Famous Quotes & Sayings

Conrad Veidt

I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.

Conrad Hall

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

Conrad Hall

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

Constance Baker Motley

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

Conrad Aiken

I think we've come to a kind of splinter period in poetry. These tiny little bright fragments of observation - and not produced under sufficient pressure - some of it's very skillful, but I don't think there's anywhere a discernible major poet in the process of emerging; or if he is, I ain't seen him.

Conrad Aiken

I think there's an enormous lot of talent around, and somewhere amongst these I'm sure that something will emerge, given time.

Conrad Aiken

Whitman had a profound influence on me. That was during my sophomore year when I came down with a bad attack of Whitmanitis. But he did me a lot of good, and I think the influence is discoverable.

Conor Oberst

People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.

Conor Oberst

I think it is more like a ghost that has been following us both. Something vague that we're not seeing, something more like a feeling.

Conor Oberst

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

Conor Oberst

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

Conor Oberst

Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.

Conor Oberst

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

Conor Oberst

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.

Conor Oberst

I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together.

Conor Oberst

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.

Conor Oberst

When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether it's heartbreak or death or love, obviously it's going to seem like a much bigger deal.

Conor Oberst

I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what's to come, so I think that's really interesting.

Conor Oberst

I've given up trying to understand what people think about me.

Clifton Collins, Jr.

I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

Clint Black

I'm one of those people that thinks things happen for a reason, and you just have to look for the reason.

Clifton Fadiman

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Clifton Fadiman

We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.

Clint Eastwood

Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is okay. There's nothing wrong with that. But there will be a certain group which will remember me for the other films, the ones where I took a few chances. At least, I like to think so.

Clint Eastwood

There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out into the business and polishes his craft by absorbing everything. I don't know enough, I'll never learn everything I need to learn. When a guy thinks he's already learned it, he can only go backwards.

Clint Eastwood

I'd like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person ten years from now than I am today. I think that for all of us as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.

Clint Eastwood

I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to go. If you do that [follow trends] you are just trying to ride on the coat tails of someone else's success.

Clint Eastwood

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

Clint Eastwood

When you're making a movie, you can't think anybody will ever see it. You've just got to make a movie for the values it has. The greatest films were made because someone really wanted to make them. And, hopefully, the audience will show up, too.

Clint Eastwood

I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there's some vibration, some connection.

Clint Eastwood

Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.

Clint Eastwood

The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.

Clare Balding

I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.