Famous Quotes & Sayings

Allan Carr

You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home.

Janusz Bednarski

Greg Howard was one of the heroes on the men's side.

Rick Riordan

I looked at the campers, all of them grim and determined. I tried not to feel like this was the last time I'd ever see them all together. 'You're the greatest heroes of this millennium,' I told them. 'It doesn't matter how many monsters come at you. Fight bravely, and we will win.' I raised Riptide and shouted, 'FOR OLYMPUS!' They shouted in response, and our forty voices echoed off the buildings of Midtown.

Rhianna Pratchett

Videogames need more women and are too reliant on male, stubble-covered heroes.

Raymond Chandler

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid...He is the hero, he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world

Raymond Chandler

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

Regina Spektor

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

William Manchester

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them.

William Friedkin

The thing that interests me is the good and evil in everybody. I don't have conventional heroes in the films that I directed, because I believe there's good and evil in everybody.

Michael Assael

His thinking was a little off and too complicated.

Alex Jones

A lot of people are waking up to human history, but so many people have been conditioned by the government controlled media to think that it's cool not to care.

Kurt Ritchie

I went into this thinking it would be a long-term project.

Rob Zombie

I think it is good escapist entertainment even though it's bad.

Rob Brown

Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be "Oh, at last you buckled, you're trying to be commercial."

Rob Brown

Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do.

Rob Halford

We had to sit in this courtroom in Reno for six weeks. It was like Disneyworld. We had no idea what a subliminal message was - it was just a combination of some weird guitar sounds, and the way I exhaled between lyrics. I had to sing 'Better by You, Better Than Me' in court, a cappella. I think that was when the judge thought, 'What am I doing here? No band goes out of its way to kill its fans'.

Richard O'Brien

Yes, but I think the big thing for everyone is to wear what they want and what suits them.

Richard Paul Evans

When I think of God I feel like an ant crawling into a computer.

Julie Gonzalo

I admire a lot of Spanish filmmakers and actors. I grew up watching a lot of Spanish films and novellas, and there's just so much talent out there.

Dawn Hudson

I think that's terrific that independent films are getting more and more mainstream press.

Rose Byrne

Making a film is an incredibly technical undertaking.

Woody Allen

The audience is making the film and not the film-maker.

Ray Winstone

I enjoy making films and some experiences are better than others. Most of the time they're great experiences... but turning up to go to work on this every day was an absolute pleasure and that comes from the top.

Rodney King

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.

Sanaa Lathan

When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.

Werner Herzog

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Werner Herzog

There is never an excuse not to finish a film.