All Quotes

I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded, and now, well - I can only do it my way.
‐‐ Joan Hickson

I thought I was very pretty without hair. Naked, more honest somehow. No glamor, just bald old me. I seldom wore wigs or hats. But some people must have thought I was an exhibitionist or a religious fanatic.
‐‐ Persis Khambatta

I thought I wasn't attractive or talented anymore. I cried easily and was depressed and removed. I became emotionally insecure about what the second half of my life would bring. I was angry, scared, frightened and lonely.
‐‐ Marsha Mason

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.
‐‐ Alexander Wang

I thought I would be a guy on the radio.
‐‐ Steven Wright

I thought I would be a teacher; I think my eventual goal was to be the principal of my old high school.
‐‐ Tyler Labine

I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn't understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I would be a zoologist, because zoologists seemed like life-loving people.
‐‐ Peter Carey

I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with a record to stand on.'
‐‐ Arlo Guthrie

I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.
‐‐ Pam Grier

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
‐‐ Charlie Chaplin

I thought I would either be an epidemiologist or a 'Price Is Right' model.
‐‐ Kristen Schaal

I thought I would go out, and see if the air would make me feel any better.
‐‐ Lizzie Andrew Borden

I thought I would just become a pro at a golf course.
‐‐ Boo Weekley

I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany.
‐‐ Morgan Brittany

I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
‐‐ E. L. Doctorow

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
‐‐ Edmond H. Fischer

I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.
‐‐ R. A. Salvatore

I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing.
‐‐ Zeljko Ivanek

I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something.
‐‐ Kurt Cobain

I thought I would write non-fiction. I thought I would enter the New York literary scene as copy editor, work my way up, and then write my own books.
‐‐ Michael Gruber

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.
‐‐ Demetri Martin

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.
‐‐ Michele Bachmann

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.
‐‐ Studs Terkel

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.
‐‐ Jim Davis

I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get mean and horrible and aggressive and have wars.
‐‐ Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

I thought if I didn't write my own show, I'll rust.
‐‐ Donna McKechnie

I thought if I had a Twitter feed and say I had a following of a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book.
‐‐ Steve Martin

I thought if I lost the band, I was dead. If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life.
‐‐ Roger Daltrey

I thought, 'If I'm going to die, I'm going to videotape it.' So I got out my little video recorder and was taping goodbyes to my family.
‐‐ Estella Warren

I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!
‐‐ Valerie Bertinelli

I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
‐‐ M. J. Rose

I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.
‐‐ Brad Barkley

I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.
‐‐ John Corbett

I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened.
‐‐ David Heyman

I thought, if I went into business I'd be able to control my own destiny.
‐‐ Tommy Hilfiger

I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.
‐‐ Jared Harris

I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
‐‐ Nadine Labaki

I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.
‐‐ Pete Waterman

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.
‐‐ Emma Watson

I thought if people were going to talk about what I wear, wouldn't it be good if they were talking about who designed it, who made it and if that's a Scottish company, so teaming up with Totty Rocks has been fantastic.
‐‐ Nicola Sturgeon

I thought if we could put our hard-working culture as traders into the asset management, it will be a great combination, and we did do that.
‐‐ Ivan Glasenberg

I thought, 'If you're going to be on TV, and if you're going to be out and glamorous, the natural look can stay at home.'
‐‐ Pamela Anderson

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.
‐‐ Elmer Bernstein

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty.
‐‐ Barbara Mikulski

I thought incorporating Columbus and Platte County into the 1st District was a good idea.
‐‐ Jeff Fortenberry

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
‐‐ David Blaine

I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and bring our troops home.
‐‐ Jim McGovern

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.
‐‐ Dwight D. Eisenhower

I thought it'd be cool to start my own university, in a way.
‐‐ Ashton Eaton

I thought it'd be different. Kind of like, a lot of weight lifted off of my shoulders, as I don't have to worry about finances for the rest of my life, or my family's. But it wasn't like that. It was more - there's things I need to get done.
‐‐ Giancarlo Stanton