Michael Palin Quotes

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

Michael Palin

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• Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.

  

  Victor Mature
  • Actor
  • Critics
  • Golfer

• I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.

  

  Dacre Montgomery
  • Kids
  • Passion
  • Fire

• My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Help

• I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.

  

  Ed Lee
  • Start
  • Grow
  • Big

• It's absolutely critical that we not only provide support from cradle to career in the education system but also the wraparound services.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Career
  • Education
  • Support

• The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Men
  • Words
  • Inspired

• My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Family
  • Experience
  • Me

• The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • People
  • Questions
  • Personal

• You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Good
  • Find
  • Boredom

• I'm just kind of focused on playing the game and try to get better at certain things and wipe the slate clean every night.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Game
  • Night
  • Better

• When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Help
  • House
  • Water

• I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

  

  Natasha Richardson
  • Comedy
  • Before
  • Material

• When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Up
  • Dream
  • Growing

• The culture means the younger generation respecting the OGs, but at the same time, bringing it all to the older generation to where they can relate.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Time
  • Culture
  • Generation

• Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • World
  • Children
  • Education

• Anything's possible. If I turn round tomorrow and say I want to be a spaceman, I could do that. You can do whatever you want to do.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Want
  • Tomorrow
  • Possible

• When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Different
  • Live
  • Friends

• I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

  

  Oskar Werner
  • Movies
  • Married
  • Mistress

• When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Work
  • Mistakes
  • Motivational

• My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme: how our country flourished, how many millions of tons of steel we produced, how happy we all were, how we trusted our government, and what bright perspectives were unfolding in front of us. I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Different
  • Country
  • Happy

• Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Reward
  • Penalty
  • Obstinacy

• A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.

  

  Kate Chopin
  • World
  • Person
  • Expect

• I have my own spiritual guru, and I'm so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person.

  

  Ravi Shankar
  • Person
  • Because
  • Satisfied

• I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

  

  Michael Palin
  • Person
  • Doomed
  • Seemed