Famous Quotes & Sayings

I believe that these sea lions that are washing up along the coast are actually acting as important canaries in the coal mine, warning us of some ocean changes that contribute in fact to human health.

Jon Huertas

I always want to portray veterans in a positive light, and since I got into acting full time, I've made that part of my goal.

Bush has the opportunity with the national championship game to have an unrivaled platform. If he does use that as his starting point into the professional ranks, he's got a stage. And to have somebody giving him good advice about using that stage accordingly and acting appropriately is not uncommon.

Dean Koontz

Bunny slippers remind me of who I am. You can't get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can't lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they're so jaunty. They make a statement; they say, 'Nothing the world does to me can ever get me so far down that I can't be silly and frivolous.' If I died and found myself in Hell, I could endure the place if I had bunny slippers.

Mike Tyson

I'm a Muslim, but do you think Jesus would love me? I think Jesus would have a drink with me and discuss why are you acting like that? Now, he would be cool. He would talk to me. No Christian ever did that and said in the name of Jesus even. They'd throw me in jail and write bad articles about me and then go to church on Sunday and say Jesus is a wonderful man and he's coming back to save us. But they don't understand that when he comes back, that these crazy greedy capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.

I'm an Anti-Nationalist (Nationalism - The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals), Anti-War, Anti-Corruption, Pro-Music, Pro-Voice, Pro-Patriotism (Patriotism - Love and devotion to one's country), and Pro-Peace.

I'm a little surprised the market isn't acting more negatively. This does expose a real threat and Microsoft has always had the problem of shoring up confidence regarding its security flaws.

Barry McCaffrey

I'm always concerned a bit about creative hypocrisy, because it's $49 billion of U.S. money on drugs that is acting as an engine drawing 60 percent of our own cocaine, marijuana, heroin coming through Mexico or adjoining Pacific or Caribbean waters.

None of us are satisfied with our performance in 2005. We are acting with a tremendous sense of urgency to win back our customers.

Jiah Khan

My experiences and training back at drama school were very enlightening. I always believe in improving, be it kathak or my acting skills, and would want to experiment more when it comes to work.

Maxim Knight

My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!

My dad said that if it's part of the character, I'm allowed to say bad words, but if it's not part of the character, and I say it at home when I'm not acting, that I won't be acting anymore.

Domhnall Gleeson

My dad said, 'If no one was giving me acting work, I'd have to be prepared to create it myself.'

Adan Canto

Music, in Mexico, just wasn't working out. So, I fell into acting and I just fell in love with it. It was amazing! It was a great safe place to just vent.

Jim Rash

My acting has always been in the world of comedy, but in my writing, other than writing sketches, I really am drawn to the balance between comedy and drama. I like things that sort of toe that line of one minute you're in this emotional space and then all of the sudden something happens.

Jaclyn Smith

More than 100 million women have worn my clothing and accessories,, and that's so fulfilling. My skincare line proves you don't have to spend a fortune to have beautiful skin. I've loved acting but if I never played another role and just focused on my business, I'd be happy.

More than anything, it was all team, ... But I can tell you we were all playing bad. There wasn't any kind of winning attitude, we weren't doing anything on offense or defense. And they just all woke up and when they came together they started acting more as a group.

Ciaran Hinds

My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting influence must have been from her - yes, put it down to my mother.

Alice Braga

My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy; she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies.

Bobby Miller

Give me one good friend, one who'll tell me to my face when I'm acting like an idiot, and you can have the rest.

Jonathan Jackson

For years, I've thought about a project or a way where I could do acting and music together, and I never really thought that would happen. Then 'Nashville' came along, and it was like a dream come true to marry both of those worlds.

Lisa Presley

For some reason, when I turned 30 I became a teenager again and it wasn't really by my own will, it just happened. I married and had my first baby at 21, so I had it together early on. But I started acting about 15 again when I turned 30. So I guess that makes me 19 now.

Leon Morris

If a consumer chooses to rely on the 'free' advice of a salesperson, then they should expect to be sold. However, while the mortgage practitioner is providing these advisory services the sales hat is removed. At that point they are acting solely on behalf of the homeowner as a true fiduciary mortgage advisor.

I don't want anyone to go out here in the city of Cincinnati or anyplace else, and claim they are representing my brother by acting violently. That's not what we're about.

Andrew Card

I expect that whoever is named commissioner, either acting or confirmed, will know that it's not possible to give the FDA the kind of strong new leadership that is needed to reinvigorate the agency on a part-time basis.

Marcus Camby

From the start of the game, we were acting like we won five in a row. We didn't come out with the intensity and attitude needed to win the game.

For whatever reason, we have gotten away in the healthcare industry with acting very, very poorly towards our customers.

GM is quickly and carefully reassessing its assets and acting on what to sell and what to keep. It's essential for GM to raise cash to prevent its debt rating from dropping further.

Angela Sarafyan

God, I love John Cassavetes. Throughout my acting career and continuing to be an actor and grow, I think there have been so many outstanding actresses, and I hope I can live up to the things they created and continue that on. I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.

Gerard Depardieu

I get very tired when acting and lose my equilibrium, then there is a danger that I eat for my energy and drink for my energy.

Danai Gurira

I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

John Ridley

If some of us can get an Oscar for extolling that it's hard out there for a pimp, why can't others of us admonish: 'Then quit acting like a pimp'?

He was a song-and-dance man from the get-go. He was playing piano and singing probably at 10 or 11. The acting bug bit him in seventh grade.