Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kerry Greenwood

I have to write three books a year to make a reasonable living out of writing - unless, of course, she gets a major American film deal. Phryne has been optioned since the very first book, but to make a historical TV movie, it costs $30,000 a day extra for the historical detail to be correct, so most people aren't doing it.

Andy Goldsworthy

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball.

Josephine Baker

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

Edith Head

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie.

Stephen Colbert

I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.

Alison Goldfrapp

I honestly find it easier to dance about in heels than I do to walk down the street in them.

Steve Nash

I hope my kids learn to put themselves first.

Kristin Cavallari

I hope that I'll be hot for a long time so I can make a lot of money, I can retire early, and just travel. Hopefully that will happen.

Darren Aronofsky

I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older.

Laura Dern

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner.

Chris Evans

I hung out with the jocks. It doesn't mean I necessarily was one. I was just kind of there.

Raquel Welch

I inherited good skin from my mother, and I stay away from soap, which dries it out.

Reid Scott

I intend to act forever if I can.

Rainn Wilson

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

Tony Curtis

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

Pauline Marois

I joined the PQ in the 1970s because of the issue of sovereignty. And that's why I wake up in the morning. A woman who gives birth to a country, that would be interesting.

Hank Azaria

I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.

Kim Raver

I just am a huge fan of PBS. They've taken great risks from great shows.

Lee Konitz

I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.

Phil Collins

I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.

Maria Semple

I just feel like there's this illicit thrill in reading other people's mail and spying on their lives.

Greg Lake

I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard of me in the context of doing this and he gave me a call. I jumped at the chance.

Michael Shannon

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

Gabrielle Union

I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.

Emma Stone

I just live my life how I live as a person. I certainly am not, like, a saint or an angel by any means. I'm not anything like that. But I live just how I live. I mean, I have a little paranoia, but that's about it.

Todd Phillips

I just love the look of film. But I have nothing against HD.

Richard Madden

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

Lea Salonga

I just refuse to date actors. I've done that, and I don't want to do that anymore. It's just the stress of traveling and being away from each other so much.

Laurie Anderson

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

Amy Grant

I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.

Victoria Osteen

I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.

Jeremy Lin

I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays.

Amy Heckerling

I just wanted to do something about the teenage experience; it's such a wonderful and horrible time of life.

Jennifer Ellison

I just wanted to perform, to sing, dance and act.

Scarlett Johansson

I just want to work on things that are really hard, and when I'm not working on things that are really hard, I want to hang out with people I like to be with, and that's it.

Rafael Nadal

I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.

Nick Cannon

I just work - however people feel about it, I mean, at the end of the day, if I'm waiting for accolades, I could be waiting all my life, but I don't need that stuff to validate me. I just do what makes me happy.

Victoria Beckham

I keep fit by running after my three boys all day.

Steve-O

I keep my iPod on shuffle most of the time, but I'm most into Cirque du Soleil soundtracks.

Tony Visconti

I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

Sebastian Horsley

I keep the shutters closed because I like to work in a hermetic environment. I like mirrors. When you look out of the window, all you see is ugliness, but when you look in the mirror all you see is beauty.

J. Michael Straczynski

I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

Sarah McLachlan

I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.

Tippi Hedren

I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.

Lily Cole

I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I'm in.

Chuck Close

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

Hilary Swank

I'm certainly not very book smart, but I started traveling at 16, and it has enriched me in ways I could never begin to explain.

NeNe Leakes

I'm coming out with a wine... I'm actually a restaurateur. I have Famous Famiglia Pizzeria that has opened up in the Sacramento airport. I'm also working with my business partner on opening up the Linnethia Lounge.

Sam Hunt

I'm conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that's a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, 'I hope you don't regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.'