Hot Shot Quotes

10 quotes from 9 authors

‘Hot shot’ describes the swagger of high‑achievers and the risks that come with that spotlight. These nine quotes, each from a different voice, break down the confidence, pressure, and occasional hubris of being at the top. You’ll get both the thrill of ambition and a caution against overconfidence.

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A man may be hot but he's not when he's shot cause you can't get a man with a gun.

Irving Berlin

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Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes.

William Safire

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When I was doing 'Hot Shot,' I didn't even have an album deal.

Shaggy

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If age was temperature, You'd be getting hotter Happy 60th degree You, hot shotter

John Walter Bratton

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“The Dolly's around here can't be seen to coddle a snitch's family --- that's the always been our way. We're old blood,…

Daniel Woodrell

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Arizona's forest fires are not waiting for April, and neither will we. That is why I am pushing for stepped up deployment…

Rick Renzi

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I did a movie called 'Dudes.' Also 'Hot Shots' and 'Morgan Stewart's Coming Home.' I did a bunch of them. I checked…

Jon Cryer

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I'm very proud to be part of a cast that's gonna put Hot Shots on screen for the first time, Hot Shots…

Miles Teller

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Ever see a hot shot hit, kid? I saw the Gimp catch one in Philly. We rigged his room with a one-way…

William S. Burroughs

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“One day Marlboro Man invited my sister, Betsy, and me to the ranch to work cattle. She was home from college and…

Ree Drummond

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