All Quotes

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!
‐‐ Paul Prudhomme

I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.
‐‐ Bo Diddley

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.
‐‐ Angus Wilson

I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, 'What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!' I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first - the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late.
‐‐ Richie Havens

I opened Union Square Cafe when I was just 27 years old, and my first hope was simply that it would stay in business. My higher hope was that in its lifetime, it might grow to play an essential role in the lives of its stakeholders.
‐‐ Danny Meyer

I opened up a frozen-yogurt business out of college. I didn't finish college; I went halfway, and then I worked for Joel Silver, the producer, as a driver for a year.
‐‐ Greg Grunberg

I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
‐‐ Damien Rice

I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that.
‐‐ Mark Curry

I opened up Shutterstock to the whole world. I created a contributor community that anyone could give stock photography a shot.
‐‐ Jon Oringer

I operate best on big vision and creative detail.
‐‐ Rob Dyrdek

I operate by the seat of my pants.
‐‐ Jim Finks

I operate on the assumption that as a member of Congress, presently, I represent everybody - Republicans, Democrats, independents and, yes, some people who don't care to participate.
‐‐ Rodney Frelinghuysen

I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn't work, you just say that any newspaper article ends up on the bottom of the parrot cage. But, of course, you can't line a parrot cage with Internet bloggers, can you?
‐‐ Joel Edgerton

I operate with an emotional fearlessness, and I really feel music; I really feel songs.
‐‐ George Stroumboulopoulos

I operate with this sense of needing to live up to what I am asking of people. I am, by far, my own worst critic.
‐‐ Allison Williams

I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.
‐‐ Jerry Reinsdorf

I operated a periscopic TV camera so the commander, Anatoly Artsebarsky, could establish where we were heading. It is real teamwork on Soyuz.
‐‐ Helen Sharman

I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage.
‐‐ Ed Case

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
‐‐ Todd Akin

I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter.
‐‐ Alan Lightman

I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem.
‐‐ Jared Polis

I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government.
‐‐ Todd Akin

I oppose the personhood amendment. Years ago I'd said that I'd supported it - it was the wrong idea. Looking at it, talking to people of Colorado, I don't support it.
‐‐ Cory Gardner

I oppose the president's plan to privatize Social Security.
‐‐ Brian Higgins

I oppose the spending of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I strongly oppose Islamic extremism but don't believe that sending troops to die in two unwinnable wars makes sense.
‐‐ Roger Stone

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.
‐‐ Dave Obey

I opposed No Child Left Behind, I opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill, I opposed the Wall Street bailout. What the American people are starting to see is that Republican, Republicans on Capitol Hill get it and the Democrats, from the White House to Capitol Hill, just don't get it.
‐‐ Mike Pence

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
‐‐ Barack Obama

I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.
‐‐ Mike Pence

I opt for clothes that complement my body type. I am not someone who will go for something just because it is trendy and not look good on me. I would choose clothes which are comfortable and accentuate my body type.
‐‐ Nimrat Kaur

I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.
‐‐ Matt Ridley

I opted out of the band.
‐‐ Lou Gramm

I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one.
‐‐ Nicholson Baker

I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.
‐‐ Christopher Columbus

I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude.
‐‐ Adelbert von Chamisso

I organise jam sessions every month. We have an open session, so everyone knows about it, and we can get as many as 30 people showing up at the house. Somebody will play a tune, and everyone will pick up on it. My best friends are all musicians.
‐‐ Tess Gerritsen

I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.
‐‐ Garry Kasparov

I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance.
‐‐ Bernice Johnson Reagon

I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.'
‐‐ Callan McAuliffe

I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
‐‐ Jack Reynor

I originally had opened the studio in New York to combine my two loves, music and design. And we created videos and packaging for many musicians that you know, and for even more that you've never heard of. As I realized, just like with many, many things in my life that I actually love, I adapt to it. And I get, over time, bored by them.
‐‐ Stefan Sagmeister

I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations.
‐‐ Mitch Kapor

I originally just wanted to be an artist.
‐‐ Daniel Clowes

I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
‐‐ Adam Driver

I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.
‐‐ Ray Stevens

I originally started GoPro with the sole purpose of helping surfers capture photos of themselves and their friends while they were surfing. I thought it was crazy that very few surfers had any photos or videos of themselves.
‐‐ Nick Woodman

I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.
‐‐ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I originally started redoing houses to deal with stress. I found that the hour I could go to a job site every day took my mind off the 24/7 of thinking about my clients.
‐‐ Sandy Gallin

I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.
‐‐ Ashley Madekwe

I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't have the instrument or the discipline. The road for opera singers is more difficult than for actors.
‐‐ Kyle MacLachlan