Admire Quotes · Page 51

I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of…

— David Massengill

I've worked with Len Wiseman before, on the 'Underworld' series, in which I was a vampire. The first two of those were…

— Bill Nighy

I can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for.…

— Alice Munro

Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting,…

— Ellen Burstyn

I like to take chances. The actors I admire are the ones who aren't afraid to make themselves nasty, bad or even…

— Matt Dillon

I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles…

— Shepard Fairey

I also think there is a wisdom and strength in that generation [of our parents], in terms of getting through difficult times,…

— James Redford

Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great…

— Jose Manuel Barroso

As an actor, you have to do things out of passion sometimes. I'm not in it for a lot of money. But…

— Peter Stormare

My perception of the human animal is as an extremely dangerous predator. That's who I perceive us to be as a species.…

— Katherine Dunn

These fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify…

— George Eliot

I'm humbled and enormously grateful to be connected to [Franz] Kafka in a any way. He is one of the writers I…

— Alan Lightman

When I watched the first fight between Woodley and Thompson, and I want to make clear that I really admire both guys,…

— Demian Maia

I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more…

— Anthony Hopkins

The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the…

— Taylor Sheridan

Failure is all a matter of perspective. Think of all the people you admire. I guarantee you they all failed at one…

— Jillian Michaels

I admire people who can step out on their own and work alone - that takes a lot of guts. But I'd…

— Sarah Baker

I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good…

— Diane Ackerman

When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much…

— Mark Shields

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time…

— Bonnie Raitt

I admire people like Kristen Wiig, who is hilarious but also does a lot of really cool films. I would love to…

— Victoria Justice

I never had a backup plan. I've only been good at one thing. I admire people who are jacks-of-all-trades. That's not me.

— Nahnatchka Khan

Getting to meet other artists that I admire is one of the best parts of my job. I don't know if I'd…

— Mark Hoppus

I always admire people who do commercials because they have to put together a beginning, a middle, and an end in 30 seconds.

— Tony Hale

In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct.

— Edvard Grieg

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then…

— Marc Forster

I admire Arsene for sticking to his financial principles, although I wish tactically he could get the balance right between defence and…

— Tony Adams

I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.

— Alec Baldwin

I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could…

— Francis Ford Coppola

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her…

— Jostein Gaarder

I've always paid a lot of attention to the races that go on throughout the offseason, being the Snowball Derby, the Chili…

— Chase Elliott

“It is a pleasurable thing to earn the admiration of others, but it is a far better feeling to honestly admire thyself.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't watch cricket much but I admire Sachin Tendulkar. I like the way he has conducted himself over the years. He…

— Vijender Singh

I am not Spock. But given the choice, if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock. If someone said,…

— Leonard Nimoy

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire…

— Emma Roberts

“If when you take a look in the mirror and you don't like the person you see...take the time to be the…

— Marcia M Edwards

“You can still make today the day you change yourself, love yourself, forgive yourself, respect yourself, honor yourself, cherish yourself, admire yourself,…

— Steve Maraboli

The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he…

— William Faulkner

Besides, thinking kind thoughts about Valek could be extremely dangerous. I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on…

— Maria V. Snyder

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but…

— Michael Douglas