Were Quotes · Page 79

I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways.

— Laurie Lee

For the most part, Americans speak of culture and politics as if they were two separate realms.

— Ellen Willis

I really did believe that the most successful investments were the ones that you could own for the long run.

— John W. Rogers, Jr

I never thought I'd be comfortable living outside South Africa, but we love London. Our two kids were born here.

— Ernie Els

I grew up in Wakefield, Mass., and there were only a couple of Jewish families in the town.

— Israel Horovitz

I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.

— Bo Gritz

The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting -…

— Virginia Postrel

There have been as many investigative reporters on this newspaper working on Clinton's many problems as I can remember there were working…

— Ben Bradlee

First of all, we were never not speaking. It's gotten so blown out of proportion. It was a very straightforward difference of…

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an…

— Keith Haring

I'll never forget the first time I saw someone who had died. It was my grandfather. And I knelt next to his…

— Rick Santorum

I think it's a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use…

— Delroy Lindo

The Internet in the 21st Century is as important to our future as highways were in the 20th Century. Like a highway,…

— Chuck Schumer

Growing up in Texas, you were either pretty or smart. Smart didn't get you very far, because there weren't too many job…

— Morgan Fairchild

In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment,…

— Dan Hawkins

You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning…

— Marjane Satrapi

I think every actor has their list of roles that were near misses. I've had my share. I was very close and…

— Michael Eklund

We now know how things were in the '60s and how things have changed, but I don't think we appreciate how much…

— Karine Vanasse

When you do everything you can to be an F1 driver and suddenly it stops, it's not painful but it's definitely not…

— Robert Kubica

Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.

— Nancy Gibbs

Back in the days, the groups and the bands that we listened to were like Earth, Wind and Fire, Santana and Grateful…

— Sheila E

If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time.

— Richard Hyung-ki Joo

'The Simpsons' appearances were great fun. But I don't take them too seriously. I think 'The Simpsons' have treated my disability responsibly.

— Stephen Hawking

The big problem that UWink had was we were essentially building tablets because they hadn't been invented yet. That drove up the…

— Nolan Bushnell

I think that if you were to probe a lot of people's religious opinions, they would not be as religious as the…

— Steven Pinker

You know, you kind of lose some self-confidence after having kids because you'll never be the way you were. But I feel…

— Debi Mazar

People weren't even aware that I wrote my own songs. The media just promoted me as a female body. It's like I've…

— Kate Bush

Even 'Bonanza' was derivative of other westerns and, of course, other westerns were derivative of 'Bonanza.'

— Lorne Greene

There were times I didn't think we would ever make it, even when we were cranking two out a year.

— Tim LaHaye

In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who…

— Roger Wilkins

I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's…

— Lana Wood

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of…

— John W. Rogers, Jr

I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but…

— Bill Burr

I really pulled back on my career when the kids were young and my husband and I made a pact never to…

— Blythe Danner

Fashion is nice, but it's for the fans. If it were up to me, I'd be in a sweat suit!

— Gloria Estefan

We played a gig and we had a song that was offensive to people of the Jewish persuasion, and we led off…

— Santiago Durango

'Peter Pan' is my favorite. I love the idea that all the Lost Boys were orphans, and that they wanted Wendy to…

— Edward Kitsis

My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.

— Anne Wojcicki

People don't get married to get divorced. Maybe people weren't meant to be together forever.

— Frankie Valli

The tracks on 'Sleep' were recorded live to 2-track. I did a fadeout or two of them, but that's really it.

— Aaron Funk