Oliver Herford Quotes

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Oliver Herford

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• The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Home
  • Day

• I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Good
  • Character
  • Age

• I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Long
  • Art
  • Remember

• I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.

  

  Kate Flannery
  • Love
  • Think
  • Awesome

• My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Age
  • Mom
  • Chance

• You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Pride
  • Goofy
  • Embarrass

• I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Live
  • Family
  • Looking

• I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

  

  Wanda Jackson
  • People
  • Inspired
  • Appreciate

• A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.

  

  Sally Schneider
  • People
  • Water
  • Fat

• I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?

  

  Karen Duffy
  • Live
  • Care
  • Research

• The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Mother
  • Earth
  • Heaven

• Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Gold
  • Most
  • Even

• Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.

  

  Randy Wayne White
  • Up
  • Long
  • Pretty

• Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

  

  Patrice Motsepe
  • Heart
  • Education
  • Dreams

• All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Space

• I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Long
  • History
  • View

• Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Good
  • You
  • Always

• I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.

  

  Edmund White
  • Game
  • Want
  • Challenge

• If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Habit
  • Gang
  • Council

• I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.

  

  Jackie DeShannon
  • Great
  • School
  • Art

• I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first.

  

  Annie Leibovitz
  • Thinking
  • School
  • Art

• People ask all the time, 'What would you be doing if you weren't Kid Rock?' It's simple: I'd be broke Kid Rock.

  

  Robert James Ritchi
  • People
  • Time
  • Simple

• Afterlife, in my mind, is pretty much nothing. This is it. This is what we get, for me.

  

  Arthur Ashin
  • Mind
  • Pretty

• Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

  

  Oliver Herford
  • Art
  • Modesty
  • Gentle