Figures Quotes · Page 43

I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.

— Isaac Mizrahi

I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.

— Taylor Schilling

For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.

— Cameron Russell

The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television.

— Dick Morris

A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice.

— Alexei Yagudin

Ask yourself: Where do I want to go? Recognize where you are now, then figure out the steps to get there.

— Marshall Sylver

The figures of the past go cloaked. They walk in mist and rain and snow And go, go slowly, but they go.

— Wallace Stevens

I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.

— John Tenniel

You've got to keep things simple. Just identify what you need to do to launch, figure out what resources you need, and…

— Tim Johnson

I think network television is really hard because it has to sail right away. HBO's so much more nurturing, patient. They think…

— Amanda Peet

My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole…

— Isidor Isaac Rabi

The common people do not judge of vice or virtue by morality or immorality, so much as by the stamp that is…

— Roger L'Estrange

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the…

— Patti Smith

You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was…

— Sydney Schanberg

I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it…

— Lady Gaga

I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write…

— Bob Weir

Now that the midterm elections are over, President Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to a meeting at the White…

— Jimmy Fallon

We all can think of at least one kid who had great parents, a great family, and an all-around great childhood...who suddenly…

— Andy Andrews

Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the…

— Richard Bach

In our world no one ever knows what to do, and everyone's just as clueless and full of crap as everyone else,…

— Lev Grossman

The bus ride to the arena... I slipped on my Discman and listened to some of my favourite music, all the while…

— Josee Chouinard

A lot of authority figures want to be good. I sense that, and yet at the same time I sense that authority,…

— Stephen King

The companies that I really admire the most are the ones that have a deep visceral understanding of why people use their…

— Ben Silbermann

I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole…

— Matt Damon

Offensively, I get the ball a lot and I'm able to score in double figures.

— Nikola Vucevic

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

— Evan Esar

I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried.

— Robin Gibb

I thought I did play one villain, Hitler, [who is] like Lecter in some ways, but he's a mythical figure, anyway.

— Anthony Hopkins

I'm so drawn to the frontier mentality and that idea of having to figure everything out from scratch.

— Andrea Zittel

When my first daughter was born, I had to figure out a new way of [making music] so that I wouldn't wake…

— Jason Schwartzman

If no one figures out you are pretending to be retarded, your life will be greeted with treasure.

— Eugene Mirman

My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the…

— Ben Folds

Sports figures are to the '70s what movie stars were to the '60s.

— Andy Warhol

Growing up, I realized as an actor I had to figure out how to use my platform in order to give back.

— Serinda Swan

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out

— William Hurt

She's only pretty in that she has two small black eyes and a good figure.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

— Mario Cuomo

I quit drinking, and I figure if I go to ten Yankee games this year without drinking I'll save $32,000.

— Artie Lange

It is not bright colors but good drawing that makes figures beautiful.

— Titian

The way I figure it, if you can't tell I'm high by looking at me, I win.

— Marc Maron