All Quotes

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students.
‐‐ Godfrey Reggio

Having been an oncologist and having cared for scores, if not hundreds, of dying patients, when you don't have a treatment that can shrink the tumor and the patient will die, it's a very difficult conversation. It's emotionally draining.
‐‐ Ezekiel Emanuel

Having been aware of the Red Sox since the 1946 World Series, having been growled at by Ted Williams as a young reporter in 1960, having been present at the horror of 1986 and the comeback of 2004, I have seen the highs and lows of some other people's favorite team.
‐‐ George Vecsey

Having been bullied growing up, it's something that's really near and dear to my heart. You probably won't have many friends on Snapchat if you're being a jerk.
‐‐ Evan Spiegel

Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and I am continually amazed by the level of support I receive from individuals across the country.
‐‐ Ann Romney

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.
‐‐ Steven Squyres

Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
‐‐ Gary Johnson

Having been heavily involved in the planning of a couple of G.O.P. conventions, my view is, we should just scrap 'em. Cancel 'em. Just figure out an appropriate forum for the nominee to give an acceptance speech and be done with it.
‐‐ Mark McKinnon

Having been in football all my life as a player and a coach and having been on the sideline, I think the closer we can get to bringing people what it's like standing and watching the game on the sideline, with a better view, would be the perfect situation for television football.
‐‐ John Madden

Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.
‐‐ Alex Kingston

Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about something like a bus crash in Bangladesh that has no effect on us at all? That can be nothing other than voyeurism.
‐‐ Simon Winchester

Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.
‐‐ Meryl Streep

Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
‐‐ Kaki King

Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.
‐‐ Anton du Beke

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
‐‐ Benjamin Franklin

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.
‐‐ Michael K. Williams

Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail,' but cool area.
‐‐ Todd English

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
‐‐ Fran Lebowitz

Having 'best friends' is - at least for me - as outdated and small-minded a concept as the idea of 'Sunday best clothes.'
‐‐ Julie Burchill

Having big audiences when you're on a book tour is like Valhalla if you're a person who used to sell Girl Scout cookies on the side. Because you want to give the reading that will sell the most books.
‐‐ Eileen Myles

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
‐‐ Queen Latifah

Having blown up my own long-term marriage via an extramarital affair, followed by a traumatic divorce, I tend to think of love as less a gently glowing hearth than a set of flaming train tracks you strap yourself onto.
‐‐ Sandra Tsing Loh

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
‐‐ Dolph Lundgren

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.
‐‐ Elizabeth Edwards

Having boys is different. Boys, you put sneakers on, and they're out, they're ready. Girls, you gotta pay a little bit more attention to them.
‐‐ Tracy Morgan

Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me - I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations.
‐‐ Jane Asher

Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn't going to be all of me.
‐‐ Hoda Kotb

Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.
‐‐ Gilda Radner

Having cancer is a lonely experience. It is the one time in your life that you cannot ask those closest to you, 'What should I do?' It's too heavy a burden to place on another person. This is your life, your decision, and cancer kills.
‐‐ Suzanne Somers

Having cancer is one thing; looking like you have cancer is another thing. It's a disease that already takes so much.
‐‐ Amy Robach

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.
‐‐ Simon Callow

Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I guess we'll see.
‐‐ Brian K. Vaughan

Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.
‐‐ Thalia

Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
‐‐ Sam Taylor-Wood

Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.
‐‐ Jo Brand

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.
‐‐ Thandie Newton

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
‐‐ Martin Mull

Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.
‐‐ Elle Macpherson

Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.
‐‐ Lake Bell

Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life.
‐‐ Siri Hustvedt

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.
‐‐ Mary Berry

Having children is what a woman is born for, really.
‐‐ Nastassja Kinski

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.
‐‐ Melinda Gates

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.
‐‐ Linda Ronstadt

Having children really changes your priorities.
‐‐ Cindy Crawford

Having children showed me a whole different kind of love that I had never known. It was something that had always been missing. Complete love. I would die for them.
‐‐ Scott Weiland

Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but I can't speak on their behalf.
‐‐ Annie Lennox

Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers or those who demand from others.
‐‐ Ben Shapiro

Having children with someone is the real bond.
‐‐ Francesca Annis