Joanna Lumley Quotes

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

Joanna Lumley

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• A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • True
  • Hope
  • Leader

• I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Think
  • Will

• Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.

  

  Rajneesh
  • Art
  • Choose
  • Balancing

• It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits.

  

  Raha Moharrak
  • People
  • Women
  • Hope

• In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Up
  • God
  • Society

• Mutual investments of Israeli and American companies strengthen economic ties between the two countries and contribute to Israel and to the U.S. alike.

  

  Ofra Strauss
  • American
  • Economic
  • Israel

• I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.

  

  Oscar Pistorius
  • Believe
  • Amazing
  • Looking Forward

• The reason behind Hrithik being the best dancer is that he never takes his work for granted.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Work
  • Best
  • Being The Best

• It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.

  

  Beanie Sigel
  • Truth
  • Baby
  • Better

• I'm quite curious and excited about seeing a new script for 'Blade Runner.' If, in fact, the opportunity would exist to do another, if it's a good script, I would be very anxious to work with Ridley Scott again; he's a very talented and passionate filmmaker. And I think it would be very interesting to revisit the character.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Good
  • Work
  • Character

• A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Great
  • Men
  • Women

• She waited for him to explain a universe in which there was so much injustice.

  

  Larry Niven
  • She
  • Universe

• We got all the influences for it Global a Go-Go from Willesden High Road. When you go out for milk and cigarettes you go through three countries because all the shops and cafes are playing their own music, like going through hell.

  

  Joe Strummer The Clash
  • Music
  • High
  • Road

• My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

  

  Lord Byron
  • World
  • Great
  • Single

• Even a song like 'Give Love,' in my head, there's a question as I'm writing it, going, 'Is this cheesy? Is it too on the nose to say 'give love?''

  

  Andy Grammer
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Question

• I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare. A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory.

  

  Jacqueline Bisset
  • Good
  • School
  • Teacher

• If technology is designed mostly by white males, who make up roughly half our population, we're missing out on the innovation, solutions, and creativity that a broader pool of talent can bring to the table.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
  • Up
  • Technology
  • Creativity

• When you can watch something grow that you created - it's really an amazing feeling.

  

  Brody Jenner
  • Feeling
  • Amazing

• A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.

  

  Donnie Yen
  • People

• None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

  

  Thomas A. Edison
  • Inspiration
  • Invention
  • Accident

• What would've been the downside of holding bin Laden accountable by our own values of justice by which our country is based on?

  

  Mike D The Beastie Boys
  • Country
  • Justice
  • Hold

• It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact that he's black.

  

  Will Smith
  • Great
  • Different
  • Black

• I am very careful about what I eat, and I exercise pretty much every day, whether it be rock-climbing, running, Muay Thai, yoga, horse riding, stand-up paddleboarding, or plain and simple working out.

  

  Sebastian Roche
  • Simple
  • Exercise
  • Horse

• I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

  

  Joanna Lumley