All Quotes

One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.
‐‐ Norton Juster

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.
‐‐ Alvin Ailey

One of the profound effects of economics in our day is that the people with the money and the power have embraced the guilt-free, external-less, everything-will-turn-out-okay-in-the-end philosophy of economics in order to justify their own evil works. And the economists, for the most part, have sucked up to that money.
‐‐ Jane Smiley

One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful.
‐‐ Dustin Moskovitz

One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We simply cannot be good writers and good people. One must be able to access one's darkest self, one's venality and pettiness and murderousness.
‐‐ Russell Smith

One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, 'I have it,' merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it.
‐‐ Henrik Ibsen

One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual place that I'm writing about. No matter how scrupulously maintained a historic house or battlefield may be, it is nothing like it was in the long-ago past.
‐‐ Nathaniel Philbrick

One of the questions I get asked a lot is, 'What do you do to stay in shape?' My glib answer is, 'I play.' But I mean it. Sure, I go to the gym, but I don't spend my life there. Most of my activity is outdoors, whether it's basketball or mountain biking or rock climbing.
‐‐ Jason Lewis

One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these paintings we do on television?' Most of these paintings are donated to PBS stations across the country. They auction them off, and they make a happy buck with 'em.
‐‐ Bob Ross

One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.
‐‐ Herman Cain

One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
‐‐ Damon Galgut

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
‐‐ Josh Billings

One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel.
‐‐ Chang-Rae Lee

One of the really fascinating areas is marketplaces that take advantage of mobile devices. Ridesharing is the obvious example, but that's just the start of it, of selling goods and services with lightweight mobile apps.
‐‐ John Collison

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.
‐‐ Bode Miller

One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.
‐‐ Kathleen Wynne

One of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so forth is through chemicals that affect a very broad spectrum of insects, for example, or fungicides that control fungi.
‐‐ Nina Fedoroff

One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
‐‐ Ed Rollins

One of the reasons for going back into the past is that it's almost the only place that there's any drama.
‐‐ Robert Towne

One of the reasons I admire David Lindsay-Abaire's work is that he, like the Greeks I've spent so much of my professional life contemplating, is not afraid of taking on the big stuff - huge, human, moral issues - what do we owe to those we love?
‐‐ Ellen McLaughlin

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences.
‐‐ Theresa Breslin

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here!
‐‐ June Jordan

One of the reasons I chose to come to Liverpool was because of the mentality of the club. It's a working club and a working city. I don't know why, but I feel like one of the people here. They recognise me and wish me luck, but in Spain, they surround you and you can't do anything. I think they're happy with me here.
‐‐ Fernando Torres

One of the reasons I come to California is that the Republican party seems to have given up on California, and my message to those in California is that we're going to compete nationally as a party, and that includes California.
‐‐ Rand Paul

One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.
‐‐ Beyonce Knowles

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff.
‐‐ John Poindexter

One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.
‐‐ Sigourney Weaver

One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?
‐‐ Carmen Ejogo

One of the reasons I didn't really want to do TV earlier in my career was because it is so life-consuming, and I wanted to spend time with my kids and be a mother.
‐‐ Andie MacDowell

One of the reasons I do like 'Cult' is that it plays along the same vibe as the movie 'Seven,' which I absolutely love. There was a period of cinema in the mid-'90s that I was a huge fan of, with 'Heat' and 'Seven' and the Tarantino era. If I've ever been fanatical, it was about those films, back in the day.
‐‐ Matthew Davis

One of the reasons I don't have a TV is, if I have a TV, then I don't do other things. At least for me, I'd rather just download the programs I want to watch and watch them, or I can buy them on DVD.
‐‐ Tim Gane

One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.
‐‐ Linda Blair

One of the reasons I don't see eye to eye with Women's Lib is that women have it all on a plate if only they knew it. They don't have to be pretty either.
‐‐ Charlotte Rampling

One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself.
‐‐ Al Sharpton

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting to me to try and follow how other people, real or imaginary, would deal with problems, because I was trying to deal with my own problems.
‐‐ Michael Shannon

One of the reasons I got into musical theater was Anthony Warlow. I was obsessed with the 'Jekyll and Hyde' concept album because of him.
‐‐ Rob McClure

One of the reasons I got really fat when I left home was because I thought rich people ate white bread and Spam. I also thought they could get processed meals, because we never did, so that was exciting.
‐‐ Alison Moyet

One of the reasons I like a suit is because I've never been that keen on my body. The shape a suit presents is always going to be better than anything I can do.
‐‐ Bill Nighy

One of the reasons I like Barthes more than other writers of that ilk is because he had a literary quality.
‐‐ Jeffrey Eugenides

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.
‐‐ Nancy Roman

One of the reasons I love acting is because I'm so interested in other people's lives, and I often incorporate things I hear or observe into my work. I've become a bit of a 'person addict,' and so I like brushing up against lots of different characters.
‐‐ Jason Alexander

One of the reasons I love devils so much is not based in my faith, but because as a kid, I grew up loving heavy metal and horror movies, and the devil is such a huge presence in both.
‐‐ Victor LaValle

One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family - my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous - and in those days, most courtly - people that she knew.
‐‐ Janet Reno

One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am always walking through one proscenium into another frame.
‐‐ Ralph Gibson

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.
‐‐ Julie Taymor

One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
‐‐ K. A. Applegate

One of the reasons I loved playing quarterback was that I got to call the plays. The cancer put me in a position where I really wasn't in control anymore.
‐‐ Len Dawson

One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this.
‐‐ Sam Mendes

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.
‐‐ Michael Shannon

One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.
‐‐ John Ortberg

One of the reasons I'm reluctant to start a novel is it's such an obsessive activity. You get in there, you don't know anything else while you're in there. And that's quite a sacrifice to make, especially for us old guys where time is kind of short. You don't want to disappear for a year; you want to be outdoors.
‐‐ Thomas McGuane

One of the reasons I'm so competitive - I mean, I'm not winning much anymore - at my age was because I always worked hard and because we have a level playing field. We don't have motorbikes in the peloton anymore.
‐‐ Jens Voigt

One of the reasons I'm so passionate about science is that it wasn't correctly taught to me. I got excited at university.
‐‐ Elise Andrew

One of the reasons I moved to New York was because I thought it would be easier to say no to dreadful scripts. I wouldn't be tempted to fly back and do them. There are some things even I won't do.
‐‐ Kathryn Harrold