Were Quotes · Page 82

In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.

— Adam Michnik

George Murphy tagged that name 'Butch' on me years ago. We were all at a party and he went around tagging names…

— Cesar Romero

If a kid disappears, now there's Amber Alerts: they know this-this-this. In the '50s, we kids wandered around. Nobody knew what you…

— Caroline Leavitt

We were not fathers also to convey the promise, as Abraham was; nor although the promise, as collectively taken, had belonged to…

— Thomas Goodwin

P.G. Wodehouse was a huge influence on me when I was younger, as were Edgar Rice Burroughs and George Bernard Shaw.

— Michael Moorcock

The movie, if I recall, didn't have to do with the television show because there were concerns from everyone that they didn't…

— David Selby

As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their…

— Mo Rocca

Mostly I want to talk positive; I wanna talk about a bunch of great kids that I coached and made me look…

— Joe Paterno

I certainly know what it is like to go to work and leave your baby at home. It is an ache that…

— Leigh-Allyn Baker

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present…

— Martin Van Buren

Angie Dickinson in 'Hollywood Wives' took me under her wing. If you look at that cast, I was definitely an 'outcast'... so…

— Catherine Mary Stewart

When I heard that the bees were in trouble, the fact that they're disappearing and not coming back to the hive, which…

— Louie Schwartzberg

'Good Times' was with a live audience, three camera, and that was really intimidating. Because there were people on both sides, moving…

— Philip Baker Hall

When I was younger, I looked to actors like they were from another planet. You couldn't believe you could be anywhere near…

— Jim Sturgess

I saw the Internet as being something which would allow power mongers to control us, and that we would willingly go to…

— Pete Townshend

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

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

— Ashton Irwin

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

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

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

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

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

— Thomas Menino

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

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

We were poor, my mother and I, living in a world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness, where storms raged and…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

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

— Simon Schama

My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing…

— Alvin Lee

I was a bartender at a Pizzeria Uno's for nine years. The people I worked with were amazing, but it was quite…

— Bobby Moynihan

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists.

— Kathleen Battle