All Quotes

I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become an actor. There was never another option in my mind.
‐‐ Stephanie Courtney

I was never totally into marriage, and I wasn't a very good wife.
‐‐ Nell Carter

I was never totally what we would now call 'politically correct,' even in my most militant phase. I always liked good food, good wines. I suppose it was because I had total confidence in myself.
‐‐ Tariq Ali

I was never trained for anything.
‐‐ Alan Ladd

I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.
‐‐ John Denver

I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder.
‐‐ Kyle Chandler

I was never very good at being an unemployed actor. I always thought that I should have been doing something pro-active. I was never good at doing juvenile leads. I suppose it's because I have this big sarcastic head on me.
‐‐ Deirdre O'Kane

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
‐‐ Paul Nurse

I was never very good at picking cotton, and then I only made fifty cents or $1 a day. People would work for $1 a day during the Depression. So we would get $2 for playing music and just having fun. I think that as a result of that it was not just the money, but we enjoyed doing it.
‐‐ Johnny Gimble

I was never very happy at school.
‐‐ Dan Stevens

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
‐‐ Bette Davis

I was never very interested in my own experience, I think, in fact, if my films have a common link, maybe it's being a foreigner - it's common for people who are born abroad - they don't know so well where they belong.
‐‐ Claire Denis

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.
‐‐ John Mahoney

I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.
‐‐ Peter Hain

I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer.
‐‐ Robert Moog

I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew eventually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys.
‐‐ Don Rickles

I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.
‐‐ Skeet Ulrich

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.
‐‐ Harold Prince

I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.
‐‐ Jose Mourinho

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.
‐‐ Scott Hamilton

I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.
‐‐ Ewan McGregor

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.
‐‐ Geronimo

I was no good at anything else at school. But I was good at one thing, which was creativity.
‐‐ Bernard Sumner

I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.
‐‐ Peter Hollingworth

I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.
‐‐ Joan Didion

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
‐‐ Imelda Marcos

I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.
‐‐ Cynthia Voigt

I was no thespian.
‐‐ Buddy Lester

I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.
‐‐ George Thorogood

I was not a big comic-book reader.
‐‐ Brad Bird

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.
‐‐ Brie Larson

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love.
‐‐ Raquel Welch

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.
‐‐ Elia Kazan

I was not a Democrat; I was an independent. Here's the thing: You can't win that way. But I didn't know that.
‐‐ Kyrsten Sinema

I was not a 'Doctor Who' fan. As a kid, I thought it was scary and for boys.
‐‐ Catherine Tate

I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
‐‐ Laura Benanti

I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.
‐‐ J. K. Simmons

I was not a gigantic fan of 'The A-Team' as a kid. I was a huge 'Miami Vice' fan. So for me, not necessarily to say that I put a 'Miami Vice'ish spin on 'The A-Team,' but for me, what I was most intrigued by was this notion of these four guys, these four kind of special operators.
‐‐ Joe Carnahan

I was not a girly girl. I was a tomboy.
‐‐ Dylan Lauren

I was not a good-lookin' girl. I was extremely skinny. I wasn't pretty. I wasn't cool.
‐‐ Celine Dion

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.
‐‐ Stephen Hawking

I was not a great bartender, but I did OK. I wasn't great at being efficient behind the bar, but I was pretty great at talking to people. I was a pretty good waiter. It was painstaking to get me to care about the clientele of some of these places I was working at.
‐‐ Jack Falahee

I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.
‐‐ Ian Anderson

I was not a jock in high school. I know, you're shocked.
‐‐ Mo Rocca

I was not a kid who watched every movie. I watched a very small number of movies over and over again.
‐‐ Colin Trevorrow

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
‐‐ Nelson Mandela

I was not a Mouseketeer, but a lot of people think I was.
‐‐ Shelley Fabares

I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any terrible thing that could happen.
‐‐ Daniel Handler

I was not a politician.
‐‐ John Hewson