Backgrounds Quotes · Page 12

The background reveals the true being and state of being of the man or thing. If I do not possess the background,…

— Juan Ramon Jimenez

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

— Christian Bale

Only a few people have the background of Nick Saviano to take a player to the next level of excellence

— Nick Bollettieri

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

— Caroline Corr

We consume luxury. We participate in the image industry in a meaningful way, and we have a look and a background that…

— Hari Nef

Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.' 'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned.

— Regina Doman

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

— Diane Abbott

Odd that I couldn’t catch any of your dream,” Bones went on. “Normally your dreams are like background music to me.

— Jeaniene Frost

I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

If you've been fat, you will always feel and see the world as a fat person; you know how difficult it is...…

— Caitlin Moran

I have yet to meet a single person from our culture, no matter what his or her educational background, IQ, and specific…

— Albert Einstein

My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do the scene. I must say that…

— Dwayne Hickman

Some directors don't tell you that it's not your fault, so you get increasingly depressed that you're not delivering what's required, and…

— Ian Mckellen

we made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background of a televised war and in that defeaning…

— Conor Oberst

I imagined myself living in New York in some sort of open, large but sparse studio apartment with a lot of blond…

— Stephen Colbert

English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes,…

— David Crystal

In your short stay in Atlanta, I'm sure you saw that there was great competition between Martin's [Luther King] father and John…

— Ella Baker

Every kid in every school no matter their background, deserves to learn the basics about food - where it comes from, how…

— Jamie Oliver

Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place…

— Barack Obama

[The strike in 1968] brought us together with teachers and also with progressive whites. All of us came from diverse backgrounds, but…

— Danny Glover

My personal background is actually very unusual for the kind of career I chose. I didn’t meet anyone who had ever done…

— Vandana Shiva

For memetics to be a reasonable research programme, it should be the case that copying, and differential success in causing the multiplication…

— Dan Sperber

I saw that we needed to grow but our top line wasn't growing, so we had to find other ways to grow…

— Larry Ellison

I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal…

— Neil Gaiman

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.

— John Noble

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else…

— John Prescott

I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few…

— Dinesh D'Souza

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

— Jarvis Cocker

At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come…

— John McLaughlin

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

— Gottfried Bohm

My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.

— Nandan Nilekani

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.

— Carly Fiorina

There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for…

— Matthew McGrory

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist…

— T. D. Jakes

My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles;…

— Michael Loceff

What we have is a more sophisticated form of imperialism, which is economic. But lurking in the background, always ready to go,…

— Howard Zinn

Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave…

— Anonymous

Bones tell me the story of a person's life — how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background,

— Kathy Reichs

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

— David Millar

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

— Nelson Mandela