Were Quotes · Page 59

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

— Dan O'Brien

We were five heterosexual, good-looking men. We competed against each other for the sexiest girls... I won.

— Simon Le Bon

Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies.

— Bill Toomey

Berlin would be a great place to have no cell phone, I think. Especially if you were able to live in a…

— Alex Ebert

When we were doing 'Sports Night' and 'West Wing' at the same time, I thought I was the luckiest guy in the…

— Thomas Schlamme

I guess when I was a kid I wasn't the type of person playing a lot of pranks. I was the type…

— Scott Aukerman

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't…

— Joe Cocker

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read…

— Hannah Cowley

Honestly we never lied to people about who we were. Usually the wackier interviews came to pass because the interview subjects, aware…

— Mo Rocca

I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the…

— Jamie Bell

Interracial marriages were basically legalized, but nevertheless, there was a social stigma attached to them for a long time to come. I…

— Mark Takano

The Beijing Olympics were an exercise in Chinese soft power. Americans have the 'Voice of America' and the Fulbright scholarships. But, the…

— Shashi Tharoor

My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about…

— Marie Lu

Julian Assange is certainly no hero. The man behind WikiLeaks issued threats as if he were Dr. No bent on ending civilization…

— Martin Cruz Smith

At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy…

— Fritz Sauckel

I was driven when I was younger. Driven at West Point where it was much more competitive in that women were competing…

— Paula Broadwell

The journey toward your Big Dream changes you. In fact, the journey itself is what prepares you to succeed at what you…

— Bruce Wilkinson

I used to love 'Murphy Brown' as a kid. I didn't even understand half of the jokes that were going on, but…

— Cristela Alonzo

My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I don't spend much time listening to the records when they're done. Usually I let go of it. Especially in the Eighties…

— Joe Perry

When I was up on my first flight, we were really putting it together. So, I was essentially a construction worker.

— Sunita Williams

I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese.

— Kevin Kwan

I do want to have children, but my parents had me when they were in their forties. I'd like to copy that.

— Kit Harington

Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost.

— Mary Beth Whitehead

Were the Rolling Stones good looking? Well, Jagger was, but the rest of the dudes? Maybe not so much.

— Ashton Irwin

The Beatles were perfect. There's just no other way to say it. They were the perfect band.

— Danny Wood

Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations…

— John Sergeant Wise

The special counsel regulations were written to provide the public with confidence that justice was done.

— Neal Katyal

I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes.

— Wolfgang Puck

I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My…

— Dick Dale

Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's…

— Joe Torre

As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't,…

— Johnny Ramone

We were the first urban school system in the country to wire all of our schools for the Internet.

— Thomas Menino

I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President…

— Jack Canfield

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

— Sheri L. Dew

All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.

— Wayne Newton

When we were courting, I told my wife: 'I could live in your eyes.' She said: 'You'd be at home; there's a…

— Les Dawson

I didn't love Jim Morrison. There was something very reptilian about him. And I didn't care for his singing, but his band!…

— Linda Ronstadt

Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and look around, you're like, Oh, my God, I wish all these people…

— Marc Andreessen

The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of…

— Simon Schama