Backgrounds Quotes · Page 13

Where I once found it safer to stay in the background... I've stepped from the shadows into the spotlight.

— Salle Merrill Redfield

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.

— Josh McDowell

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry,…

— Julian Lennon

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

— Josh Turner

When it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest – background checks will never be 'universal' – because criminals…

— Wayne LaPierre

It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the…

— Desi Arnaz

Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and…

— Lance Armstrong

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view…

— J. K. Rowling

Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it…

— Stanley Schmidt

Remember, no matter what you background is and what your current circumstances are, you have the capacity to take action. This is…

— Robin Sharma

Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version…

— Jonathan Sacks

I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be…

— Lisa Gardner

My dad is from India, my mom is from Russia. Fortunately, we moved a lot. I went to a lot of different…

— Annet Mahendru

My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and…

— Franka Potente

I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses…

— Richard Avedon

My background is Protestant so I benefited from the great Bible teaching that was provided there... I did love the more culturally…

— Keith Getty

The trouble with Christianity was that by about 150, there were hardly any Jews left in the Christian church, and so from…

— John Shelby Spong

Girls come to the gang for very different reasons than boys. For boys in marginalized communities, they have a gender problem, and…

— Meda Chesney-Lind

In New Haven, Conn., when I was growing up, there were two sorts of Irish. There were the "drugstore cowboy" micks, who…

— James T. Farrell

I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited…

— Stephen Jay Gould

It was really hard coming to terms with the Nazi history. Then in my twenties I was traveling to Germany. There was…

— Anne Waldman

The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is…

— Steve Coogan

I may have been prejudiced against lawyer members of Congress, having run against one or two and having been threatened politically by…

— Eugene McCarthy

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.

— John Oliver

I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of…

— Sutton Foster

I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

— Ben Whishaw

My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some…

— Alan Hovhaness

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background

— Mario Lopez

One of Boomer's strong points is that he has a great background in just about everything.

— Herbert Jefferson Jr

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.

— Anonymous

Many photographers live in a dream world of beautiful backgrounds. It wouldn’t hurt them to get a taste of reality to wake…

— Weegee

My own background is fairly liberal and so this notion of 'protecting women from outside intrusion' is not in my nature, nor…

— Khaled Hosseini

We have a man [Donald Trump] who judges people based on their performance regardless of your gender, race, your ethnic or religious…

— Chris Christie

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very…

— Kerry Washington

Incredibly, hackers were able to obtain at least 20 million identities of people who under FBI background and were under FBI background investigations.

— Donald Trump

I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry…

— John Steinbeck

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four…

— Lake Bell

I think it's awesome to see people of all different ages from all kinds of backgrounds come together for the love of…

— Miranda Lambert

My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable…

— Jeri Ryan