Whenever I'm taking time off, all I'm thinking about is working.
‐‐ Scarlett Johansson
Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my relationship with myself, my relationship with God or an idea, and then usually somebody, a real person. I try to operate on all three levels at the same time, and it's difficult, but I never want to have a break-up song or something like that.
‐‐ Jose James
Whenever I'm terrified of anything, I jump to it.
‐‐ Lorenza Izzo
Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will this broaden or deepen my relationships?' 'Will this contribute to an atmosphere of growth in my life?' 'Is this a way to 'Be Gretchen?' and 'Will this help connect me to my past?'
‐‐ Gretchen Rubin
Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
‐‐ Jackie Evancho
Whenever I'm with you, I'm home.
‐‐ Jeff Rich
Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in.
‐‐ Kevin Henkes
Whenever I made money I invested in myself... I bought whatever I needed to make my career better. I never really spent money on other stuff, like buying expensive cars.
‐‐ Tiesto
Whenever I meet people who seem really sweet and unassuming, I kind of wonder about them.
‐‐ Heather Graham
Whenever I meet someone who's talented, I always want to write something for them!
‐‐ Jeff Garlin
Whenever I meet with nutritionists, we discuss the idea of having everything in moderation and that people should eat protein or fiber when they eat sugar.
‐‐ Dylan Lauren
Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew.
‐‐ Doris Lessing
Whenever I open a book about jazz, I turn to the index and look for Lennie Tristano, the incredible pianist; Lee Konitz, the luminous alto sax player; and Warne Marsh, the tenor player who captured some of the most beautiful sounds in the world.
‐‐ Carolyn See
Whenever I open a movie, I go secretly to the theater and stand in the back and enjoy the moment. I laugh when people laugh, and when people cry, I laugh.
‐‐ Lee Byung-hun
Whenever I organize or participate in public protest I get really worried that it will just suck, be really small, embarrassing, and the media will laugh at me. Oftentimes, it is really small and most of the time the media laughs at us.
‐‐ Rachel Corrie
Whenever I perform, people get me because I'm talking about things that people can identify with and relate to. I'm not just up there doing jokey, jokey, joke.
‐‐ Tracy Morgan
Whenever I pick a script, I make sure I'm choosing something I would want to watch. And 'Quantico' was something I'd definitely want to watch. As soon as I read the pilot - and I read 26 this season - I knew this was it.
‐‐ Priyanka Chopra
Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'
‐‐ Sarah Burton
Whenever I play recitals, the part where I talk about music and my experiences of music, audiences always like it. They feel more involved with an artist who talks to them. It's a nice experience for me as well.
‐‐ Itzhak Perlman
Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.
‐‐ Sharon Stone
Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.
‐‐ Ethel Waters
Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.
‐‐ Katherine Mansfield
Whenever I put myself out there on the line, skating against other people, I simply want to win.
‐‐ Shani Davis
Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank.
‐‐ Amy Poehler
Whenever I read the newspaper, I say to myself, 'At least my wife loves me.'
‐‐ Bill Gross
Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
‐‐ Billy Gardell
Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me - ever.
‐‐ Nas
Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.
‐‐ Eberhard Weber
Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control.
‐‐ Freddy Fender
Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.
‐‐ Dave Grohl
Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
‐‐ Harry Browne
Whenever I see a celebrity that comes to watch me play, I'm going to do for them the same thing they've done for me - bring them some type of joy.
‐‐ Shaquille O'Neal
Whenever I see a forecast written out to two decimal places, I cannot help but wonder if there is a misunderstanding of the limitations of the data, and an illusion of precision.
‐‐ Barry Ritholtz
Whenever I see a Frans Hals, I feel the desire to paint; but when I see a Rembrandt, I want to give it up.
‐‐ Max Liebermann
Whenever I see a stock market explode, six to 12 months later you are in a full blown recovery.
‐‐ Stanley Druckenmiller
Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.
‐‐ Aaron Patzer
Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have.
‐‐ Don Lemon
Whenever I see people in difficulty, I just try to help them. In fact, I believe I have helped over 700,000 people in my life.
‐‐ Chen Guangbiao
Whenever I see pointless use of special effects, I reach for something else.
‐‐ Ken Stott
Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
‐‐ Yu Chui Yee
Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
‐‐ Kate Bush
Whenever I see young girls wearing way too much makeup... you're young, you don't need that much.
‐‐ Sara Paxton
Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excites me. It's one of the songs that audiences know all the lyrics to, and they sing along with me, and it makes me so happy. People also know my songs 'Holding out for a Hero' and 'Lost in France,' and this gives me so much joy on stage.
‐‐ Bonnie Tyler
Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in wars around the world, I come to realize that I still do not fully understand how I could have possibly survived the civil war in my country, Sierra Leone.
‐‐ Ishmael Beah
Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.
‐‐ Gretchen Rubin
Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.
‐‐ James Rollins
Whenever I start a 'Potter' film, I get these dreams. The last dream I had, I was in a war and the sky was blotted with broomsticks and I couldn't find my wand. It was so intense. I always have mental, intense, war wizard dreams when I'm doing the films.
‐‐ Natalia Tena
Whenever I start a project, I have a broad range of possibilities.
‐‐ Shaun Tan
Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.
‐‐ Shah Rukh Khan