All Quotes

Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.
‐‐ Marcia Gay Harden

Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it's better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it's hard to keep going.
‐‐ Dianna Agron

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. You have to see how you're carrying yourself because there's a little girl. There's not a little boy, there's a little girl. I think I'm a little more overprotective.
‐‐ Tracy Morgan

Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private.
‐‐ Jennifer Weiner

Having a decent share of the national wealth for the middle class is not bad for growth. It is actually useful both for equity and efficiency reasons.
‐‐ Thomas Piketty

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.
‐‐ Chris Hemsworth

Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger.
‐‐ Aaron Carter

Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author.
‐‐ Elizabeth George

Having a few companies controlling everything we read, see or hear is destroying our culture.
‐‐ Lawrence Blume

Having a first single is such a great opportunity for any artist... I'm very appreciative of the support country radio's given 'Could It Be.'
‐‐ Charlie Worsham

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.
‐‐ Mary Karr

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
‐‐ Stephen Fry

Having a gun in your hand is very empowering.
‐‐ Daniela Ruah

Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
‐‐ Adam McKay

Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.
‐‐ Mary Lou Retton

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.
‐‐ John Oliver

Having a Hummer is stupid. It's stupid to waste that much gas. It's stupid to waste that much money on gas. It's stupid to parade your insecurities on public roads. Hummers are stupid-looking.
‐‐ Penn Jillette

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.
‐‐ Kristin Scott Thomas

Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.
‐‐ Annette Bening

Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.
‐‐ Jacqueline Carey

Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.
‐‐ David Caruso

Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
‐‐ Laura Hillenbrand

Having a loving relationship with our spouse or with our children is what leads to the long-term happiness we all seek.
‐‐ Clayton Christensen

Having a mate has given me that feeling of safety.
‐‐ Lisa Bonet

Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.
‐‐ Anthony Browne

Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.
‐‐ Elizabeth Moon

Having a movie that lasts and makes your image imprinted into the history of cinema, it's very positive.
‐‐ Ludivine Sagnier

Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies.
‐‐ John Oates

Having a Nobel Prize or being a famous scientist will get you a week to a week and a half, metaphorically speaking, of a hearing for your new idea, but after that, it's going to tank if you don't have the evidence and support for it.
‐‐ Michael Shermer

Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier.
‐‐ Andy Murray

Having a parent live with you under the best of circumstances can be a terrible stressor.
‐‐ Katie Hafner

Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective.
‐‐ Guy Pearce

Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that virtually every actor in the world doesn't want. 'Cause, like, no one would believe me if I wanted to play something ultra-realistic, like a gangster or something.
‐‐ Robert Pattinson

Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
‐‐ Rachel Maddow

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
‐‐ Bo Bennett

Having a profile means you have to be cautious of who you let into your world, as you don't know if they're being genuine or not, but it's more that it can be a strain on your relationships.
‐‐ Jesse Metcalfe

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.
‐‐ Serena Williams

Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.
‐‐ Nina Conti

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.
‐‐ Dan Buettner

Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
‐‐ J. C. Watts

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.
‐‐ Richard Rohr

Having a scriptable infrastructure requires upfront work but can pay huge dividends in bringing new engineers onto your infra team, as well as helping in disaster-recovery scenarios.
‐‐ Mike Krieger

Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder.
‐‐ Tia Mowry

Having a self, even a simple self, allows you to look into the world and put a mark over what is more important and less important. It's a way of classifying the world in terms of your own needs.
‐‐ Antonio Damasio

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
‐‐ Dee Dee Myers

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
‐‐ Bryant H. McGill

Having a separate bathroom for the black domestic was just the way things were done. It had faded out in new homes by the time the '70s and '80s rolled up.
‐‐ Kathryn Stockett

Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you.
‐‐ George Shearing

Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.
‐‐ Jonathan Ames