Off Quotes · Page 22

Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income.

— Jordana Spiro

Achingly funny as it was, Larry Gelbart's writing gave off sparks that turned a hard light on the way we are.

— Alan Alda

When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh…

— Eddie Huang

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create…

— Michael Douglas

I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the…

— Brian O'Driscoll

Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.

— P. J. O'Rourke

You never cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless it's to avoid a foreclosure or bankruptcy.

— Dave Ramsey

I don't use a lint brush or anything, and I don't iron, but I could easily pick lint off of someone else.

— Courteney Cox

Any celebrity that goes on Twitter and spouts off, as if we should care what they say, is opening himself or herself…

— Joshua Malina

My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig…

— Rufus Wainwright

When I was on Broadway, I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore…

— Jordin Sparks

One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled…

— Mary Roach

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about…

— Keith Emerson

I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT…

— Julia Sweeney

I have to say, if someone literally said to me, 'You're going off to a desert island, what is the one thing…

— Drew Barrymore

As Christians, we worship a victimized Lord. We should expect to suffer and should have particular compassion on those who hurt emotionally…

— Kevin DeYoung

In 1973, I broke off from the therapy and decided I could go through one of those episodes on my own, in…

— Dory Previn

I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And…

— Kristin Armstrong

When I start getting embroiled in heated debates and feeling stressed, I just turn everything off and disconnect from the world. I…

— Vivek Wadhwa

I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I…

— Simon McBurney

I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over…

— Charles Dance

I got the script for 'Real Steel.' I started reading and saw that it was about robot boxing, and I was immediately…

— Evangeline Lilly

I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and…

— Rick Riordan

I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm disciplined, that I work…

— David B. Coe

I'm most proud of the fact I carried myself on and off the field consistently for what the NFL stands for.

— Will Shields

I'm always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I'm trying to do it less.

— Deborah Moggach

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it…

— John Bolton

Do internships and work your butt off to learn as much as you can and prove yourself.

— Meredith Vieira

The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me.

— Brooke Langton

You always feel pretty good after a bye, after a couple of days off. Not having a game, you freshen up a…

— Logan Mankins

I'll usually see a scene in my head, playing like a movie trailer. After I've written that scene, everything takes off from…

— Gena Showalter

I switch on and off very easily; I'm inherently lucky in that sense. I sleep well.

— Chris Liddell

I didn't feel that running away would change anything but when the roof of the garage started coming off I thought it…

— John Harrison

I wish I could pull shorts off. My wife tells me that I just can't. But that's okay. I'm tall, I can…

— Adam Driver

The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off…

— Tim Curry

I feel like R&B is really based off of emotion and truth. R&B is a conversation.

— Sevyn Streeter

People under-invest in family because it doesn't pay off until the long term.

— Clayton Christensen

I don't drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of…

— Alan Davies

First off let me say, I've wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl.

— Paula Patton

It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you…

— Allan McNish