All Quotes

I was supposed to do a film with Bill Shatner called 'Free Enterprise 2.' They were calling me into wardrobe, and they said they are holding off for a while. Then the next thing I knew... either the money dropped out, or the producer ran off with the money. I think it's the second story that's true.
‐‐ David Hedison

I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs.
‐‐ Eddie McClintock

I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look.
‐‐ Delta Burke

I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs.
‐‐ Mark Goddard

I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.
‐‐ John Wayne

I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
‐‐ K. A. Applegate

I was sure I was going to be a doctor of global health or tropical medicine in some underdeveloped country.
‐‐ Thomas R. Insel

I was sure 'Summer Heights High' would be a cult ABC thing; I had no idea it would be such a big hit.
‐‐ Chris Lilley

I was sure that somewhere a grandiose carnival was going on in the sky, and I was missing it.
‐‐ Eve Babitz

I was sure we would never see the adoption of the Euro. Countries giving up their currencies for a common tender was, it seemed to me, completely out of tune with currency being a carrier of people's cultural identity, celebrating national heroes and events, as it had been for hundreds of years.
‐‐ John Naisbitt

I was surfing the Internet, and I came across a school in Atlanta where you could learn how to climb trees with ropes the way the pros do. It sounded terrific, and so I went down there, and I began to learn these kind of rarified techniques for how you get up and down trees while using special ropes and gear.
‐‐ Richard Preston

I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.
‐‐ Bill Joy

I was surprised at how cosmopolitan the Gold Rush was: prospectors were of all races, genders, and countries. I was equally surprised at how fast gold prospecting became big business.
‐‐ Laurence Yep

I was surprised at the level of commitment that Andrew Lincoln has. The extreme situations that he's asked to perform - that's got to be seriously draining, and he keeps going and going. He's almost not human.
‐‐ Seth Gilliam

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.
‐‐ Michael Zaslow

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
‐‐ Aung San Suu Kyi

I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions of freedom, to our place as a country that welcome immigrants.
‐‐ Bruce Feiler

I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. But now I'm certain it wasn't only for 'Cocoon.' It was a lifetime award, so I accepted it in that vein, and it probably meant more from a recognition standpoint.
‐‐ Don Ameche

I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players.
‐‐ Sue Wicks

I was surprised that everyone calls it 'morning sickness,' because it lasted all day. For me, it was even worse at night. During my first two pregnancies, I felt so nauseous all day that I could only eat plain toast and bland foods - no proteins.
‐‐ Kourtney Kardashian

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.
‐‐ Michael Chabon

I was surprised that the TV series was popular itself, but after that it went on to become more popular over the years and thus it seemed eventually that they would turn it into a movie.
‐‐ Paul Michael Glaser

I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical.
‐‐ Delta Burke

I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF.
‐‐ Marshall Curry

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.
‐‐ Edward Dmytryk

I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
‐‐ Gary Burton

I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.
‐‐ Richard Francis Burton

I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.
‐‐ Thurston Moore

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.
‐‐ Oscar de la Renta

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.
‐‐ David Bailey

I was surrounded by women and all I would hear is of them complaining about their shoes. Back then, 'comfort' was a dirty word in fashion footwear. This was before fur loafers or sneakers. So, I wanted to create a shoe that was like slipping your foot into a glove - something beautiful, feminine, and sexy at the same time.
‐‐ Edgardo Osorio

I was swimming in my swimming pool when 'The Secret Lovers' popped entire into my head. I got out, dried off, went upstairs, and finished the book in about 50 days.
‐‐ Charles McCarry

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.
‐‐ Clarence Thomas

I was tagged early as the prototypical white player, the guy with the intangibles - the smart player, the guy who did all the right things.
‐‐ Kevin Love

I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
‐‐ Howard Schultz

I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then.
‐‐ Mariel Hemingway

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.
‐‐ Herb Alpert

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
‐‐ Elia Kazan

I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good.
‐‐ Michael Heizer

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening.
‐‐ Kitty Carlisle

I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies.
‐‐ Suzy Menkes

I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance.
‐‐ Lexa Doig

I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year.
‐‐ Hans Vestberg

I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which is follow in their footsteps and die as well.
‐‐ Leo Kottke

I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don't postpone your dreams.
‐‐ Abraham Verghese

I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
‐‐ Mal Peet

I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I needed to laugh at myself, particularly at my mistakes.
‐‐ Spencer Johnson

I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.
‐‐ Geddy Lee

I was taking singing lessons, and they'd say, 'Your voice is too hoarse. You have to do more exercises.'
‐‐ Carole King