David Hyde Pierce Quotes

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?

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• When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.

  

  Taylour Paige
  • Trying
  • Funny
  • Taken

• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Day
  • Always
  • Start

• Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Fail
  • Could
  • Expense

• The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

  

  Lascelles Abercrombie
  • Good
  • Age
  • Balance

• I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Tomorrow

• Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Experience
  • You
  • Acting

• Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Think
  • Choice
  • Old

• I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

  

  Taylor Dane
  • Way
  • You
  • Will

• I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • True
  • Sense
  • Equality

• I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Life
  • Always
  • Human

• Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.

  

  Yukihiro Matsumoto
  • Free
  • Freedom
  • Wall

• In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Being
  • Nation
  • Unfortunate

• They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Success
  • Thought
  • Started

• I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.

  

  Victor Pinchuk
  • Business
  • Rules
  • Fair

• The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Win
  • Trouble
  • Other

• I have no ill will about anything.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Will
  • Anything
  • Ill

• What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Society
  • Always
  • Down

• The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Authority

• I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'

  

  Peter Lynch
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Future

• I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my great-great-grandfather and founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, who personally knew all his workers and gave so much to this country, or Adriano Olivetti, unique and innovative in every way.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Great
  • Country
  • Day

• If I read something great and I want to go after it, I go after it. You don't wait to see what Hollywood wants to do with you. You decide what you want to do. I don't mind fighting when I really want something.

  

  Marlon Wayans
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Fighting

• I'll go on '60 Minutes,' and whereas other parents would be like, 'You did a great job. I'm so proud of you,' my mother will be like, 'Your hair - it was not nice.'

  

  Maysoon Zayid
  • Great
  • Job
  • Mother

• My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?

  

  David Hyde Pierce
  • Great
  • Dad