Jerry Lawler Quotes

But if I've heard this saying once, I've heard it a thousand times- everything happens for a reason. And possibly it does. I just haven't found the reason that this all happened yet.

Jerry Lawler

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• Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Up
  • War
  • Parents

• Suffering turns men towards their creator.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Men
  • Suffering
  • Creator

• I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Want
  • Beginning
  • Feel

• That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody coughed in the background; we need to take that out' - or somebody hit a bad note. Those are all the best moments.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • Bad
  • Moments

• For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

  

  T. R. Knight
  • Time
  • Hope
  • You

• It just seemed like an unattainable dream to go down to Los Angeles and to land a professional working, acting gig on a show that you really love with a character you really connect with. That doesn't seem possible; that seems insane.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Love
  • Character
  • Dream

• There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And then, you know, I just put on the calculator watch and the glasses, and just be all, you know, inappropriate. And then it just works out fine.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Guy
  • Know
  • Wait

• There's no good guys and bad guys.

  

  Hal Holbrook
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Good Guys

• I found that women entrepreneurs earn 50% less than their male counterparts.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Women
  • Found
  • Earn

• The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Important
  • History
  • Events

• Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • Confidence
  • Artists
  • Vote

• Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S.

  

  Olivier Megaton
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Success

• Since the show started, Scottish tourism has increased a great deal - there is definitely an 'Outlander' effect.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Great
  • Effect
  • Tourism

• When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver. You've got to give these people what they paid for. It's a different mind state, a different type of mentality, but it's honestly a pretty good problem to have, you know?

  

  J. Cole
  • People
  • Good
  • Different

• I'm part of a speech therapy course called the Maguire Programme. It isn't a cure; it's something you need to maintain and work on. I get days where I find things more difficult than others.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Work
  • Find
  • Speech

• Being an impatient guy, even off the field, I would always look to score runs and score them quickly. Sometimes I panic if runs are not coming.

  

  Gautam Gambhir
  • Guy
  • Always
  • Sometimes

• When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical. I doubt if you get another 'Wu-Tang Clan.' That might be harder than getting the new 'Jackson Five.' Certain groups you only get one time, and we just happened to be that group.

  

  Raekwon
  • Up
  • Time
  • Success

• What Is, is, what Was, was, but what is To Be, may be otherwise.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • May

• This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances.

  

  Ronnie Milsap
  • Business

• I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I've never used any drugs for stimulation. I don't use words loosely. When I'm working and the right word comes, there is an answering resonance within me. There is also a hardness of intention that goes with it. There is no idleness in it.

  

  Saul Bellow
  • Writing
  • Drug
  • Intention

• I don't have a lot of patience for movies that aren't cleanly told.

  

  Jon Favreau
  • Patience

• You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.

  

  Mohamed Al-Fayed
  • People
  • Believe
  • Fighting

• But if I've heard this saying once, I've heard it a thousand times- everything happens for a reason. And possibly it does. I just haven't found the reason that this all happened yet.

  

  Jerry Lawler