Figures Quotes · Page 7

I never pay any attention to figures.

— Eric Idle

I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.

— Charlie Kaufman

The figure of my father looms large in my imagination.

— Jonathan Franzen

“figures don't lie, liars figure”

— B Rossini

Well, I can't figure out God.

— Oral Roberts

I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.

— Aaron Allston

What if she figures out you're not very smart?

— Billy Joel

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

— Barbara Kruger

Many even see in Obama a messiah-like figure, a great soul, and some affectionately call him Mahatma Obama.

— Dinesh Sharma

Jesus is not a figure from the past: He continues now and always to light the way for us.

— Pope Francis

I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right.

— Cheryl Strayed

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

— Georg Brandes

The most important figures for management of any organization are unknown and unknowable.

— W. Edwards Deming

People always ask 'Why is Bubba different?' They're just trying to figure it out.

— Bubba Watson

Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.

— Steven Chu

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

— Rick Riordan

It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is…

— John Malkovich

There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we…

— K. V. Thomas

My first year in L.A. I felt lost in that big city. It's easy to be tumbled around and not figure out…

— Steve Aoki

How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are…

— Neal Shusterman

The idea that the United States government would have to figure out what to do about the headscarf is simply ludicrous. We…

— Diana L. Eck

But for me at any rate it was all part of dissolving the God trip or father-figure trip. Facing up to reality…

— John Lennon

We've got the catalog, now we just have to figure it out. It's not going to be one gene. It's going to…

— Bob Waterston

I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.

— Denis Leary

I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also…

— Roxane Gay

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

The fact is that these are not my children; they are figures on silvery paper slivered out of time. They represent my…

— Sally Mann

The family trees of Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer are everywhere so laden with figures of accomplishment that one might expect future generations…

— Eric Metaxas

Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be…

— Michelle Singletary

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was…

— Justin Chadwick

Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is…

— Phil Jackson

You never quite know what you're going to come back to and figure out how to make it work. You never quite…

— Christopher Nolan

The question is, how do you stop the power elite from doing as much damage to you as possible? That comes through…

— Chris Hedges

There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum…

— Michael Totten

Since I spent eighteen years of my life as a child, and nine years of that life as a pretty sexually active…

— Samuel R. Delany

When I was growing up, I didn't really know much about being popular or cliques or anything like that. In elementary school…

— Taylor Swift

If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you…

— Bill Hicks

It's not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it's in the national side where…

— Boris Becker

Common sense, to me, is simple. And I've never understood why there aren't a lot of people trying to figure out how…

— Rush Limbaugh

There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.…

— Noam Chomsky