John Gay Quotes

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

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• More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Life
  • Real
  • Key

• I get nervous before openings or premieres or when someone's reading a new script, and I get nervous when my daughter isn't in my immediate field of vision.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Reading
  • Vision
  • Daughter

• When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Up
  • America
  • Help

• I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Great
  • Country
  • Friends

• I've always liked SyFy.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Always
  • Liked

• You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • You
  • Friend
  • Parent

• We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Agree
  • Compromise
  • Necessity

• Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.

  

  Harriet Tubman
  • Know
  • Me
  • Trust

• Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Worth
  • Shooting
  • Dope

• I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so than me. That might have had something to do with it. That might have had something to do with nobody wanting to play my records, too, I don't know.

  

  Barry McGuire
  • Know
  • Me
  • Myself

• I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Up
  • Different
  • Business

• I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Want
  • Me
  • Doing

• American influence is not what it used to be.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • American
  • Influence
  • Used

• I just always found it easier to be the same guy onstage as you are offstage.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Guy
  • You
  • Always

• Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.

  

  Sam Farr
  • People
  • Peace
  • Government

• The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.

  

  Hannah More
  • May
  • Think
  • Bread

• I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Old
  • Younger
  • Unfortunately

• In my second inaugural address, I said that if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. It is gratifying to see that principle enshrined into law by this decision.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Law
  • Decision

• Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Quality
  • Used
  • Decade

• I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same time.

  

  Bill Laswell
  • Time
  • Focus

• I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.

  

  John Frankenheimer
  • Men
  • Women
  • Guy

• In 1957, 'West Side Story' had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; 'Bye Bye Birdie,' set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.

  

  John Lahr
  • Life
  • Age
  • Dark

• Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there.

  

  Neil Jordan
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Growing

• There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

  

  John Gay