Because Quotes · Page 102

I'm a huge fan of television, and the reason I'm a part of the world is because I'm a fan of it.

— Lena Waithe

I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.

— Helen Oyeyemi

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

— Aimee Bender

Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal a husband. At least not for long.

— Jean Harlow

I like Tom Ford a lot because it's so classic and has great quality. I wear a lot of Rag & Bone.

— Tom Brady

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.

— Pat Brown

One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.

— Joseph Brodsky

I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.

— Robert Sheckley

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and…

— John Polson

Beyonce is this massive star, but she's incredibly humble. But it's weird because even though I love her, she's my boss's wife.

— Rita Ora

When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy,…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I basically got an education in software on DuPont's money because they were too stubborn to admit that a recession was coming.

— Michael J. Saylor

“People suicide because of the board rules, they don't like it. So people suicide, they don't see any other out of this…

— Deyth Banger

I'm hoping to be recognized in Europe, because that would truly indicate that the Tampa Bay Rays have arrived on the continent.

— Joe Maddon

It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't…

— Andie MacDowell

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in…

— David Alan Basche

Increasingly, there are those of us who write from outside the center, and those are the writers that I'm most interested in…

— Aminatta Forna

I was a little press writer when the National Endowment for the Arts came to my rescue and gave me an award.…

— Sandra Cisneros

When I started my program... there was a big clock in the corner and I looked and it said nine o'clock exactly.…

— Sarah Hughes

The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're…

— Adam Arkin

Don't be afraid to fail. For the love of God, don't be afraid to fail, because you're going to fail. So try…

— Monica Raymund

A lot of people have asked me about some of the characters that appear in 'Clockwork Prince,' like Aloysius Starkweather and Woolsey…

— Cassandra Clare

I really don't feel the need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because, at the end of the…

— Alex Lifeson

I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They…

— Wale

If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.

— Gareth Gates

We can't allow a long-cherished tradition to go by the wayside because of political correctness.

— Mike Johnson

I used to play video games all the time, but now I don't because I don't have an attention span.

— King Tuff

But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.

— Dan Reynolds

I did not know how popular my father was because we were not brought up as part of the industry.

— Kunal Kapoor

No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything.

— Lester Bangs

Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it.

— Ben Horowitz

The G.O.P. needs to fight for women votes because it believes our policies are better for women.

— Margaret Hoover

A few people know me, and the few people that do know me only know me because they dig my stuff.

— Bo Burnham

Every artist has a moment where they think about quitting music for a moment because it's scary.

— Tyler Farr

I definitely learned never to fall in love in high school because it just takes over your brain.

— Daren Kagasoff

I was a star kid but I was never treated like one, because I never went on the sets with my dad.

— Athiya Shetty

I don't invest in ideas because ideas are a dime a dozen. I could steal the idea pretty quickly.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all.

— Malala Yousafzai

I'm thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they... the demographic is 50% male.

— Graeme Murphy

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

— Christian Eriksen