Sentences with phrase «said riff»

I decided to make said riff because some people, like myself, have issues with grains.

«Your workload is never going to get lower until the day you retire, technology is just going to get faster, the amount of information coming at you is just going to grow and grow and grow,» said Riff.

Now known for helping Stephen Colbert set up his own super PAC, Potter lauded the late night comedian, saying his riffs on campaign finance are a «teaching moment» for the country.

Amongst others joining Eddie are emo - like humans with no sense of hope, amp - carrying roadies, and a shamanistic bass guitar player known as the Kill Master (played by Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister)-- a misnomer as it's said his riffs have magical healing powers.

Not exact matches

«The English bands thought the American bands were stealing their riffs and their music, and they didn't feel comfortable staying with them at the Riot House,» Gruendyke says.

And for those affected, saying you got «riffed» sounds better than saying you got laid off.

Trump riffed that closing loopholes and reducing the complexity from the tax system might cost him personally, but said that the complex current tax code «disadvantages ordinary Americans who don't have an army of accountants while benefitting deep - pocketed special interests.»

Poor health can be expensive too, and stress makes people less productive at work, which causes other problems, said Joshua Riff, Medical Director at Target Corporation, at the Harvard stress forum.

In the end, Riff says, that may be the only way to keep up with the pressures of the modern world.

«Bitch, I turned into Patti,» he says, before launching into a series of stunning vocal riffs.

In a riff off the famous exchange from the movie, The Graduate, Hempton wrote to Ackman «I just want to say one word to you.

The firm said it kept open the RIFF fund, launched in 2007, to accommodate investors who wanted a pure futures portfolio, but that there was little demand for such an offering.

I can imagine such an apologist saying, «Therefore, what you listen to in ignorance, this I proclaim to you» (riffing on Acts 17: 23, transformed into St. Paul's address at Carnegie Hall).

Jeremy — earlier, you wrote — Dave, Just to riff on the United States example a bit more... When we went to war with Iraq, many of our nation's religious leaders said that this was God's will, and that we needed to bomb Iraq back into the dark ages.

Hitler couldn't have said it better himself, right Riff?

And then, just like that, Rina was riffing off chocolate bark combos, settling on adding the subtle sweetness of pistachios to round out yet another dessert I can't say no to.

I've never tried making Green Tomato Jam, but you know what they say — there's no time like the present, and John from Kitchen Riffs has got a great recipe for it!

She riffs off George Bernard Shaw's famous quote when she says, «Falling in love is a crazy thing to do.

It riffs on Spitzer's own ad promising to cut taxes, which ends with Spitzer saying, «and you can take that to the bank.»

When the siblings get together, Sherman said, they have fun riffing on the old Newhart TV show: «This is my brother Larry, and this is my other brother Larry.»

He was a sk8er boi, she said see you later boy... The number one lyric us nineties children all know by heart as soon as we hear the first notes of that famous guitar riff!

TrumpSingles says it has registered 12,000 people with a goal of «Making Dating Great Again» — a riff on Trump's «Make America Great Again» campaign slogan.

The key good flirting is about riffing and playing off what one another says.

Making its American debut Sunday via the PBS series «Masterpiece Mystery,» 201 years after Elizabeth Bennet finally said yes to Mr. Darcy, it's a highly satisfying riff on the original work, as well as a credit to the modern British costume drama.

Get Out riffs effortlessly on horror tropes, boasting an aesthetic that is somehow classical and subversive all at once, and Peele directs with the unfakeable energy of someone burning up with something to say.

The teleprompter had Wahlberg quickly riffing on Jessie's British accent, assuming it was fake and asking her to say «Downton Abbey.»

That being said, there are also some truly funny moments, like a shot of the Hodgson family running from their haunted house after a particularly intense bout of psychokinetic activity that riffs on smartasses» favorite retort, «Why don't they just move?»

From a performance standpoint, it's hard to describe into words just why Murphy makes it funny, but suffice it to say, he never bothers to take any of the story seriously enough to care, riffing and reacting to his surroundings, always in tune with who his persona is, and never seeming desperate to inject laughs.

The astonishingly gifted writer - director of «Thoroughbreds» is going places, which could also be said for Olivia Cooke («Vanity Fair») and Anya Taylor - Joy («Split»), the two note - perfect lead actresses who star in Finley's icy psychological thriller — a refined, upper - class riff on «Heavenly Creatures,» «Fun,» and the entire wicked subgenre in which two -LSB-...]

The astonishingly gifted writer - director of «Thoroughbreds» is going places, which could also be said for Olivia Cooke («Vanity Fair») and Anya Taylor - Joy («Split»), the two note - perfect lead actresses who star in Finley's icy psychological thriller — a refined, upper - class riff on «Heavenly Creatures,» «Fun,» and the entire wicked subgenre in which two girls, perfectly harmless on their own, prove to be homicidal in one another's company.

It's a mixed collection, by which I mean there are some real discoveries here along with some misfires, and Safe in Hell (1931), a kind of B - movie riff on Sadie Thompson (the original bad girl in the tropics melodrama) directed with a brutally by William Wellman, and its star Dorothy Mackaill are the most exciting of said discoveries.

Accepting the award for Best Actor in a Television Series: Musical or Comedy, Master of None creator and star Aziz Ansari riffed about his surprise: «I genuinely didn't think I would win because all the websites said I was gonna lose.»

«Drake has a team of people that he riffs with on all aspects of what he's going to make,» said «Equals» producer Michael A. Pruss of Ridley Scott Associates, who also served as co-producer on Doremus» last film, «Breathe In.»

Paul was really there for me and said, «Let's riff and have a good time», which was exactly what we did.

This weak riff on Sergio Leone's classic western — just a little too pathetic to be endearing — sets the general tone for the film's dialogue and humour, which runs the gamut from «that's what she said» to «your mum».

Consider that the first major riff of the film is indie - coffee - shop barista Delaney (Craig Robinson) saying to his boss, «You're asking a black guy to work on Black Friday?

But what about play a riff on an electric guitar, and then smash the bejesus out of another baddie with said instrument?

Finally, someone let him direct his own script, and the result was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a riotous riff on the hard - boiled works of Raymond Chandler (chapter titles are all from Philip Marlowe novels: Lady in the Lake, The Simple Art of Murder, The Little Sister, etc), that nimbly satirizes the movie business, detective - movie plotting (there are always two cases that implausibly tie up together), the action hero as idiot and the conventions of the film noir voiceover («Oh shit, back up, back up, I forgot to mention — Jesus, this is terrible narration, it's like my dad telling a joke and saying, oh, I should have told you the cowboy's horse is blue...»).

«It's so silly to have all these guys in a movie together and not let them riff off each other,» Rogen said of letting the actors improvise.

That's perfectly in keeping with the primitive, repetitive, demolition - derby spirit of the game, to say nothing of the Toho rubber - suit classics it was riffing on.

Dealing with four relationships on the fritz — to say nothing of the friendships and rivalries within the group as a whole — is more than enough movie without adding potty - training jokes, a humping yoga instructor, improvised riffs about Applebee's, and a Guitar Hero showdown that doubles as a commercial.

Right from the start the smartass stuff begins with a spoiler - laden riff on Hugh Jackman's demise as Logan — another Marvel entity telegraphed in the ads for D2 that say «from the studio that killed Wolverine.»

García said, riffing on the slogan linked to Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.

For example, around RIF Recall, we're saying that in no case can someone be riffed on the basis of their salary and fringe benefit cost.

It looks the pricing model reportedly first proposed by Apple to publishers — from $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 as a suggested price for harcover bestsellers, though the publisher will set whatever price they want — is the way things are indeed going to shape up, so Steve Jobs wasn't idly riffing when he said the price difference between Kindle and iBooks would go away.

To riff on what B.E. said: I do think the public is rapidly becoming unaware of the old «wall» between indie, and trad.

That said, the ability of the game to surprise the player whilst still giving them room to riff and improvise is invaluable and provides that for the enterprising player willing to experiment, combat will never get boring.

These little irritating things like the music score playing over and over (the same guitar riffs on a loop will eventually drive you insane), characters repeating themselves, and saying things like: «My role is to see the hidden truth that lies beneath each battle» just seem a little bit silly to me and decrease the overall experience of the game, unless you turn the music off and skip most of the dialogue.

Not all of the game's tunes are as awful as that cacophonous «riff,» but few positive things can be said about its crude overhead visuals.

In a recent Rough Cuts video, James Kalm reviews the Stanley Whitney exhibition Left to Right, at Team Gallery (some great pics here) saying of Whitney «His approach to color and rhythm are akin to the spontaneous riffs of great jazz solos».