Famous Quotes & Sayings

Douglass North

I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of the strong feeling that I did not want to kill anybody, I joined the Merchant Marine when I graduated from Berkeley.

Lou Gramm

I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well.

Bharati Mukherjee

I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded.

Andy Dick

I had no blood relatives till I made some.

Sean Bean

I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.

Amar Bose

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

Ted Lindsay

I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.

Sunil Mittal

I had the chance to witness the evolution of the Nuclear Deal into Dr. Singh's legacy as he assiduously, piece by piece, crafted the Indo-US nuclear deal against all odds, including risking his government.

Shawn Fanning

I had to actually purchase a book to learn the API and write the client. It was pretty frustrating trying to learn the API and develop a product quickly.

Lauryn Hill

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

Ryan Reynolds

I had to wear that suit, so I put in my required time in the gym. But I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.

Clark Gregg

I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit.

Ian Botham

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.

Lily Allen

I hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.

Djimon Hounsou

I happened to the be the fifth child of my family, so everybody was already grown and had left home already.

Leonard Lauder

I happen to like Precisionism. It talks to me because I collect Cubism.

Jackson Pollock

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

David Cross

I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner.

Christian Siriano

I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture.

Andre Rieu

I have 120 people in my payroll without any government giving me any money. We live off the tickets and the records I sell. That is very unusual.

Pauley Perrette

I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone - whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn't matter: racial discrimination or sexual orientation or gender. Whatever it is, I'm there. I think I was a born civil rights activist. I can't stand the smashing of a community. It's not fair and it's not right.

Bai Ling

I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.

Hamish Bowles

I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.

Jane Fonda

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

Nia Long

I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons.

Lea Salonga

I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, its just another normal.

Zoe Lister-Jones

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

Candace Bushnell

I have a house in the Connecticut countryside where you'll always find me, summer or winter.

Chris Jericho

I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.

Martin Short

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

John Lithgow

I have a lot of faith in people.

Larry Holmes

I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.

Questlove

I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

Evo Morales

I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a social conscience, you can change things: countries, structures, economic models, colonial states.

Bryan Cranston

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

Mario Monti

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.

Taylor Caldwell

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

Maria Sharapova

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court

Vijender Singh

I have always liked to get my pictures taken, and I like taking care of my looks. But, I am not one to use beauty products and treatments.

Allan Sherman

I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I have always loved animals, and as a child, I read a lot of horse books. I had a particular favorite called 'Silver Snaffles' that my mother gave away.

Carter Burwell

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

Stephen Colbert

I have a mug that actually verifies that I'm the world's best dad. That's a mug. That's not me talking. You can't just buy those.

M. Night Shyamalan

I have a naive outlook on life. That's who I am.

Jack Kevorkian

I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.

Tika Sumpter

I have an eclectic pallet of music that I listen to. It depends on my mood.

Casey Kasem

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.

Alan Cumming

I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.

Sylvia Kristel

I like this other world, this forgetting of myself. The actor works in order to escape, not to find himself. You become an actor by leaving yourself, and then you have to keep acting. How tragic!

Adam Brody

I like to always have humour in whatever I do.