All Quotes

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.
‐‐ Van Morrison

I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.
‐‐ Spalding Gray

I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.
‐‐ Earl Butz

I understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort of magic portals that lead to other lands. My God, right within reach there were dinosaurs and planets and presidents and girl detectives!
‐‐ Deb Caletti

I understood something way back when I was on 'Three's Company.' When I got the part, I was flat broke. I was so happy to get the part, but I kept thinking, 'Ugh - dumb blondes are so irritating; how do I make her likable?' I think that I achieved that. It took a while for people to realize I was acting.
‐‐ Suzanne Somers

I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.
‐‐ Joe Mantello

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.
‐‐ Lee Konitz

I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived.
‐‐ John Henrik Clarke

I understood that synergistic dance between photographer and object - 'muse,' if you will, 'model,' whatever you call us. It's that silent language of communication, like being psychic with each other.
‐‐ Carmen Dell'Orefice

I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.
‐‐ Thérèse of Lisieux

I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened.
‐‐ Johann Heinrich Lambert

I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so.
‐‐ Kevin Powers

I understood that without English I would never get far, so my dream was to become a receptionist, and so I started to learn English from watching 'Sesame Street.'
‐‐ Anchee Min

I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art.
‐‐ Ruth Bernhard

I understood the power of Heinz since I was a kid, and I started to work for my father selling food to restaurants.
‐‐ Nelson Peltz

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.
‐‐ Samuel L. Jackson

I understood very little about the significance of the Tony before, but I've learned that it makes a huge significance to whether or not your show is going to run.
‐‐ Jez Butterworth

I understood when I was quite small that there were two special things about the Jews. That we'd endured for over 3,000 years despite everything that had been thrown at us, and that we had an extraordinarily dramatic story to tell.
‐‐ Simon Schama

I understood why films were made, and if they made a lot of money, they were successful. All of these things I knew. As a ten-year-old boy, I didn't really think a lot about finances or celebrity. I always viewed films as kind of what I imagined a summer camp to be like.
‐‐ Henry Thomas

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
‐‐ Ken Livingstone

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
‐‐ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I unfortunately do suffer for my art.
‐‐ Ridley Scott

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.
‐‐ Sean Connery

I unfortunately had a lot of medical procedures throughout my life, so I decided to paint all of my surgeries as a way to heal and as a way to grow.
‐‐ Paz de la Huerta

I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.
‐‐ Katy Perry

I unloaded planes for UPS in Louisville, Kentucky. It only was bad because it was called 'Earn to Learn,' where you pay for your tuition for college, but you have to work graveyard shift - midnight to eight A.M. - and then go to school at nine or 10 A.M. I was a zombie after two semesters.
‐‐ Boyd Holbrook

I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman.
‐‐ Tracey Gold

I updated my grilling app, iGrill, today and it now has Facebook integration that lets you see what other people are grilling right now around the world. Awesome.
‐‐ Mark Zuckerberg

I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
‐‐ Fleur East

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.
‐‐ Larry Craig

I urge Congress to quickly take up and pass trade promotion authority so we can conclude a TPP agreement. Our position in the world depends on it.
‐‐ Cory Gardner

I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.
‐‐ Lena Headey

I urge everyone to be trendsetters for Azza Suleiman. Let's make it one fashion which everyone will want to follow.
‐‐ Vivienne Westwood

I urge North Korea's leaders to reflect on Burma's experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation and opened the door to a far better future for its people.
‐‐ Thomas E. Donilon

I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!
‐‐ Kim Kardashian

I urge people to make your workout fun.
‐‐ Christie Brinkley

I urge readers to experience things that they love and give up things that are not working.
‐‐ Alexandra Stoddard

I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
‐‐ Nancy Reagan

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.
‐‐ Joe Lieberman

I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning the actions of looters, vandals and others seeking to inflame tensions and sow discord.
‐‐ Eric Holder

I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.
‐‐ Arthur Capper

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.
‐‐ Kofi Annan

I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate forces from the Left and Right so that we will be able to bring about real change in the State of Israel.
‐‐ Yair Lapid

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.
‐‐ Joseph B. Wirthlin

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.
‐‐ Richard Pryor

I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoidably clear. This is not directionless action. If it were, the media would have moved on.
‐‐ Henry Rollins

I urge younger artists to know that you don't have to be anything you don't want. You can do whatever's comfortable for you. From the music I make, to the things I do in my life, I'm true to my R&B core. I have the capability to make pop records and crossover, but that's not my aim.
‐‐ Trey Songz

I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont.
‐‐ Ernie Els

I use a Blackberry. I'm so behind on mobile communication technology, I think a smartwatch may be too far a leap.
‐‐ Derek Blasberg