Ruby Wax Quotes
Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.
Quotes to Explore
-
My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
-
Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
-
In terms of me being a Christian, going to Israel was really cool. Going to the West Bank, Bethlehem, floating in the Dead Sea - that was great for me.
-
When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
-
You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
-
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
-
Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
-
Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
-
Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.
-
I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.
-
The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.
-
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.
-
I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero!
-
I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.
-
You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.
-
I've never had anyone just stick their hands through my hair. Yet. If they ask, I go, 'OK, you can, if you want to. It's probably just going to feel like most people's.' I take it as a compliment.
-
If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.
-
Liberty is security. Freedom is security.
-
I learnt early that always being analytical is important for a business. Being analytical as an attitude is more important than just having the aptitude.
-
I'm not here just to walk two rounds or four rounds and just show up. I want to be able to be competitive, and I truly believe I can still be competitive when I'm playing well and feeling good.
-
The heart of a Mahatma is like the tamarind seed perfectly pure. These Mahatmas are ever young. For a Jnyani, there is no age-idea.
-
I wrote to one of my doctors: I could never have guessed what would get me through this past year - a woodland snail and its offspring; I honestly don't think I would have made it otherwise. Watching another creature go about its life...somehow gave me, the watcher, purpose too. If life mattered to the snail and the snail mattered to me, it meant something in my life mattered, so I kept on...
-
Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.
