Brendan Gleeson Quotes

I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.

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• I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Know
  • Me
  • Wonder

• The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.

  

  Kate O'Mara
  • Up
  • Control
  • Audience

• With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • God
  • Remember
  • Victory

• A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

  

  Ward McAllister
  • Die
  • Dinner
  • Obligation

• I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.

  

  Caity Lotz
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Strong

• I want to dress well. I want to look good.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Good
  • Want
  • Dress

• I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Life
  • Want
  • Feel

• It's nice not to have to live a double life.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Life
  • Live
  • Nice

• Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

  

  Carl Hubbell
  • Order
  • Big
  • Out

• Ritesh Deshmukh is rock star. He has a lovely family. He works so hard, and he's a great actor. He's funny, friendly, doesn't have an ego, and is so nice to everyone. He's a fine professional, a good husband, and a good father. That's a rock star for me.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Good
  • Great
  • Family

• I've never had a very great public life.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Life
  • Great
  • Never

• Every movement has radicals. But the important thing is that the radicals are not the leaders.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Important
  • Movement
  • Leaders

• We have to invest in developing Villa Park, allowing us to generate our own revenue streams. At the same time, of course, there's a balance between growing long-term and getting the instant results we all crave as fans.

  

  Randy Lerner
  • Time
  • Long
  • Growing

• I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Political
  • Alone
  • Always

• I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just like that, without really a genre. Today, country radio's more aimed at a demographic than a genre. It just softens everything.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Country
  • Today
  • Loved

• Certainly, hunger can bring out the worst in us. But it can also bring out the best.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Best
  • Worst
  • Hunger

• The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Man
  • Lost
  • Feet

• We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Education
  • Food
  • Service

• The NBC using us on air is a great endorsement of quality.

  

  Dave Goldberg
  • Great
  • Quality
  • Air

• Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is. I know this well...Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew.

  

  Dennis Lehane
  • May

• While the whole 'God Butcher Saga' had elements of fantasy, sci-fi and horror all mixed together, 'The Accursed' is very much high-fantasy. Right out of the gate, we've got elves, talk of fantastic worlds, strange creatures, Malekith riding a flying tiger, as well as more dwarves, giants, trolls and elves than you can possibly count.

  

  Jason Aaron
  • God
  • Together
  • High

• I really believe God has put me in the entertainment business, and he's taken real good care of me along the way. I want to do all I can to give him all the credit.

  

  Austin O'Brien
  • Good
  • God
  • Believe

• Trying your best to bring the water to your eyes, thinking it might stop her from woopin' your behind.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Thinking
  • Trying
  • Stop

• I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.

  

  Brendan Gleeson