All Quotes

I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me.
‐‐ Martha Beck

I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America.
‐‐ Curt Flood

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
‐‐ Alanis Morissette

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
‐‐ Adrian Belew

I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
‐‐ Zygmunt Bauman

I was less successful in my attempts to effect preventive vaccination against typhus by using the virus and in trying to produce large quantities of serum using large animals.
‐‐ Charles Jules Henry Nicole

I was lightweight - that was the whole point of me.
‐‐ Julian Clary

I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.
‐‐ Josh Gad

I was like a mutant when I was a boy. I learned to read when I was four years old; it was like a miracle.
‐‐ Alejandro Jodorowsky

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world.
‐‐ Joely Fisher

I was, like, a total cliched '80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair.
‐‐ Natalie Portman

I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced it because the producer didn't show up.
‐‐ Sean Combs

I was like any new bride, who said, 'I'm going to cook for my man.' In fact, once I started a small kitchen fire in a pan. Smoke was pouring from the pan, and I got really scared. Right next to our stove is a small fire extinguisher. You know, easy access.
‐‐ Catherine Zeta-Jones

I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.
‐‐ Tracy Morgan

I was like any other kid: very normal, I can say. I just was a simple kid that came from a humble family and was taught by my father to be a family man and be committed to them. I stepped into boxing following my older brothers.
‐‐ Miguel Cotto

I was like everyone else when Obama was elected - optimistic.
‐‐ Gore Vidal

I was, like, forty at birth. When I wasn't even a year old, I spoke, I was potty trained, I walked and talked. That was it. Then I started school and drove everybody crazy because they realized I had popped out as an adult. I had adult questions and wanted adult answers.
‐‐ Sharon Stone

I was like Gene Kelly, it was called singing in the rain. No seriously, I wasn't really born with a singing voice, but my friends Joe and John taught me how to sing.
‐‐ Chris Burke

I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.
‐‐ Pat Summitt

I was like, 'I want to start a blog to get my ideas out and keep my brain working so in five years I'm not an idiot.'
‐‐ Katie Nolan

I was like, 'I want us to stop using that term. I'm not a 'girl gamer.' I'm just a gamer.' The reasons I love gaming are the same reasons everyone loves gaming.
‐‐ Aisha Tyler

I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.'
‐‐ J. Tillman

I was like little-miss wannabe punk-rocker; I would go home and secretly listen to Pink, and dance around, like, 'Ugh, she understands me so well!'
‐‐ Emily Meade

I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school.
‐‐ Lily Cole

I was like the class clown in school so I guess I would say I did like the attention. In church I did a lot of plays, my mother made me play characters, do a lot of drama and acting, trying to become someone else. So it helped me create who I am, to create Snoop Dogg.
‐‐ Snoop Dogg

I was like the family clown. The middle child entertaining. I was a lousy student, but interestingly, the nuns always let me write plays or do drawings, endless special projects.
‐‐ Eileen Myles

I was like the good girl, bad girl, there were no grey areas for me.
‐‐ Belinda Carlisle

I was, like, this token teen angst child of Broadway. It's so funny. What is that? I don't even know. But I loved it.
‐‐ Jennifer Damiano

I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.'
‐‐ Leven Rambin

I was lined up to do this honors degree course in biology, of all things, for no better reason than I got high marks in it. I decided I didn't want to be removing worms' hearts for the rest of my life in Northern Ontario. I thought I would try acting. So, I went to England to study drama. I got Shakespeared out.
‐‐ Matt Frewer

I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my work, using images in a way that was a bit like sampling - taking images from diverse places, exploring the contradictions without trying to hide the seams.
‐‐ Chris Ofili

I was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around doing it.
‐‐ Marnie Stern

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.
‐‐ Jay McShann

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
‐‐ LL Cool J

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.
‐‐ Bill Wyman

I was listening to one of my favorite songs that Phil wrote and had an extreme emotional moment just before I got the news of his passing. I took that as a special spiritual message from Phil saying goodbye. Our love was and will always be deeper than any earthly differences we might have had.
‐‐ Don Everly

I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary.
‐‐ Chris Bailey

I was listening to the guy that represented me in the state Senate, and I just got really frustrated. I called my wife and said, 'I've always wanted to do something that makes a difference.' So I ended up running and won.
‐‐ Matt Salmon

I was literally just going and applying for jobs, and I couldn't get a job, and I was getting more and more broke, and you find yourself groveling for jobs you don't even want.
‐‐ Ben Gibbard

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.
‐‐ Lisa Bonet

I was literally told for 'The Show Goes On' that I shouldn't rap too deep. I shouldn't be too lyrical. It just needs to be something easy on the eyes. Like a record company telling Picasso that we don't need these abstract interpretations of life, where people have to sit down and look at it and break it down.
‐‐ Lupe Fiasco

I was little impressed with this rough and ready way of persuading people to renew their contracts and decided that I was now quite free of any obligations.
‐‐ Pietro Mascagni

I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.
‐‐ Gael Garcia Bernal

I was living a complete lie. But unfortunately, guilt doesn't make you stop.
‐‐ Jodie Sweetin

I was living a life of a lie, I really was.
‐‐ Tiger Woods

I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
‐‐ Saint Teresa of Avila

I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
‐‐ Olly Murs

I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously.
‐‐ Simon Van Booy

I was living in a small town in Indiana working as a telemarketer and a vacuum salesman. I was really bad: the vacuums seemed to always be falling apart. Every time I did a demonstration, I'd say, 'This is the material the astronauts used on Apollo 13.' And no sooner had that come out of my mouth, something would malfunction.
‐‐ Adam Driver