? — John Ridley