Certain Quotes · Page 97

I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers…

— Denise Mina

I do think people need to recognize that a lot of journalists want to write a story a certain way because the…

— Ray Dalio

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around…

— Paul Smith

Fundamentally, I always find that most of the films that I've put out are essentially the director's cut. Part of the process…

— Ridley Scott

I've achieved a certain amount of success and now I'm thinking about the good things I can do.

— Lori Greiner

Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct…

— Saint Augustine

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there…

— Wentworth Miller

I feel quite blessed that I can actually balance between the two worlds, because a lot of really talented actors I know…

— Donal Logue

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe…

— Mary Steenburgen

Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality.

— Elizabeth McCracken

Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the…

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper…

— Richard Whately

Creativity permeates the cosmos. It is the driving force that sustains the particles, the stars and galaxiesit surges through the body with…

— F. David Peat

I sound awful saying it but I think it can be like that. I see a lot of people in unstimulating relationships.…

— Laura Marling

It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a…

— Alan Alda

When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought…

— Jason Collins

I'm less certain now but kinder.

— Frank Schaeffer

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it…

— Martin Luther

In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his…

— Rachael Taylor

As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I respect the Bible and offer namaz regularly. But I am ritualistic only up to a certain extent. I believe only in…

— Emraan Hashmi

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.

— Tom Colicchio

In an interview John [Linnell] said, 'At a certain point you just get tired of the way the other person breathes,' and…

— John Flansburgh

I'm inspired by struggles. I've been through several really big ones in my life and I'm reminded of how God pulled me…

— The Rocket Summer

I have friends and illustrators who can't stand drawing on the Cintiq. [A graphic pad tablet used by digital animators] There's a…

— Don Hertzfeldt

I don't want to be one of those 'hour' guys who is all bitter about reality TV. It's as viable as any…

— Tim Minear

I think where I've instinctively found myself is that I am somewhat guarded in my public life. Being interviewed or being photographed…

— Annette Bening

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

— Elaine Stritch

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

— David Hilbert

But those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us along a…

— David Hume

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

There needs to be a certain structure to a situation, a certain predictability that allows you to have a basis for the…

— Gary A. Klein

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam…

— Les Aspin

To wade in marshes and sea margins is the destiny of certain bird, and they are so accurately made for this that…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard…

— Chino Moreno

The scientific observer of the realm of nature is in a sense naturally and inevitably disinterested. At least, nothing in the natural…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

You get to be a certain age and you start reading stuff about the age you are, and you think, what is…

— Nora Ephron

At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.

— Robert Gottlieb

It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of…

— Anonymous