Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
There's a lot of middle school behavior in Washington, D.C. I look at that and I say, 'I've seen that before,' it… — James Lankford Copy Share Image
People who are comfortable with very clear boundaries and group definitions don't like the instability and ambiguity of people who say they… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
You know all those models who say, 'I was so tall and lanky and everyone picked on me at school' - I… — Sophie Monk Copy Share Image
I spent nearly two decades as a social worker and an educator with kids. So, my whole life has been about helping… — Kyrsten Sinema Copy Share Image
Part of the problem in politics is that people only look at the next four to eight years: kick the can down… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
I say to my children, the reason that marriage - and having children - is so important is that it stops you… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say,… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me… — Asa Larsson Copy Share Image
I wish someone else would write a book that clearly and persuasively articulated why women's reproductive rights are so important to this… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
So you might say, 'Why do you end up making theatre in a world in which there is already too much of… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for example, figure… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
I've had lots of people saying very nice things about the work. But I genuinely feel in the course of a writing… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
I was born in 1952, so obviously the sixties were important. That's when I came of age. It was also a revolutionary… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean.… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I always say: you're not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I'm ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood,… — Maria Valverde Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to say goodbye, especially when one has spent a long time - literally years, in the case of a… — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
I would say that I have an aspect of my personality which is that I have no personality. That's why I work… — Andrew Wylie Copy Share Image
Any good business is a hobby. We have an integrated company culture, and I can honestly say that many people who come… — Arkady Volozh Copy Share Image
People say if you're doing an art project, that's different from a book, but I honestly don't see it. I try and… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned… — Stipe Miocic Copy Share Image
What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.'… — Jon Lester Copy Share Image
When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed writers'… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I've realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love you on 'The… — Nathan Lane Copy Share Image
Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
All these corporations don't want their drivers to ruin their image, so you can't say what you think. You're basically not allowed… — Jacques Villeneuve Copy Share Image
The religion I know most about, which is the Christian one, would simply say that it's not really for one man or… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
It appears a bold thing to say so when one sees how much many a modern author who knows how to make… — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws,… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm a Twitter addict. That seems kind of harsh. I would say it's more that I'm seriously involved.… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
I did 'Quigley Down Under,' which is quite deliberately placed in Australia, which is a Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
