Pierce Brosnan Quotes

I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants.

Pierce Brosnan

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• Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Writing
  • Words
  • Acting

• Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Up
  • Bull
  • Rider

• People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Think
  • Television

• The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • People
  • May
  • Career

• Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Lead
  • Street
  • Warm

• There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • America
  • Want
  • Democracy

• Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Time
  • Men
  • Long

• When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met – how do I top that?

  

  Jack O'Brien
  • Opportunity
  • Realize
  • Top

• We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war.

  

  Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Believe
  • War
  • Peace

• I was married for 10 minutes into a Southern family.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Family
  • Married
  • Southern

• Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Artist
  • Travel
  • Possible

• It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • You
  • Always
  • Role

• I don't think a judge should be too much involved in outside activities.

  

  Harold H. Greene
  • Think
  • Judge
  • Too Much

• My first mentor and inspiration was my Irish Dancing teacher Patricia Mulholland. She created her own form of dance known as Irish ballet and created stage productions of old Irish myths and legends. They were my first experiences on stage. She told my mum I was destined for the stage, and I took that as my cue.

  

  Laura Donnelly
  • Dance
  • Teacher
  • Inspiration

• Twenty-four hour news delivers people who stand and talk to camera rather than deliver reported packages with their own camera crew where it's happening.

  

  Kate Adie
  • People
  • Stand
  • Camera

• She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • She

• Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.

  

  Jeff Bridges

• New Zealand is such a down-to-earth place.

  

  Emilia Wickstead
  • Earth

• I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.

  

  Azzedine Alaia

• I had a fistfight with every kid on my block. I got about fifteen broken noses to prove it. Part of it was also because I was always drawing, and I always had an artist portfolio with me. But I was a tough kid. I won their respect.

  

  George Lois
  • Respect
  • Broken
  • Drawing

• Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
  • Way
  • Competition
  • Innovation

• We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.

  

  Mary Beard
  • World
  • Money
  • True

• I'd love to do 'The Expendables.' It's just a kick in the pants.

  

  Pierce Brosnan