Oprah Winfrey Quotes
You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight. Whoever you are really comes through.Oprah Winfrey
Quotes to Explore
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
Patricia MacLachlan -
When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.
Ralph Baer -
Asking what I'd do without Loopt is almost like asking what I would do if I didn't have a smartphone because the feature set has become the norm for me.
Sam Altman -
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
Abraham Lincoln -
Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
Og Mandino -
Soderbergh is a very respectable director that manages to have an incredible amount of freedom in a system that doesn't allow anybody to be free as he is on a set. And he will jump from 'Solaris' to 'Ocean's Twelve' and 'Thirteen.'
Vincent Cassel
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
F. L. Lucas -
Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game.
Talulah Riley -
People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.
Yoko Ono -
When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends.
Indra Nooyi -
People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me.
Dan Aykroyd
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For me personally, I try to use my size to my advantage where I can either slip by guys or try to create more space for myself.
Patrick Kane -
I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
Jack Herer -
Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
Gavin Newsom -
Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.
Rafael dos Anjos -
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
Barry McGee
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I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation's Armed Forces. I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out.
Karl Malone -
In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of everyday life. But it does it so up close and so effortlessly that it has the effect of elevating the intimacy of the story to a grand scale.
Caleb Deschanel -
When you're listening to radio and hear the same 20 songs over and over and over, you want a break from it. Sometimes you don't want to hear something that sounds just like everything else on the radio. Eventually, if you hear the same sounds and the same musicians and the same mixes and all of that, it will start to sound like elevator music.
Randy Houser -
I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
Cameron Mackintosh -
You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight. Whoever you are really comes through.
Oprah Winfrey