Famous Quotes & Sayings

William James

Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.

Wilma Rudolph

I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.

Yuan T. Lee

It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.

James Iha

Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.

Lamar Odom

I'm a role model. I have overcome the negativity, and I'm playing.

Neil Peart

Howard Roark stood as a role model for me - as exactly the way I already was living. Even at that tender age [18] I already felt that. And it was intuitive or instinctive or inbred stubbornness or whatever; but I had already made those choices and suffered for them.

Natalie Portman

I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold.

Taylor Swift

Faith Hill is a big role model.

Phil Foglio

As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a role model, I created the first Buck Godot strip.

Will Gluck

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.

Rebecca De Mornay

I've never committed to a role without a script.

Richard Schiff

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

Robert Mueller

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

Ryan Reynolds

'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.

Sandra Bullock

I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

Wislawa Szymborska

I don't know the role I'm playing. I only know it's mine, non-convertible.

Eva Green

Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.

Kim Cattrall

At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.

John Grisham

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

Andy Roddick

I was down in blackjack, now I'm up 600 bucks so I'm pretty excited about that. My dealer was Alfie, and he was being good to me the other night.

Kevin Johnson

I went from being a guy who owned one house and a pool company. A thousand bucks was a lot of money. Now, I own all of these properties. I still look back and say, 'How did all of that happen?' I'm just a regular guy who ended up with all of these holdings. What is strange is it is working out.

Raymond Chandler

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.

Tammy Cox

I have family and friends who have been there for me and I would not take a million bucks for their love and support.

Jim Maloney

I love flying the blimp. I always wanted to be a blimp pilot. I might have been able to make a few more bucks (as an electrical engineer). But I've had a lot more fun.

Charlie Bell

I'm really happy because I've been working hard overseas the last couple of years to get back to the NBA. The last time I was in the league, it was a learning experience, but now I'm ready to contribute and to help the Bucks win.

Laura Cameron

I'm going to be Pennington. I'm not going to get my hair cut though. Then again, if somebody gives me 100 bucks to do it, I might.

Matt Kuchar

I'm happiest playing a match with my dad and a couple of college friends, taking a few bucks off them.