Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Richard Hatch

Apollo, Athena, these are characters out of Greek mythology-we used a lot of the Egyptian mythology, as well. And we tapped into the premise of, you know, Who is mankind? Where did we evolve from?

Jason Shirey

It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league.

Tom Davis

This is not the movies. There is no Tommy Lee Jones character who comes in and takes charge of everything.

Capt. Strow

This is something out of the ordinary that is total out of character for him.

Mike Scioscia

This game was out of the blue, ... Everything we could have messed up, we messed up out there. It was so out of character for us.

Conan O'Brien

This cowardly, back-tracking, fast-talking, slick character, to me, is probably the most imitated character and persona that's in comedy.

Todd Solondz

This driving need is what is so defining of her and is, in a sense, what makes her a palindrome, ... Loosely, metaphorically speaking, a palindrome describes that part of ourselves that is immutable and that resists, so that for all the metamorphoses, physical and otherwise, that we see over the course of the film, the character remains a constant.

John Wade

This draft class has been really helpful, not just the physical talent, but also the character of these rookies. And I don't know how they managed to sign these free agents. We didn't have much room under the cap, but they made things happen.

Brett Eldredge

The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.

Brett Ratner

You've got to think about how to do things for the right price. You have to shoot in different places to be creative and get tax rebates.

Brett Ratner

I'm trying to be a little bit more mature about my choices and think about what I want to direct next, instead of just jumping into a movie 'cause I want to do it.

Brandon Routh

As I said before, I'm prepared to be prepared and I think that remains the same, you know there's no way to really know what it's going to feel like. I think for each individual it's different.

Brandon Routh

Superman is there to unite us all, I think. I'm proud of Bryan for respecting that and not making it just about us.

Brandon Sanderson

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Barbara Kingsolver

To think is not always to see.

Barbara Kingsolver

I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

Barbara Kingsolver

You think you're the foreigner here, and I'm the American, and I just look the other way while the President or somebody sends down this and that . . . to torture people with. But nobody asked my permission, okay? Sometimes I feel like I'm a foreigner, too.

Brandon Routh

I knew very early on that there would be quite a bit of attention: Superman is known all over the place.

Jane Gardam

I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.

Aristotle

There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves. This condition would be that each (inanimate) instrument could do its own work.

Andy Goldsworthy

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

Alberto Giacometti

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

Anthony Michael Hall

First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.

David Fincher

If I could be anyone, it would be Brad Pitt.

Dawn French

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

Confucius

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.