All Quotes

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.
‐‐ Robert Rodriguez

I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.
‐‐ Evan McMullin

I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude.
‐‐ Richard Rodney Bennett

I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic.
‐‐ Cindy Sheehan

I was a chameleon, the woman men wanted me to be.
‐‐ Jane Fonda

I was a Charles Schulz kind of guy. I didn't read comics books. The Warner Bros. guys were great - Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.
‐‐ Bob Peterson

I was a chatty kid.
‐‐ Chris Hemsworth

I was a cheerleader for nine years!
‐‐ Betsey Johnson

I was a chemical engineer in school. And, randomly, an ex-girlfriend dared me to do a play.
‐‐ Ato Essandoh

I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this.
‐‐ Kurt Vonnegut

I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
‐‐ LeBron James

I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation.
‐‐ Louie Gohmert

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.
‐‐ Fergie

I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.
‐‐ Dick Van Patten

I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage.
‐‐ Ruth Rendell

I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you're trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.
‐‐ Alan Alda

I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative. I'm not coming from a neutral place, but with time, I've had to re-examine my thinking.
‐‐ Ziad Doueiri

I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
‐‐ Felicia Day

I was a child of privilege and I woke up to a world on fire.
‐‐ Bill Ayers

I was a child of the '80s.
‐‐ Rob Lowe

I was a child of World War Two . I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the only thing I wanted to do. And it had to be flying from sea carriers. Airfields were not enough.
‐‐ Eugene Cernan

I was a child when I first saw 'Vertigo,' and it was very disturbing because I didn't really understand what was going on.
‐‐ Allen Coulter

I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could.
‐‐ Andre Braugher

I was a child who went about in a world of colors... My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants.
‐‐ Frida Kahlo

I was a child with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and remember enjoying all of my courses almost equally. When it came time at the end of my high school career to choose a major in which to specialize, I was in a quandary.
‐‐ Gertrude B. Elion

I was a choir boy for 3 years in high school at St. George's in Newport, Rhode Island.
‐‐ Billy Bush

I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.
‐‐ Jimmy Carr

I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.
‐‐ Scott Stapp

I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.
‐‐ Richard Eyre

I was a chubby boy. My pants used to wear out in the middle, and it was because my legs used to rub together. I wasn't obese, just chunky.
‐‐ Paul Stanley

I was a class clown.
‐‐ Robert Klein

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.
‐‐ J. Cole

I was a class clown, but I'm not a bully.
‐‐ Kevin Dillon

I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in the family.
‐‐ Robert Klein

I was a class clown since second grade.
‐‐ Eric Andre

I was a classic attention deficit disorder kid, always bored and mouthing off at school.
‐‐ Stephen Rodrick

I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
‐‐ Tamsin Greig

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.
‐‐ John Catsimatidis

I was a close observer of the developments in molecular biology.
‐‐ John Pople

I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls.
‐‐ Rupert Graves

I was a closet stutterer.
‐‐ John Stossel

I was a club kid. I was on the cover of 'New York' magazine and discovered like that.
‐‐ Vanessa Ferlito

I was a clubber in the Nineties. I went dancing every week.
‐‐ Grant Morrison

I was a co-sponsor of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
‐‐ Elizabeth Esty

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.
‐‐ John Madden

I was a coat checker, a dishwasher, a waitress, and those were some of the happiest times of my life because I still got to do my writing. You're lucky when you can work and then do your art.
‐‐ Sophie B. Hawkins

I was a cocky kid.
‐‐ Cindy Morgan

I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit.
‐‐ Tom Brokaw

I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
‐‐ Ron White