(414 quotes found)
“Anyone who watches even the slightest amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office. The door opens, and the person holding the knob is asked to identify himself. The agent then says, "I'm going to ask you to come with me."”
David Sedaris
“We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.”
Mary Worley Montagu
“We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.”
Jane Harman
“You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.”
Whitey Herzog
“You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.”
Earl Weaver
“He is a teenager, after all-a strange agent with holes in his jeans, studs in his ear, a tail down his neck, a cap on his head (backward).”
Ellen Karsh
“An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.”
Walter Bagehot
“I had just arrived in Hollywood and didn't have a manager or agent. A very well known director contacted my modeling agency and said he had a small part for me in a big action film,”
Charlize Theron
“Our border patrol and immigration agents are doing a fine job, but we still have a problem, ... Too many illegal immigrants are coming in, and we're capturing many more non-Mexican illegal immigrants than we can send home.”
George W Bush
“Burt Reynolds fired his agent after 'Boogie Nights.' If he has a lick of sense in his head, he'll kill his agent after 'Dukes of Hazzard.' ”
The Rolling Stones
