Bill Engvall Quotes

(mimicking a big fish talking to a little fish)

Bill Engvall

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• My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Time
  • Long
  • School

• I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • People
  • Care

• I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • People
  • Think
  • Birth

• What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

  

  Walter Pater
  • Important
  • Power
  • Beautiful

• It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Environment
  • Better

• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Me

• I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Myself
  • Singing
  • See

• I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Miracle
  • Kid
  • Take

• Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Me
  • Problem
  • Always

• Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

  

  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
  • Women
  • Reality
  • Sharing

• Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • Parents
  • Dad
  • Creative

• In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.

  

  Tabitha King
  • Believe
  • Past
  • Literature

• I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.

  

  Gabriel Macht
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Remember

• I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.

  

  Natalia Kills
  • Control
  • Brave
  • Trapped

• I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Business
  • Happy
  • Successful

• The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Mind
  • Reading
  • Powerful

• There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.

  

  Raini Rodriguez
  • Different
  • Control
  • Privilege

• The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • House
  • Random
  • Wednesday

• The more we focus on using renewable fuels, the less we are dependent upon foreign oil.

  

  John M. McHugh
  • Focus

• O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.

  

  Helen Hunt
  • Find
  • Climbs
  • Delusive

• The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.

  

  Tony Bennett
  • Different
  • Important
  • Fun

• At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Hungry
  • Thoughtful
  • Homeless

• Falling in love is the most natural thing in the world. Everybody has been through it, everybody has scars, everybody wants to restart falling in love.

  

  Gaspar Noe
  • Scars
  • Falling In Love
  • Restart

• (mimicking a big fish talking to a little fish)

  

  Bill Engvall