Joanna Lumley Quotes

Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful.

Joanna Lumley

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• I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Community
  • Tolerance
  • Acceptance

• I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Looking
  • Against
  • Phone

• I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

  

  Lady Starlight
  • Believe
  • Choice
  • Conformity

• I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • People
  • Character
  • Comedy

• Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • Country
  • American
  • Political

• It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

  

  Nancy Sinatra
  • Nice
  • Again
  • Be Nice

• There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.

  

  Gary Neville
  • Way
  • Football
  • Concerns

• Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • People
  • Up
  • Business

• I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • God
  • Believe
  • Religion

• Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Time
  • Mother
  • Body

• The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • You
  • Argument
  • Satisfaction

• It's the way you ride the trail that counts.

  

  Dale Evans
  • You
  • Ride
  • Trail

• My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.

  

  Okky Madasari
  • Work
  • May
  • Society

• Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors.

  

  Eddie McClintock
  • People
  • Time
  • Day

• After Madrid, we intensified our investigative efforts once again, and we are in the process of bringing about expansions in security laws and creating an index file system.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Process
  • Security
  • Laws

• My refrigerator is full of kale and greens. I can't imagine something greasy, or eating meat.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Imagine
  • Eating
  • Meat

• Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.

  

  N. Robert Hammer
  • Job
  • Strong
  • Growth

• The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Space
  • Friend
  • Moon

• Pro wrestling was there, and I was good at it, thank God. I started getting a lot of offers, but unfortunately, at WWE I was under a tight leash. I think it had a lot to do with The Rock making the transition, and me possibly being the next guy - you know, the company didn't want to lose another top performer.

  

  Kurt Angle
  • Good
  • God
  • Guy

• I'm a firm believer in time. I know a lot of people don't believe in time like I do, but I think time heals and kind of reveals all for me.

  

  Jeremih Felton
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.

  

  David Macaulay
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees.

  

  Peter Weir

• I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.

  

  Max von Sydow
  • Important
  • Mother
  • English

• Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful.

  

  Joanna Lumley
  • Mother
  • Joy
  • Grandmother