I realized Quotes · Page 7

I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized…

— Anonymous

I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my…

— Melinda Gates

I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized…

— Mike Nichols

I always loved to cook and entertain but I realized I had the chance to be successful with something that I am…

— Lorena Garcia

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.

— Julie Delpy

I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write.

— Ben Fountain

At first, I didn't really care if global warming existed. But then I realized it means that less bums would freeze to…

— Zach Braff

Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for…

— Groucho Marx

I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly…

— Anna Meredith

After reading The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi, I realized that capitalism did not naturally grow as [Karl] Marx would imply by…

— Murray Bookchin

Four years ago, I was fighting for the world championship title in Puerto Rico. The spectators bad-mouthed me; they called me a…

— Orlando Cruz

I won contest after contest until finally I realized, "Ok, I am the best in the world, but now what?" So I…

— Christian Hosoi

I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out…

— Michael Jordan

One day I realized that that was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I wanted to…

— Drew Waters

There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used…

— Victoria Principal

Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I realized early in my career that precisely what one reader doesn't like is what another reader loves. Collectively, any writer's audience…

— Karen Marie Moning

After my early days of being a passionate young Elvis fan, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc. I got interested in Ray Charles…

— Ian Gillan

With My Dog-Eyes by Hilda Hilst got more exposure and reached far more readers than I ever expected. Even my editor at…

— Adam Morris

From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating…

— Jill Bolte Taylor

What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I…

— Angelina Jolie

When I look back, it saddens me to think that I was so hard on myself - when I was younger, I…

— Demi Lovato

I realized that every second that I'm alive, the world cares less about me. It's just a very linear, downward progression. And…

— Greg Fitzsimmons

I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.

— Laurie Anderson

I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a…

— Kenny Chesney

I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was…

— Joseph Mazzello

I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an…

— Cindy Sherman

After ten years of toiling away in Hollywood, I realized that there's no better place for new ideas than comics.

— Brian K. Vaughan

I realized a long time ago that instead of being jealous you can be inspired and appreciative. It carries more energy to…

— Joe Rogan

I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if…

— Frank Miller

I thought I wanted to be a brain surgeon until I realized all the schooling it required. I didn't like school very…

— Lexa Doig

When I came back to America, I realized that world music is no joke, it really has a lot to it.

— Zach Condon

While my friend always spoke about the sun, I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was…

— Anonymous

I'm sort of a traditionalist usually. I love old soul music and The Beatles; I realized I was sort of trying to…

— Eric Hutchinson

I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist…

— Ishmael Reed

What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.

— Victor Garber

I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while, I realized I'd always stink. And…

— Don Rickles

I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I…

— Dominic Chianese