Bits Quotes · Page 36

I had to face the facts, I was pear-shaped. I was a bit depressed because I hate pears. 'Specially their shape.

— Charlotte Bingham

You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.

— Charlie Munger

A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.

— Yanni

Women always try to tame themselves as they get older, but the ones who look best are often a bit wilder.

— Miuccia Prada

I've never been involved with anyone who's set out to hurt people, to break legs. It is a bit of a dying…

— Steve Bruce

I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!

— Douglas Adams

A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of…

— Alison Jackson

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of…

— Jonathan Swift

Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss,…

— Sylvia Earle

As the border between physical and digital gets more permeable, a new kind of literacy emerges. And that literacy is built on…

— John Battelle

Videoing, lifting it, prodding it, and five minutes later they might even eat it! That first approach to the naked eye is…

— Gordon Ramsay

When I was on the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' there was Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Christine Aguilera. But they…

— Keri Russell

She can't do sums a bit!" the Queens said together, with great emphasis. "Can you do sums?" Alice said, turning suddenly on…

— Lewis Carroll

Once I was on a plane and a woman said to me, 'Now, what's the matter with my tomatoes?' And I said,…

— Alan Titchmarsh

I was never a huge 007 fan, but I sure liked Sean Connery. I'm sure Pierce Brosnan is good and has his…

— Michael Keaton

I'm a bit down. Liza Minelli and David Gest, I don't know how it didn't work out. How can a man who…

— Jon Stewart

I think 40 years ago, it would have been a little bit different because people had a tendency to think the actor…

— Mads Mikkelsen

When I was a little bitty kid, my aunt showed me how to play a little boogie. It took me years. I…

— Dr. John

What if you let go of every bit of control and every urge that you have, right down to the most infinitesimal…

— Adyashanti

My first job was a show called The Others. I had, like, three lines. Julianne Nicholson was in it, and Gabriel [Macht].…

— Zachary Quinto

What's at risk [in 100 years] if we do not take action, truly is the survival of civilization as we know it...…

— Al Gore

Initially, QE contributed to a pretty significant increase in inequality. It raised asset prices, which are owned primarily by the wealthy, while…

— Gerald Epstein

I want to say to all you Scribes, Pharisees, heresy hunters, all of you that are going around pickin' little bits of…

— Paul Crouch

Myself and Yorgos Lanthimos, we spoke a little bit and I was at a certain body weight that I was closer to…

— Colin Farrell

The truth is that I love my baby to bits, but the rest of it sucked. Pregnancy was the biggest killer for…

— Jaime Pressly

[My subjects] look lost because that is how I see life. I think we are all a bit lost, lost in a…

— Loretta Lux

I didnt really watch Dallas growing up, as I was a bit young and into other things, like sports.

— Jesse Metcalfe

I cop a fair bit of flack for going from 'such a babe to such a boy'. I wanted to share (that)…

— Ruby Rose

I guess it could be seen as a form of rebellion, but (my dad) is pretty supportive. He's knows I'm just an…

— Daniel Tosh

I love going out and it is a bit sad when the photographers stop asking you for your picture.

— Alice Evans

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while…

— Steven Gerrard

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get…

— Alistair Brownlee

We are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves…

— Swami Vivekananda

I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get…

— Robert E. Howard

I'm only interested in heavy metal when it's me who's playing it. I suppose it's a bit like smelling your own farts.

— John Entwistle

A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart

— Bill Parcells

Today, do just a little bit more. Turn going the extra mile into a habit - it is what lifts most successful…

— Bob Proctor

I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along…

— Ani DiFranco