All Quotes

I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.
‐‐ Rabih Alameddine

I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.
‐‐ Robert Knepper

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf.
‐‐ Lou Holtz

I have to admit I've always had quite a complex relationship with modeling and with the idea of advertising: not always knowing what I'm advertising and selling.
‐‐ Lily Cole

I have to admit I've found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I'm pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.
‐‐ Kurt Cobain

I have to admit I've never had a Fruit Loop.
‐‐ Ruth Reichl

I have to admit I've rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York and living a block from where I grew up. Just to be back in New York and, quite honestly, away from Hollywood has been an absolute thrill for me. I feel like I'm a real actor again.
‐‐ Richard Schiff

I have to admit I was dismayed when I found out 'type A' refers to a category of risk for heart disease - I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me!
‐‐ Reese Witherspoon

I have to admit, if Oprah were a man, I would marry her.
‐‐ Gayle King

I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.
‐‐ Donna Shalala

I have to admit it: I'm not a huge fan of the cloud computing concept.
‐‐ Jamais Cascio

I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'
‐‐ Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life. I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on the wall, each title a reminder of the stored information and creative thoughts contained therein.
‐‐ Al Seckel

I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
‐‐ Yotam Ottolenghi

I have to admit that I get quite emotional listening to the amazing talent that exists in the New York subways.
‐‐ Lisa O'Hare

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.
‐‐ Jane Campion

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.
‐‐ Clarence Thomas

I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.
‐‐ Umberto Eco

I have to admit that I really don't care for horror movies all that much. I think mainly just because I'm a cheap scare.
‐‐ Marco Beltrami

I have to admit that I was a little nervous when I showed up for my first official 'Wreck-It Ralph' recording session.
‐‐ Jane Lynch

I have to admit that I was very happy to finish 'In the Cut,' and happy not to return to it.
‐‐ Susanna Moore

I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on a new planet and insists on giving guided tours to its inhabitants.
‐‐ Etgar Keret

I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance that war brings to life - are hard illusions to shake off. Look at me, a war correspondent.
‐‐ Michael Hastings

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.
‐‐ Dean Koontz

I have to admit to not being the greatest technician, but stop motion animation gives me licence to create machines that wouldn't otherwise be possible - inventions that seem real and actually work.
‐‐ Nick Park

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.
‐‐ David Remnick

I have to approach my life in this way so I can do what I need to do, and do it very well.
‐‐ Debra Wilson

I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
‐‐ Rachel Kushner

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.
‐‐ Abdul Qadeer Khan

I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
‐‐ Damian Loeb

I have to at least get a couple weekends in where I can just be on Santa Monica beach or Malibu and just ride the waves.
‐‐ Jake T. Austin

I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.
‐‐ Ernest Cline

I have to be a father first and a husband first.
‐‐ Antonio Davis

I have to be a freelance writer for the rest of my life, unless I get some kind of real lucky break. But other than that, I'll always have to work. I always worry about whether my stuff is going to get over. Will they like this, will they like that?
‐‐ Harvey Pekar

I have to be a leader now. I need to shoulder responsibility more than I used to. It's changed me, but I'm OK with that.
‐‐ Lizzie Armitstead

I have to be a lot more calculating because I'm a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I'm generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it's tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart.
‐‐ Emily Watson

I have to be a teacher to my daughters.
‐‐ Carnie Wilson

I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'
‐‐ Landon Donovan

I have to be able to be the artist that I am.
‐‐ Mystikal

I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
‐‐ Action Bronson

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.
‐‐ Audrey Hepburn

I have to be an optimist and say that it might get better.
‐‐ Roger Moore

I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been.
‐‐ Portia de Rossi

I have to be below 140 to really look good. I have to work my legs like crazy. Actually, do you want my real goal? My real goal's always too low. I love the way I look at, like, 128.
‐‐ Kirstie Alley

I have to be careful, as I don't want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn't like growing up in London. Anything you were interested in, you'd be able to find someone also interested in it. In the Midlands, nobody came out as gay at my school at all.
‐‐ Alice Lowe

I have to be careful because there is something destructive within me, I think, and I can have a tendency to just search for the kicks. I can't really get too close to someone who's too destructive, or too dark, because then I might go down the rabbit hole myself.
‐‐ Alexander Skarsgard

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.
‐‐ Rick Riordan

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.
‐‐ Sylvia Kristel

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.
‐‐ Tamsin Egerton

I have to be careful not to get a paunch - I'm so skinny that if I put any weight anywhere, it'd be there, and I don't like a bulge. I wouldn't mind if it went on my bosom, but it doesn't.
‐‐ Jane Birkin