Usually Quotes
4349 quotes by 3077 authors
-
I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it.
— John le Carre
-
I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available…
— John le Carre
-
In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost…
— Benjamin Carson
-
Memory is often - perhaps usually - a distorting lens: what we think we remember isn't the way it was at all. It's what we'd…
— Graydon Carter
-
Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!
— Margaret Cho
-
I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but…
— Helena Bonham Carter
-
Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual sets of gestures…
— Helena Bonham Carter
-
There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.
— Jimmy Carter
-
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
— Julian Casablancas
-
My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.
— Gary Allan
-
I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's…
— Kyle Chandler
-
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
— Geoffrey Chaucer
-
I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and…
— Tommy Chong
-
I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now,…
— Sandra Cisneros
-
An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have…
— George Clooney
-
When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly…
— Daniel Clowes
-
Usually, about 85 percent of what the tabloids report is a lie. Over the last year, I can truly say it has been 99 percent.
— Kirstie Alley
-
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head.…
— Harlan Coben
-
Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being…
— Andrew Cohen
-
If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary to…
— Eric Alterman
Who Wrote These Usually Quotes
3,077 authors contributed a total of 4,349 Usually Quotes, led by these top contributors: