Up Quotes · Page 138

A boundary is really something artificial we made up. The ecosystem and landscape continue.

— Michael Frome

Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don't come up with on my own.

— Corey Taylor

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

— Joss Whedon

I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype.

— Tina Brown

Any private security is a joke in a country where you're up against your own government.

— Bidzina Ivanishvili

I grew up in the Baptist church and, honey, they baptized me about 14 times. It never did take.

— Leslie Jordan

Because I grew up listening to and watching loads of pop/pop rock videos, I'm very influenced by the 1990s.

— Neha Bhasin

I don't suck up to anyone or do any of that. I point-blank refuse. I just hate it.

— Andrew Flintoff

I used to link up boom boxes, record one take, play it into another boom box then play all that back into…

— Benny Blanco

I cut the feet off of a pair of panty hose and it allowed me to wear a pair of great strappy…

— Sara Blakely

I've got my own philosophy. People who write books have different philosophies. You read too many people and you get screwed up.

— George Blanda

I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I'd entered the competition instead - I'd probably have come nowhere and given up on…

— Paul Kane

I grew up moving around because my dad was in the Air Force - I think this has carried over into my…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

I guess that people can't imagine three girls just getting up off the streets and making a career for themselves without someone…

— Keren Woodward

My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever…

— John Searles

Divorce is contagious. That's right - when you have a close couple friend split up, it increases your chances of getting a…

— Jenna McCarthy

The North understand it better - they have told us for twenty years that their object was to pen up slavery within…

— Robert Toombs

My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met…

— Doug Liman

There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I…

— Kevin Hart

Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it…

— Bjorn Lomborg

I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for…

— Kim Edwards

I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they…

— Damian Marley

For city dwellers like me who don't get to vacation in the summer, no filmmaker can so effectively make you feel like…

— Jake Paltrow

Once food gets into our fridges, larders and kitchens, ensuring that it gets used up before going off seems like an obvious…

— Tristram Stuart

I look on myself as a sort of hybrid, having grown up in the world of Shakespeare out in the cornfields of…

— John Lithgow

I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.

— Hunter Hayes

When it comes to dance hall music, I definitely listened to a lot of Vybz Kartel growing up or Gyptian and Mavado.

— Justine Skye

If somebody tells me to work or exercise, I go the other way. I'll come up with an excuse.

— John Prine

I'm terribly happy at the moment - someone up there must be looking out for me.

— Anne Reid

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

— Charles Kuralt

If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.

— Barbara Hale

Pitchers made an adjustment to me. It's up to me to come up with an answer.

— Aaron Judge

You don't pick up things, get to the top of multiple industries and sports without working hard.

— Matt Riddle

At Year Up, we have helped thousands of students rise from poverty into a professional career in a single year.

— Gerald Chertavian

I was brought up in church, but when I confessed my errors, they put me out.

— Scatman Crothers

Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'

— Chris Lilley

I just don't like how long the jersey is. I don't like to tuck it in, so I like to tuck it…

— Ezekiel Elliott

I don't drink anymore, I don't go up the town and I'm not interested in events and parties.

— Limmy

I remember the Lord speaking into my heart and saying, 'Jeremy, I want you to stand up and worship me.'

— Jeremy Camp

I like the notion of making stuff up or letting your imagination go away with you.

— Stevie Jackson