Top 315 Laid Quotes

Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms – as opponents of affirmative action, abortion, gun control, and campaign finance legislation. But what Scalia cared most about was clear, predictable rules, laid down in advance.
Cass Sunstein
I’m under stress. They killed me on wikipedia. They killed me. And I didn’t stay dead long enough to sell no DVDs. I didn’t even stay dead long enough – I was too stupid. I should’ve stayed low. I should’ve laid low. I could’ve been gone for a year; I’d have made money. And then I’d have risen from the dead.
Sinbad
Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other’s company before outside of a dictionary.
David Lodge
Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.
Pat Morita
Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?
Patrick Henry
We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church.
William Brewster
If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
Frank Zappa
I’m usually just so laid back most of the times.
Matt Riddle
I don’t know what’s better gettin’ laid or gettin’ paid.
Kanye West
Hyderabad used to be this sweet laid back town, everything was accepted. Coming from Chennai I thought it was a town.
Amala Akkineni
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
Andrew Jackson
I think we have a good foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew laid down, but you have to move forward. Now the question is what can Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his team, and all our younger ministers can do now to build on the foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has built.
Tony Tan
My brother and my father both got laid off around the same that I was starting to do this movie ‘Chavez.’ And at the same time, it was when all the bailouts were happening.
Michael Pena
The Internet now is completely full of memes, and it’s interesting, the idea that instead of having a sign crotched on your door or a magnet on your fridge saying whatever cliches and bon mots, pictures laid out with some text are passed around and move really fast.
Tim Minchin
When I look back over my life it’s almost as if there was a plan laid out for me – from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn’t afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.
Jane Goodall
We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.
Orville Wright
Nothing really annoys me, I’m not that kind of person, I’m quite laid back about most things.
Mark Lawrenson
I’m someone who’s quite anxious and stresses out a lot and gives the impression that I’m laid back.
Adeel Akhtar
L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is o

L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out there for that buck, you know.
Billy Eckstine
My father started out as a riveter, but he had the soul of an artist. He worshiped Shakespeare and had aspirations to be an actor. He claimed that from the first day he laid eyes on me, I was going to be this great dramatic actress.
Christine Ebersole
I had written a tune called ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll,’ but the white stations refused to play it – they thought it was low-class black music. We thought what we needed was a new name. But a white disc jockey named Alan Freed laid on it, and he thought up the name ‘rock n’ roll.’
Jesse Stone
After college, I became a geologist, mapping what lay beneath the earth’s surface. I thought I had my life pretty figured out and all my boxes checked. But then, I was laid off – along with thousands of other geologists. I lost not only my job, but also my profession.
John Hickenlooper
I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn’t believe it.
Matt LeBlanc
Jesus is not only the Son of God, but He is God Himself. Having all power in His hands, He laid down His life for people who deserved God’s justice, not His mercy.
Monica Johnson
My hopes are laid up within my own bosom, for he is not alone with whom the Lord is; when he falls, he shall not be dashed to pieces, for the Lord sustains him in his hand.
Thomas Becket
A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany.
Johannes Rau
From the depths of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq, more than a million American soldiers, Airmen, midshipmen, and Marines have laid down their lives for their friends, their families and our nation.
Bill Flores
How prophetic L’Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
John Mason Brown
‘The Assassins’ Gate’ is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in Iraq, and there is no doubt about where it is going and what kind of groundwork is being laid.
George Packer
I didn’t belong to the sort of family where the children’s classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything I could get my hands on.
Pat Barker
Childhood trauma is the rocket fuel for addictive pathology, and this fundamental truth is laid bare in ‘Patrick Melrose.’
Drew Pinsky
There’s a method to the madness in filmmaking, where everything’s very specifically laid out, the shots and what they need – but there also can be a freedom to allowing the actors to find genuine moments.
Alexandra Daddario
L.A. style is more laid back than London, mainly because it’s always sunny. In London, the cold means you get to rock layers. And you can’t go wrong with a trench coat!
Jessica Lowndes
I remember speaking to a sheik who came back into the political system in late 2008, laid down his arms. His troops became part of the Sons of Iraq, the so-called Sunni Awakening.
Jack Keane
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article – I’ve written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.
Mel Torme
I’m really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes.
Allyson Felix
What’s so hard about that first sentence is that you’re stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you’ve laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone.
Joan Didion
As soon as by one’s own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one’s own right is laid.
Adolf Hitler
The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
After decades of persistent, courageous advocacy – often at risk to their own lives, livelihoods, and safety – African Americans succeeded in securing their right to a voice in our government, and their work laid the foundation for the social justice work of generations to follow.
Abigail Spanberger
I’ve laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.
Mike Ross
When something is coming off of a Neve board and being laid down on tape, it’s like a warm blanket for the brain. When you’re working in a digital form, it’s so harsh; it’s almost painful. Your ears get more fatigued if you’re mixing all day.
Jenny Lewis
A lot of R&B cats are doing a lot of auto-tune. Tyrese went back to the basics. I love classic soul music and Ginuwine. Ginuwine and Usher laid the foundation back in the ’90s. There’s no one doing that anymore.
Leon Bridges
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
Boris Pasternak
Generally I try to be as healthy as possible, but it’s hard to be on set because anything and everything is available to you. I’m healthy half the time, and half the time I’m like, ‘Sure let me go back and see whatever snack they have laid out.’
Nico Santos
If I’ve vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.
Rick Atkinson
I am called here to answer before you, but I hear no things laid to my charge.
Anne Hutchinson
It’s hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores.
Christina Baker Kline
I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son!
Jerry Reed
The last of our enemies is laid low.

The last of our enemies is laid low.
Clement Attlee
I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn’t matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you’d get the girls.
Tommy Chong
I don’t like to be rushed. I plan my outfits for the week in advance. I find the appropriate outfit for each occasion, try it on, make sure it is in good condition and have it all ready with shoes, handbag and accessories laid out in my dressing room. Fashion is such a huge part of my career, I have to think ahead.
Jerry Hall
Certainly in a world where terrorism is a daily reality in the news, it’s easy for people to be afraid. But the fact is that we laid out very clearly – and Canadians get – that it’s actually not a choice between either immigration or security: that of course they go together.
Justin Trudeau
As for me, my foundations were laid in the south. We did the post-production of ‘Hum Paanch’ in Chennai, with many technicians from here working for us.
Boney Kapoor
There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.
Robert W. Welch, Jr.