John Rhys-Davies Quotes

How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

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• You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • People
  • Life
  • Chance

• I remember teaching a clinic to other coaches, and a guy raised his hand and asked if I had any advice when it came to coaching women. I leveled him with a death-ray stare, and said, 'Go home and coach basketball.'

  

  Pat Summitt
  • Women
  • Home
  • Remember

• I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
  • Real
  • Green
  • Down

• I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.

  

  Samantha Mumba
  • Time
  • Great
  • Ride

• I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • People
  • Hope
  • Positive

• My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • People
  • Music
  • American

• Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.

  

  Park Geun-hye
  • Trust
  • Leader
  • Open

• There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.

  

  Sam Trammell
  • People
  • Magic
  • Sea

• The first story I finished was when I was six years old.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Story
  • First
  • Old

• I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Think
  • Practical

• If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life is not valuable?

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • Life
  • Gay
  • My Life

• I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to sue the C.I.A. on First Amendment grounds.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Country
  • Information

• People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • People
  • Mind
  • Changes

• My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push me toward it, which is really unconventional for Indian families to do.

  

  Aarti Mann
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Beginning

• We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions.

  

  Adam Braun
  • Purpose
  • Stress
  • Strength

• Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Life
  • Important
  • Mountain

• I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Think
  • Growing
  • Loss

• Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Time
  • Think
  • Makeup

• I'm not anti-technology at all, really.

  

  Charlie Brooker
  • Technology

• Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out.

  

  Robert Rodriguez Chingon
  • World
  • Dream
  • Logical

• So many people are exploiting the name Picasso - and, in a way, even the estate is doing it.

  

  David Douglas Duncan
  • People

• I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.

  

  Bill Parcells
  • Bad
  • Stupid
  • Dumb

• It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • School
  • Enough
  • Stupid

• How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

  

  John Rhys-Davies
  • Stupid