All Quotes

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
‐‐ Thomas Jefferson

I have swung on a flying trapeze, explored a glacier, and been hit in the face by a shark's tail while scuba diving. I like to throw myself fully into projects and adventures, which is probably how I managed to publish a book in the first place.
‐‐ Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

I have sympathy for anyone who finds consolation anywhere we can. And many people do find it in religious tradition as it has been. I mean, I love much of that tradition. But somehow, that just didn't speak to me in the way that it does to some.
‐‐ Elaine Pagels

I have sympathy for the people in Syria, and I do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously.
‐‐ Jeff Duncan

I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years.
‐‐ Gemma Ward

I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die.
‐‐ Eldridge Cleaver

I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.
‐‐ Toussaint Louverture

I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies.
‐‐ Stanislav Grof

I have taken some hits here and there, but I've been most damaged carrying my little terrier to bed, and I broke my hip turning off the lamp. I've been nicked a few times, but he put me out of business. So life is a very strange adventure.
‐‐ David Douglas Duncan

I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were weird and verging on psychotic.
‐‐ Lana Del Rey

I have taken the marshmallows off the sweet potatoes, however. They would make a big pan of sweet potatoes and cover it with marshmallows. My kids would love it if I would do that for them!
‐‐ Edie Brickell

I have taken the position, which is quite common among Catholics - I have got a personal feeling about abortion, but the right rule for government is to let women make their own decisions.
‐‐ Tim Kaine

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.
‐‐ Edith Sitwell

I have talked to Debbie Hammond quite a bit, Jim Hammond's wife, his widow. I've seen their kids. And last time we played Dallas, a lot of them came over. It's hard for them to come see the show. It's still hard.
‐‐ Reba McEntire

I have talked to people across the country struggling in the face of an altered climate. New Jersey homeowners are trying to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. Miami government officials are trying to plan for rising seas and flooded streets. California farmers are trying to make it through the state's worst drought on record.
‐‐ Frances Beinecke

I have talked to stunt drivers all my life, 32 years of talking to stunt drivers. There's a craziness to them.
‐‐ Bryan Cranston

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
‐‐ Abraham Lincoln

I have targets for business achievements; I do not have targets for acquisitions. Because if you have targets for acquisitions, you end up making compromises in terms of valuations, and you buy things because you have a target, and it is not good for business.
‐‐ Dilip Shanghvi

I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.
‐‐ Harvey Milk

I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.
‐‐ Jack L. Chalker

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.
‐‐ Josef Albers

I have taught some master classes and things at my alma mater and sometimes at my kids' school. I will go in and talk to the theater students. I wouldn't really call myself a teacher.
‐‐ Annie Potts

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.
‐‐ Robert Morgan

I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff.
‐‐ Mackenzie Davis

I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.
‐‐ Katey Sagal

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
‐‐ Billy Wilder

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.
‐‐ Harvey Mackay

I have ten thousand memories of myself writing alone in basements, bizarre servant quarters, cemeteries, deserted fountains, the band van, and other awkward settings.
‐‐ Josh Malerman

I have tender feelings for Nixon because everybody has warm feelings about their childhood. Actually, I didn't like the Watergate trials 'cause they interrupted 'The Munsters.'
‐‐ Stephen Colbert

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.
‐‐ Vera Farmiga

I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.
‐‐ Dolly Parton

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad.
‐‐ Andrew Greeley

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.
‐‐ Pete Townshend

I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, 'Real Housewives.'
‐‐ Grace Helbig

I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.
‐‐ Jim Crace

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.
‐‐ Sarah Bernhardt

I have that glass-half-empty syndrome, and it takes a great deal of effort to climb out of the hole of darkness that I choose to live in mentally.
‐‐ Christian Slater

I have that huge print from Pollock by the piano because the influence is reciprocal. He was into hearing music while he created, and I sometimes do the opposite. I'm influenced by everything from an ant to a dream.
‐‐ Jason Moran

I have that love for music, when you are finding either old gems that you never heard or newer stuff that perks your ear. It keeps you trying to look for new stuff to write about it. You don't spin your wheels. I take that same approach to music and books.
‐‐ Corey Taylor

I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.
‐‐ Deborah Kass

I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.
‐‐ Cherie Lunghi

I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually answer the questions on 'Jeopardy,' but never the bonus question.
‐‐ Christopher Moore

I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale.
‐‐ January Jones

I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did before, it's that same impulse.
‐‐ Liz Phair

I have that working class fear of having nothing. I've always got one eye on what's in the bank.
‐‐ Jasper Carrott

I have that working-class show-business blood coursing through my veins.
‐‐ Jenny Lewis

I have the '77 Million Paintings' running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I'll look up from what I'm doing and I think, 'God, I've never seen anything like that before!' And that's a real thrill.
‐‐ Brian Eno

I have the ability and to have access to and to learn more in different areas in wellness and health because I have the door open to me to any doctor, any scientist, any hospital, any study around the world. I believe it's my responsibility to share that information with others.
‐‐ Montel Williams

I have the ability, no matter what's going on in my life, to find something - my cup is always half full.
‐‐ Sarah McLachlan