All Quotes

I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up.
‐‐ Robert Scoble

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.
‐‐ Sandra Cisneros

I always tell people that I'll sound exactly like Alanis Morissette after I've had more boyfriends. I'll be just as anguished-sounding.
‐‐ Michelle Branch

I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.
‐‐ Kendrick Lamar

I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.
‐‐ Linda Gray

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.
‐‐ Shaun White

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!
‐‐ Dalai Lama

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.
‐‐ Jason Silva

I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record.
‐‐ Jason Schwartzman

I always tell people, 'The music's free. I get paid to travel.'
‐‐ Chris Stapleton

I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read. It doesn't have to be very good, necessarily, but somebody, somewhere, has got to be willing to pay money for it.
‐‐ Bill Bryson

I always tell people there's some kind of wall that you have to break through to see the beauty of L.A. The first few times I came here, I was like, 'I don't know about this place.' Then one day, it just totally flipped for me. It was crazy.
‐‐ King Tuff

I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things.
‐‐ Natalie Dormer

I always tell people this when they're looking for an agent - they should love your work. You are entitled to work with someone who believes in you. Why do business with someone who is ambivalent about you and your art?
‐‐ Jami Attenberg

I always tell people, when they ask me what to do to be a writer or to be a performer, the key is to go to a place where there are a lot of other people who are trying to do the same thing as you and taking it very seriously.
‐‐ Colin Jost

I always tell students that you've got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated.
‐‐ Twyla Tharp

I always tell the adults at my dance school, 'Men, you are going to have to do something that you are absolutely not used to: you have got to take command and be the boss.' Because - and this is just an observation - women get their way.
‐‐ Len Goodman

I always tell the fans, 'Screw it! Like what you like. Listen to what you want.' Insisting that one type of music is better than the next is snobbery, and I have no time for that. Check out all the music that's out there. There's great stuff you're probably missing.
‐‐ Corey Taylor

I always tell up-and-coming DJs you have to really love what you do and find that interest to drive you. It requires so much attention to detail, and it takes up a lot of your time. You hear a song, and there are so many little pieces that make that song work. It requires a lot of patience, diligence and resilience.
‐‐ Steve Aoki

I always tell what I see.
‐‐ Sylvia Browne

I always tell women that the fact that you're different and that you're noticed, because there are few of us in the tech industry, is something you can leverage as an advantage.
‐‐ Padmasree Warrior

I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
‐‐ Padmasree Warrior

I always tell writers that it's good to have an area of expertise. It's a really practical answer, I know, but know about science or about sports or about medicine, so you can work as a science writer or a sports writer. Don't just know about yourself.
‐‐ Meghan Daum

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
‐‐ Rachel Ward

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'
‐‐ Haile Gebrselassie

I always tell young film-makers, 'Find the song that only you can sing.' It doesn't just come to you. It's trial and error and disappointment before you find, slowly but surely, the confidence to express your film-making identity.
‐‐ Paul Greengrass

I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.
‐‐ Donnie Yen

I always tend to favor the newer idea.
‐‐ Steven Moffat

I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that's sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems to go on as I read through the script.
‐‐ Freddie Highmore

I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it located, what are the circumstances, where can I attack the problem, so to speak. How can you create a narrative for people moving through it? How can you convey its character?
‐‐ Annabelle Selldorf

I always tend to think just left of center, to remove myself from the world by one step. It is very freeing, and it's a particular way of coming at stories and looking at them that I find the most beautiful stuff that I know comes from, ultimately.
‐‐ Joss Whedon

I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.
‐‐ Dana Carvey

I always tend to write about outsiders. And what's been fun for me is, as I travel around and visit schools, is that other kids that feel the same way relate to some of my characters, and so I hope in some way that's helping them when they want to read about somebody that they can relate to.
‐‐ Kimberly Willis Holt

I always think 12 times before saying anything.
‐‐ Brenda Blethyn

I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person.
‐‐ James L. Brooks

I always think about how Chaka Khan used to take suede, all these classic fabrics, and then make them very movable. She's my everything!
‐‐ Jillian Hervey

I always think about the fact that PewDiePie, who has tens of millions of followers, started with zero. All of my favorite creators started with zero. And all it takes is one video to dive deep, and you are officially a YouTuber. So you've got to make that first video. It's not going to be your best, but you will learn as you go.
‐‐ Tyler Oakley

I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.
‐‐ Janelle Monae

I always think about the settlers who moved to New Zealand in the 1800s. They hadn't even been to the place before. They just packed their bags and shipped over knowing they'd never see their family again or be able to speak to them - they'd maybe get a letter if they were lucky.
‐‐ Rose McIver

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.
‐‐ Thierry Henry

I always think about what's the difference between being tenacious and having an inability to learn from failures. The difference between the homeless guy who wanted to be a great painter and the guy who is a great painter could be anything.
‐‐ Neil Burger

I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end.
‐‐ Niki Taylor

I always think any circumstances can be funny. Not that I'm irresponsible, but when things go wrong, I always come up with a joke or think of something funny to say.
‐‐ Brian Helgeland

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.
‐‐ Peter Sarsgaard

I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.'
‐‐ Carrot Top

I always think everything has been the best part of my life.
‐‐ Seann William Scott

I always think family get-togethers when everybody just sort of crashes out are pretty much the best. If it's more than a few days it gets hard, but for just a few days, it's the most amazing thing ever.
‐‐ Lauren Cohan

I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.
‐‐ Jhumpa Lahiri

I always think I am going to do my best.
‐‐ Emily Watson

I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.
‐‐ Carnie Wilson