Stage Quotes · Page 59

The men who come on the stage at one period are all found to be related to each other. Certain ideas are…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

— Bruce Forsyth

The age demanded an image Of its accelerated grimace, Something for the modern stage, Not, at any rate, an Attic grace.

— Ezra Pound

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

— Stephen Mitchell

Seeing TVXQ's music and stage makes me feel touched, and they're a very good influence on us.

— Taeyang

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

— Michael Caine

“All the world's been a stage. Now it's also a tell-a-vision set and the internet.”

— Dana Gore

I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.

— Stephen Colbert

The big catalyst was seeing my sister, when I was 11, doing a dramatic recital. When I saw her on the stage…

— Gene Wilder

My choices are made out of love. When I go on stage now, I want to make people happy. I mean, when…

— Carlos Mencia

With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You…

— Michelle Buteau

If there was a big gardening convention, and you got up and gave a speech in favor of fast-motion gardening, I bet…

— Jack Handey

I've seen some beyond-amazing performers do karaoke who should be on stage somewhere, and I've seen people who you rather didn't enter…

— Craig Robinson

True testimonies bring the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ into our lives and focus all of us toward the…

— Donald L. Staheli

I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have…

— Ciaran Hinds

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them.…

— Kathleen Turner

By the very nature of being a clergyman's son, people tend to put you slightly apart, which is - you tend to…

— John Hurt

In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman's right to choose. That is it, plain and…

— Barbara Boxer

I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing…

— Matt Nathanson

Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage. I've always written in the long format, five, eight, 10-minute pieces…

— George Carlin

Earthly providence is a travesty of justice on any other theory than that it is a preliminary stage, which is to be…

— Randolph Sinks Foster

I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a…

— Pankaj Mishra

I love that I'm able to take people away just for a little while. Even if they come to my show and…

— Michael Buble

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage.…

— Ellen Terry

When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

— Cee Lo Green

The laugh-count is right up there with being diagnosed with late-stage cancer.

— David Edward

None of the original love and feel for going on stage is gone. I'm not a true singer. I'm performer, and I…

— Mark McGrath

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

— Herb Alpert

I'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. And Ben [Carson] you're a terrible surgeon.

— Ted Cruz

Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.

— Emo Philips

Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.

— Robbie Keane

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

— Wale

I can't force anybody on stage. I can't force anybody into a studio. I can't force anyone anywhere.

— Shavo Odadjian

New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.

— Zach Anner

When I'm onstage the joy is to try to be the best I can be, I'm there because I want it to…

— Dennis DeYoung

I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

— Russell Crowe

If you don't invest in basic research at some stage you start losing the basis of applied research.

— Rolf-Dieter Heuer

When I perform live I hope the audience will leave with their heads lifted up.

— B. J. Thomas

The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.

— Victor Garber

I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans…

— Kat Graham