Figures Quotes

2652 quotes by 1970 authors

My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life -… — Jeannette Walls
Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when you write. If you are… — Patricia Briggs
Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it. — Douglas Coupland
What need had the businessman to scribble or philosophize when he dominated the imagination of his time and the frantic materialism that was his principle… — Alfred Kazin
Art, we are told, is a criterion of one's taste. How humiliating, should our taste turn out to be bad. Rather as though we were… — Ilka Chase
I don't drink or do any drugs. I never have and I never will. I don't need them. I'm a black woman from the land… — Bertice Berry
The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had become legendary figures… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me to… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the best people in… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything… — Rachelle Lefevre
Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I… — Melissa Manchester
I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people. — Natalie Merchant
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state… — Grace Napolitano
In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses,… — Helmut Newton
I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising. — Elizabeth Olsen
RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed… — Frances O'Grady
We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the… — Frank Ocean
I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and… — Haley Joel Osment
I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very… — Leo Ornstein

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