All Quotes

When I receive letters from girls that say, 'You give me confidence,' I think, 'Wow, this is amazing.' That's my goal: to let people know it's truly what's on the inside that counts.
‐‐ Amber Riley

When I received my B. S. degree in 1932, only two of the fundamental particles of physics were known.
‐‐ Luis Walter Alvarez

When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.
‐‐ Brad Pitt

When I received the news of the Nobel Peace Award, I could not believe it. I told my father, 'I think they have the wrong name, Dad. Please, can you talk to this man on the phone? I'm busy cooking!'
‐‐ Betty Williams

When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
‐‐ Jackie Speier

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.
‐‐ Lou Reed

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.
‐‐ Agnetha Faltskog

When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'll say to myself, I wrote this and he doesn't know it!
‐‐ Johnny Cash

When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
‐‐ Aaron Neville

When I recorded Contra la Puerta, I never really thought out doing the material live. Mostly because I haven't really seen any electronic music performed live in an interesting way.
‐‐ Jim Coleman

When I recorded 'Cooler Than Me', I had been singing for like, three months at the most. I was just a producer experimenting with my voice on tracks, and now I'm, like, a really good singer in a legit way.
‐‐ Mike Posner

When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
‐‐ Dan Auerbach

When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.
‐‐ Alexis Korner

When I rehearse, it ends up doing more harm than good. I think I work a little bit better when it's right off the bat. Mostly, I try to wrap my head around a role as much as I can without rehearsing and then kind of make it as fresh as possible on the day.
‐‐ Charlie Tahan

When I released my first record, I was really in the middle of having made the decision to follow the clinical psychology path, which is competitive, rigorous, and fairly conservative.
‐‐ Autre Ne Veut

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.
‐‐ John Cheever

When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
‐‐ Natalia Vodianova

When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
‐‐ Adam Peaty

When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score.
‐‐ Enoch Powell

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.
‐‐ James Franco

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.
‐‐ Scott Ritter

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.
‐‐ Richard M. Nixon

When I retire I'm gonna bet on Wolves drawing every game. I'll be a multi-millionaire!
‐‐ Paul Ince

When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters.
‐‐ Martin Yan

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.
‐‐ Fernando Torres

When I retired and told my wife I wanted to go back to Bozeman and fight political corruption and get involved in politics, she decided to stay in Seattle.
‐‐ Stan Jones

When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.
‐‐ Pele

When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education... I still miss the classroom and recall those days fondly.
‐‐ Paul Cook

When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
‐‐ Barbara Mandrell

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.
‐‐ Bjorn Borg

When I retired from the circus at the grand old age of 11, my parents thought it would be best to focus more on the challenges ahead, and so I started at Methodist College Belfast.
‐‐ Ian Beattie

When I retired from the NFL, no one knew who I was, and I had to start all over. I ended up doing security in L.A., and I was just on movie sets and watching.
‐‐ Terry Crews

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.
‐‐ John Elway

When I retired, I was at an in-between age. I wasn't a child anymore, I wasn't really a woman yet, and they weren't really writing scripts for that age.
‐‐ Mary Badham

When I retired in 2002 I had retired to stay home with my family and didn't necessarily think my playing days were over.
‐‐ Darren Flutie

When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in England without being a footballer, without the rhythm. I wanted to enjoy the city.
‐‐ Dennis Bergkamp

When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.
‐‐ Allen West

When I return to the writing process after being away from it for a while, the first part of it always is being honest with myself: What am I into right now? Is it rock bands and guitars, is it noise, is it dance beats and electronics? Is it space, is it clutter?
‐‐ Trent Reznor

When I returned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972, my father was running a forging business with a turnover of Rs 3.5 crore. But I had no patience and wanted to grow the business via exports.
‐‐ Baba Kalyani

When I review my contract, it is to make sure that I am not going to get in trouble or not paid. Then afterward, people say, 'Did you make sure they gave you a green room,' and I'm like, 'No, I didn't get any of the cool stuff.'
‐‐ Katie Nolan

When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging.
‐‐ Apollonius of Tyana

When I ride, I always like to look neat.
‐‐ Charlotte Casiraghi

When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have been adopted or parents who have adopted.
‐‐ Marcus Samuelsson

When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
‐‐ Carl Lewis

When I run barefoot, I put my shoes on my hands. Running around with shoe-hands looks a little weird.
‐‐ Danny Pudi

When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
‐‐ Haile Gebrselassie

When I run in the morning, my body spends the first 20 minutes trying to figure out what's happening to it.
‐‐ Danny Pudi

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.
‐‐ Conor Oberst

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.
‐‐ Sasha Grey