Backgrounds Quotes · Page 48

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

— Stefan Edberg

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it took me a long time to find…

— Alton Brown

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in…

— Robert Sheckley

I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt…

— Caleb Carr

Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too…

— Hillary Clinton

I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.

— Brian Tee

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

— Regina Doman

Just watching people who come from a stand-up background is different from watching people who come from an improv or sketch background.

— Luka Jones

On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer…

— Starhawk

I think great businessmen are more likely made than born. I don't know if it's from your upbringing, your parental background, the…

— Richard Branson

I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it…

— Benjamin Carson

Basketball gave me a lot, which is why I want to stay connected with this sport later on, maybe working with young…

— Dirk Nowitzki

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

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music.

— Mac Miller

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

He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact…

— Desmond Tutu

The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland…

— Karl Barry Sharpless

I've been working my way to doing my first feature film for about ten years. So I went through the commercials route…

— Duncan Jones

I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa…

— Marc Anthony

Clear quartz is known as the "master healer," and can amplify energy and thought. It draws off negative energy, and it can…

— Miranda Kerr

Choice is always performed against a background of habit.

— Nicholas Wolterstorff

Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident…

— Rob Paulsen

The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background…

— Alan Redpath

In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Very early in my life I took the question of the relation of art to truth seriously: even now I stand in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche