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My biggest failure is 'Metal Gear.' It's my biggest failure and my biggest success. -- Hideo Kojima
I don't like necessarily that people think 'Metal Gear' defines me. I love 'Metal Gear,' don't get me wrong. But as a creator, I really want to work on other projects, including new games. -- Hideo Kojima
I am tremendously excited to introduce a unique 'Metal Gear Solid' experience to a new audience of gamers as well as collaborate with my mentor in game design, Mr. Miyamoto, on 'Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes' for Nintendo GameCube. -- Hideo Kojima
Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy. -- Jay Kay
Rico Gear. What a great-sounding name. He sounds like a drug dealer from Brazil. -- Murray Mexted
I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car. -- Sandra Bullock
Gear is money, and if there's one thing we know about Hollywood, it's that money talks. -- Elle Schneider
I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in Metal Gear Solid 3. But you cannot eat turtles. -- Hideo Kojima
The gear you can't afford is not the barrier keeping you from success. Gear has very little to do with photography. -- Chase Jarvis
This may sound pretentious, but I don't like being thought of as 'the Metal Gear guy.' There's a lot more I can do. -- Hideo Kojima
Gear is the least important part of the equation. Having a vision and being able to articulate an idea visually are much more important. -- Paul Nicklen
Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice. -- James Blunt
I think people who watch 'Top Gear' think they're the only ones watching it, which I quite like, because it can hopefully last for a long time. -- Jeremy Clarkson
This is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! Not that wed ever name a car on Top Gear. I wish I hadnt said that. -- Richard Hammond
I want to reassure fans that I am 100% involved and will continue working on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; I'm determined to make it the greatest game I've directed to date. Don't miss it! -- Hideo Kojima
I think I wanted to be on Top Gear from a fairly young age because I loved cars and I wanted to do something on telly because I loved TV. I know that I?m ridiculously lucky -- Richard Hammond
If 'Castlevania' wasn't created next to me, and Capcom didn't release 'Ghouls n' Goblins,' then maybe there wouldn't be any 'Metal Gear,' and I would have created a horror action game, because I really like that genre. -- Hideo Kojima
When we went to Canada [with Top Gear], I was staggered about how many people got in touch ... Before we finish with The Grand Tour, we'll definitely be appearing in Canada at some point. Nothing is more certain than that. -- Jeremy Clarkson
It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And 'Top Gear's really the easiest thing to do because I'm with my pals. It's like coming home with my friends. We're having so much fun making the show. -- Adam Ferrara
I always say this will be my last Metal Gear, but the games in the series that I've personally designed and produced-Metal Gear on MSX, MG2, MGS1, 2, 3, 4, Peace Walker and now MGSV-are what constitute a single Metal Gear Saga. With MGSV, I'm finally closing the loop on that saga. -- Hideo Kojima
I have one speed, I have one gear: go! -- Charlie Sheen
I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear. -- Tony Blair
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear. -- William Shakespeare
With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in. -- Bill Dedman
The man that's out to do something has to keep in high gear all the time. -- Douglas Fairbanks
Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear? -- Jack London
It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear. -- Steven Wright
I'm not really gadget oriented. I'm not into technology or computers. I'm not good at interfacing with that sort of gear. -- Nicolas Cage
My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up. -- Richie Benaud
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. -- Ralph Bunche
Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. -- Tom T. Hall
I grew up with lacrosse in my life because my dad played lacrosse all throughout college, so I grew up with the gear in my house - like the sticks, the helmet. -- Tyler Posey
I've had the luxury of owning my own studio, 24 analogue, 48 digital, endless effects, endless hardcore gear, that I don't have to rent, I don't get stuck with the bills, it's all mine. -- Billy Sherwood
I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day. -- Adrienne Bailon
I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it! -- Twyla Tharp
James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman. -- Mayer Hawthorne
The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative. -- Elon Musk
I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. -- David Attenborough
I think it's important for bands to rough it. Whether you're in a van or a bus, it's still tough. You still have to stand in a two hour catering line with flies everywhere in the heat, and you still have to lug your gear. -- Hayley Williams
I have a lot of 'Twilight' gear. I love the hoodies that say 'vampires' and 'werewolves,' but I refuse to get one because I can't choose; I have to have them both. I have the Team Edward T-shirt, but I also have Team Jacob. -- Christian Serratos
I had a few pimples here and there when I was 14. Never had braces though, thank God. A girl in my class had, like, the big helmet of head gear. I felt so bad for her. People always made fun of me enough because of my name. -- River Viiperi
My second business would have succeeded but for competitors' jealousy. I was selling motorbike gear cheap, but the people I was undercutting complained to the manufacturer and cut off my supply. It showed me how corrupt business can be. When I sold phones, the same thing happened, but this time I was ready. -- John Caudwell
I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm! -- Rodney Atkins
Fear is faith in reverse gear. -- Napoleon Hill
Mouth in gear, brain stuck in neutral. -- Devon Monk
He lives with his creativity in high gear. -- John Travolta
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. -- Charles Douglas Jackson
You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear. -- Ben Elton
Don't spend money on gear. Spend it on plane tickets. -- Audrey Sutherland
Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent -- Tahir Shah
Your most important gear is your eye, heart and soul. -- Marius Vieth
I am not a fan of having too much gear. -- Roger Deakins
Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse. -- John Sherman
Power dressing is combat gear for the trip to the top. -- Valerie Steele
I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around. -- Hunter Hayes
Head gear, plus acne equals...table for one in the cafeteria. -- Zach Galifianakis
I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time. -- Jeff Tweedy
Patience is idling your motor when you feel like stripping a gear. -- Bill Gothard
Winning requires reaching inside of yourself for that extra gear to accelerate challenges. -- Orrin Woodward
You don't necessarily need expensive gear or giant budgets to reach an audience. -- Tony Visconti
Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant. -- Emily Procter
You can't start motoring up life's road until you get your buns in gear. -- Gene Simmons
The fools that came in here brought their beach gear to a cave...go figure. -- Joe Teti
Have you ever noticed how people who wear camouflage gear really stand out in a crowd? -- Peter Thomas
My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless. -- Jay London
It wasn't aliens that first made us gear up for war; it was our fellow humans. -- Rick Yancey
Think of the fears, hit 3rd gear no point in looking back in the rear view mirror. -- Matthew Donnelly
A weird thing happens when you're taken out of your normal clothing and put into USA gear. -- Shaun White
Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. -- Jacques Maritain
My favorite was going as a boxer when I was 9 years old and wearing my dad's boxing gear. -- John Molina, Jr.
Be the kind of person that sees an obstacle as a Mountain, and throws on their hiking gear -- Casar Jacobson
Let's gear our advertising to sell goods, but let's recognize also that advertising has a broad social responsibility. -- Leo Burnett
The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear. -- Sophocles
I just use Logic, so I need to get more keyboards and gear. I need to get my Korg. -- Ryan Hemsworth
God I hear you giving me an earfull but I'm gonna cruise in 5th gear until I'm near you. -- Joe Budden
The best indication is that I still love to ski on most anything, from skating gear to heavy metal. -- Paul Parker
My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him. -- Bruce Coville
I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear. -- Ernest Cline
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Guys, you should always fight the urge to put your mouth in gear before taking your brain out of park. -- Dennis James
I was banging seven-gram rocks, because thatâ??s how I roll. I have one speed, I have one gear: Go. -- Charlie Sheen
Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control. -- Trey Anastasio
It turns out dentists don't like it very much when you show up for a cleaning in full vampire gear. -- Demetri Martin
You know, the other day I gave all of my old Angels gear to Goodwill...and Goodwill gave it back. -- Chili Davis
This is a great opportunity for gear heads to celebrate the holiday, show off their hot rods and visit the aquarium. -- Dick Miller
Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I learn so much from writing with other musicians, asking questions about their playing style and gear, and hanging out, too. -- Lisa Loeb
I've got to play better and contribute more". You've got to find another gear and come up with big games. -- Sean Burke
When you shift the gear and that little needle on the tach goes into the red and reads 9,000 rpm, that's bad. -- Robert Duvall
My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear. -- Karen O
I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines. -- Moby
You don't always need the absolute latest gear. Find your piece(s) of equipment and let time evolve your ideas with that setup. -- Richie Hawtin
We're far from having too much horsepower...my definition of too much horsepower is when all four wheels are spinning in every gear. -- Mark Donohue
So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! -- Nigel Dennis
I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know. -- J Mascis
Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't. -- Mario Andretti
Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives priviliges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. The jackasses remain. Triumphant. -- Indro Montanelli
Hooking on scuba gear and blindly diving into zombie-infested water is a wonderful way to mix the two childhood terrors of being eaten and drowning. -- Max Brooks
I cannot teach -- if I teach as teaching should be I become so exhausted I nearly die, I seem to have no middle gear. -- James Tiptree Jr.
I'm a studio guy. That's really what I love the most. I'm so fascinated with audio gear and recording techniques and whatnot, it's pretty mesmerizing. -- Adam Young
You can always add something to a bike, but you come to a point where you can't take anything away and that's a fixed gear bike -- Graeme Obree
Truth be told, I'm much more comfortable in a pair of hiking boots or with a rack of climbing gear than in front of a laptop. -- Mark Udall
I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore. -- Jonathan Meiburg
I'm not allowed to wear my street clothes on TV because Vince McMahon says I don't look like CM Punk when I'm not in my gear. -- CM Punk
The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind. -- Richie Havens
My work throughout my life is always representative of the time we live in. It's all about keeping it in order and keeping it in gear. -- Chuck D
I think Smalltalk is inappropriate for serious industrial developments. After all, run time is a little late to find out whether you have a landing gear. -- Bertrand Meyer
I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place down. I never expected indifference. -- Melina Marchetta
I think the whole obsession with old gear is completely overblown. You don't need old-fashioned gear to make a great-sounding record. You don't even need [analog] tape. -- Tony Visconti
No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough.... -- Mark Donohue
Dude! said a party pony as he unloaded his gear. Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: 'Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth! -- Rick Riordan
Yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah, carburetor, gear ratio, compression, yah-da-yah, piston, plugs, intake, yah-da-yah, on and on and on. That is the romantic face of the classic mode. -- Robert M. Pirsig
All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy. -- Abby Sunderland
I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable. -- Jim Butcher
I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined. -- Mitch Albom
I've been into gear for a long time, but I never saw myself as a producer because I didn't have the patience to finish things in a professional way. -- Jamie Woon
Be prepared! All of your gear should be in a state of readiness so you can concentrate on painting. Choose your brushes as you would choose weapons before battle. -- Richard Schmid
This is a hard job. Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day. -- Jeremy Clarkson
You just have to have the right gear and a few people to put you in motion with a good aesthetic and the film will take care of itself. -- Andrew Wight
When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.' -- Orlando Bloom

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