Marlo Thomas Quotes

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

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• You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Lost
  • Yourself
  • Golf

• I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Doing

• So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Long
  • Freedom
  • Law

• The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

  

  Balthazar Getty
  • Myself
  • Big
  • Big Things

• The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

  

  Jack Layton
  • Government
  • Responsibility

• Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.

  

  Gary Coleman
  • People
  • Money
  • Politics

• On Friday night, if you want to go out on a date with your wife or your girlfriend, nothing on Netflix competes with that, right? Because you're getting out; that's what you're doing. If you don't want to put your shoes on, nothing in the cinema competes with the worst thing on Netflix.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Night
  • Wife
  • Shoes

• God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • God
  • Alone
  • Taken

• Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Water

• When a voice behind me whispered low,'That fellow's got to swing.'

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Voice
  • Behind
  • Whispered

• Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • People
  • Truth

• I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who have written on this subject demonstrate and prove, as do the eclipses of the moon and other experiments that are made from east to west, and the elevation of the North Star from north to south.

  

  Christopher Columbus
  • World
  • Water
  • Star

• Using social media to hurt and destroy is callous, acted out by cowards hiding behind computers. My advice is to ignore negativity. Focus on the love around.

  

  Martin Garrix Area21
  • Focus
  • Hurt
  • Advice

• The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead.

  

  Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • True
  • Science
  • Famous

• The big secret in acting is listening to people.

  

  Eli Wallach
  • People
  • Listening

• So far, I'm known for doing more commercial and glamorous roles. But I don't mind doing a short film.

  Jacqueline Fernandez
  • Mind

• Being an M.C. is all about just going for the throat.

  

  Big Boi

• I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If I'm going to eat that type of food, it's going to be the real deal.

  

  Paula Deen
  • Real
  • Food

• As more people live longer, we can expect there to be additional costs for society.

  

  Alexander De Croo
  • People
  • Live
  • Society

• We're just a fragile team right now. It seems like when we have a little bit of adversity, when something goes wrong, you can feel it on the bench, it kind of sinks. Unless we get a goal or something really positive happens, it's tough. I think falling out of the playoff race takes the wind out of your sails for sure.

  

  Wes Walz
  • Feel
  • Goal
  • Adversity

• I've had marvelous and incredible luck, and devoted parents, sisters, friends, and teachers. What more can one ask? These things contribute enormously. Probably the major part of one's success is due to these factors.

  

  Yehudi Menuhin
  • Friends
  • Success
  • Parents

• Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I am finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden, so there is a lot of work.

  

  Jeanne Moreau
  • Life
  • Work
  • Done

• A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

  

  Marlo Thomas