All Quotes

I had no difficulty as Secretary of Defense moving from the Bush administration to the Obama administration.
‐‐ Robert M. Gates

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.
‐‐ Ann Bancroft

I had no dream of being a movie star.
‐‐ Sarah Carter

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
‐‐ Bahman Ghobadi

I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based.
‐‐ Jonathan Dimbleby

I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.
‐‐ Christopher Meloni

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.
‐‐ Ed Bradley

I had no fear 'cause it seemed everyone in the audience always applauded whatever I did. Course, maybe it was because I always seemed to know everyone in the audience.
‐‐ Sissy Spacek

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.
‐‐ Mitch Kapor

I had no friends. I worried a lot.
‐‐ Lena Dunham

I had no fun. My family was too serious.
‐‐ Miuccia Prada

I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
‐‐ Valentina Zelyaeva

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.
‐‐ Jason Aldean

I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working.
‐‐ Lee Majors

I had no idea how complicated and solitary it could be to write a simple book.
‐‐ Jenny Lawson

I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, 'Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts.'
‐‐ Mako

I had no idea how to eat sensibly.
‐‐ Marissa Mayer

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.
‐‐ David Walton

I had no idea I could make it this far. And the fact that they told me I made it this far and that America is going to vote for me, I freaked out.
‐‐ Casey Abrams

I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find a publisher.
‐‐ Philip Reeve

I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it.
‐‐ Robert Wilson

I had no idea In-N-Out was going to fall on my lap as soon as it did.
‐‐ Lynsi Torres

I had no idea 'L.A. Law' would be so mega. I knew it was a big show, but I was just one actress in a group of many good, award-winning actresses.
‐‐ Amanda Donohoe

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
‐‐ Charlie Chaplin

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust?
‐‐ Anna Chlumsky

I had no idea that all the things in my career were going to happen. I sure didn't see it. I just know the good Lord blessed me with ability, blessed me with good eyesight and a good pair of hands, and then I worked at the rest.
‐‐ Tony Gwynn

I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did.
‐‐ Sally Kirkland

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
‐‐ Ray Stevens

I had no idea that I was ever getting into music. I did not prepare for a music career, and here I've found, out of pure luck, that I did have, not only a talent and an ear, but a passion for music. And I have it to this day.
‐‐ Clive Davis

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.
‐‐ Muhammad Yunus

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.
‐‐ Morgan Spurlock

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.
‐‐ Bret Easton Ellis

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.
‐‐ Susie Bright

I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.
‐‐ John Morgridge

I had no idea 'The Dream Weaver' would be so successful. Everything just fell into place with that album. I pioneered a number of ideas with that album and subsequent tour. The all-keyboard approach with no guitars was a new one, and I was one of the first to use a drum machine in concert. It was an amazing time.
‐‐ Gary Wright

I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out.
‐‐ Chris Evans

I had no idea this thing was televised. Boy, is my face red.
‐‐ David Letterman

I had no idea until I joined the games industry and met some of the power players, particularly those running large public companies, that much of this world is run by complete clowns.
‐‐ Mike Wilson

I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to find I had a gift and an ear for music.
‐‐ Clive Davis

I had no idea what I wanted to be when I was 17. I just knew I wanted to be something larger than myself.
‐‐ Shelley Hennig

I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.
‐‐ Tom Peters

I had no idea what I was going to do when they threw me out of school.
‐‐ Don Johnson

I had no idea what I was gonna do after I got my degree in philosophy in 1940. But what I did know was at that time, if you were a Chinese-American, even department stores wouldn't hire you. They'd come right out and say, 'We don't hire Orientals.'
‐‐ Grace Lee Boggs

I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a TV drama. The director was very harsh with me. One time, he told me this would be my first and last acting job. I seriously thought that acting was not the right career for me.
‐‐ Lee Byung-hun

I had no idea what it would be like to be a bomb tech in Baghdad until I got there so I didn't know what to expect. It was very eye-opening.
‐‐ Mark Boal

I had no idea what those cords were in the bridge of 'Prisoner In Disguise' when I wrote them. I had to go over to Don Gorman, the piano player, and ask what in the world I was playing.
‐‐ J. D. Souther

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.
‐‐ Angie Martinez

I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was selling myself as a singer when I first moved here. But then right after I first moved, I started writing a lot.
‐‐ Ashley Monroe

I had no idea when I went to college what I'd be doing. I took organic chemistry and did terribly, but I was good in English and art. I took many courses and participated in as many activities as I could. I learned a lot about every single thing.
‐‐ Martha Stewart