Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or lines:
“All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. Theyre obliged to overstate their own importance.”
—François Truffaut (19321984)
“The opera isnt over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of dont count your chickens before theyre hatched. This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartletts Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)