All Quotes

People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.
‐‐ Anthony Hopkins

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
‐‐ Theodore Roosevelt

People ask the question, 'If you're offered VP, would you take it?' No, I won't take it.
‐‐ Nikki Haley

People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
‐‐ Ingmar Bergman

People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life.
‐‐ Kate Bush

People ask what it's like playing Prince Charming, but it's not something you really think about when you go to work.
‐‐ Josh Dallas

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
‐‐ Magnus Carlsen

People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk about it.'
‐‐ Jane Asher

People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.
‐‐ Richard Rodney Bennett

People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first; it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that I have been dealt because I really love doing what I do.
‐‐ Mark Thomas

People ask who I am as an artist, who I am as a person. I don't ever want to tell them who I am; you can find that out in the music.
‐‐ Kip Moore

People ask why do I write strong women characters, and basically, all the girls I know are strong; the girls I've had are strong. The women in my life are strong.
‐‐ Margaret Stohl

People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work.
‐‐ Lucy Punch

People ask, 'Why is it called 5 Seconds of Summer when there's four of you?'
‐‐ Ashton Irwin

People ask why there are so few female artists who succeed. It's because women are not ready to sacrifice as much as men. Women want a man, they want a family, they want to have children, they want to be loved, and to be an artist. And they can't; it's impossible.
‐‐ Marina Abramovic

People ask you all the time, 'Why do you do this? Why don't you quit, man, take your money and go home?' I just do it because I love making music.
‐‐ Ronnie Dunn

People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.
‐‐ Sylvester Stallone

People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
‐‐ Foster Friess

People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
‐‐ Katee Sackhoff

People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
‐‐ Nadia Comaneci

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.
‐‐ Cate Blanchett

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
‐‐ Olivia Wilde

People assume cheering in the NFL is mostly about a girl trying to snag herself a big, beefy, stinkin' rich football player. That is not the case.
‐‐ Jeanne Marie Laskas

People assume I'm a boiler ready to explode, but I actually have very low blood pressure, which is shocking to people.
‐‐ Donald Trump

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.
‐‐ Jennifer Lopez

People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.
‐‐ Marnie Stern

People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't.
‐‐ Monica Bellucci

People assume NFL cheerleaders are within some vague sniffing distance of the good life, but a Ben-Gal is paid seventy-five bucks per game. That is correct: seventy-five bucks for each of ten home games. The grand cash total per season does not keep most of them flush in hair spray, let alone gas money to and from practice.
‐‐ Jeanne Marie Laskas

People assume that a lot of pop artists don't write their songs. That, for me, is super frustrating because I think it detracts from some of the art and some of the craft of what we do. I'm at the helm of it, and I think that is what people don't see.
‐‐ Ricki-Lee Coulter

People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.
‐‐ Tori Amos

People assume that because I'm a girl and my blog is hot pink that my readership is 90% women, but it's not. It's probably only about 65%. When I do tours, it's pretty much the same thing: it's about one-third guys.
‐‐ Jenny Lawson

People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
‐‐ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

People assume that because I was brought up on Rolling Stones tours, and my father is who he is, I'm some kind of rock-and-roll bad girl.
‐‐ Elizabeth Jagger

People assume that because you are on TV you must be a millionaire, but unfortunately it doesn't work like that.
‐‐ Simon Bird

People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy.
‐‐ John Barrow

People assume that computers will do everything that humans do. Not good. People are different from each other and they are all really different from computers.
‐‐ Eric Schmidt

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.
‐‐ John Diamond

People assume that I came back to Washington because of the 'Post', but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.
‐‐ Katharine Weymouth

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.
‐‐ Diana Gabaldon

People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay.
‐‐ Moby

People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real.
‐‐ Sylvester Stallone

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.
‐‐ Brian Eno

People assume that we have certain rights based on property that may be different now in a digital world.
‐‐ Suzan DelBene

People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
‐‐ Greg Rutherford

People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
‐‐ Malcolm Gladwell

People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.
‐‐ Max Lucado

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.
‐‐ Diane Sawyer

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
‐‐ Jackie Joyner-Kersee