Before Quotes · Page 44

I didn't know anything about 'The Witcher' novels or the games, before I auditioned.

— Anya Chalotra

I pray and listen to music on the way to the stadium. I also bless myself just before kick-off.

— Roberto Firmino

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.

— Richard Flanagan

I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s.

— Gerard Depardieu

I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.

— Samantha Bond

I have always believed in enforcing the border, and doing that before you do amnesty.

— Charles Murray

I've said it before, but community colleges are the best-kept secret in the nation.

— Jill Biden

I'm the first has-been star singer ever to sing with the circus. I mean, Presley sang with the circus, but that was…

— Tiny Tim

There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm…

— Laura Bell Bundy

When most artists walk offstage, they go to a lonely hotel room. I went home to my family. They were there before…

— Gloria Estefan

I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up,…

— Johnny Vegas

There's an excellent movie we have on TCM called 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue,' which was originally going to be directed by…

— Robert Osborne

I feel like every time I take on a movie, it's important that the possibility of failure exists, and of the unknown,…

— Marc Forster

Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to…

— Edward Burtynsky

Before 'Cagney and Lacey,' we didn't follow officers home to find out what they did when they took their badges off and…

— Tyne Daly

In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the…

— Bill Hader

I'm a fan of the western genre. When I see a character actor, I see a whole movie behind a scene before…

— Gore Verbinski

Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Sometimes you have to go through the wilderness before you get to the Promised Land.

— John Bytheway

Although I did end up trying out several different fields before committing to acting, I knew in the deepest part of heart…

— Gina Holden

The period of time just before you awaken is the time I have my most creative thoughts and discover the best solutions.

— Lisa Marie Presley

The best time to learn to change the tyre of your life is before you have a flat one.

— Vikrant Parsai

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.

— Helen Vendler

It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams.

— Claire McCaskill

People make conclusions about somebody before they actually get to know someone.

— Patrick Reed

Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.

— Edgar Ramirez

Strictly' is a journey. I haven't danced before but I'm putting the practice hours in, whether it shows or not.

— Dave Myers

Ultimately, with every film I'd done before, there was a reference. They have their own uniqueness, but there was always a precedent.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.

— Natasha Trethewey

In Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of anchoring the news right before Johnny Carson came on, so to see him,…

— Tom Brokaw

Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers - and their children - demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else.

— Cesar Chavez

Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through…

— Joe Flaherty

When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read…

— Chet Williamson

Ever since I gave the nod for Chattakari,' I've been flooded with offers from the Malayalam film industry, like never before.

— Shamna Kasim

I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I'm not afraid to be confrontational. I don't remember anyone before bringing that to…

— Carl Paladino

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll…

— John Oates

Before 'trolling' was a phenomenon with a well-known name, PETA had perfected it.

— Mary Katharine Ham

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end…

— Virat Kohli

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.

— Victoria Woodhull

Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that it's completely unrelated to everything that came before.

— Lydia Lunch