Wilford Brimley Quotes

Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

Wilford Brimley

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• I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • House
  • Reason
  • Constitution

• I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Great
  • Think
  • Stop

• 'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • World
  • Great
  • Learning

• The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Children
  • Child
  • Slavery

• There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • People
  • Life
  • Trying

• If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.

  

  M. H. Abrams
  • You
  • Learn
  • Changing

• This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
  • War
  • Military
  • Period

• Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • Dance
  • Exercise
  • Active

• I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.

  

  Maluma
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Talent

• When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • House
  • Interesting
  • Wife

• I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.

  

  Sam Neill
  • Think
  • Film
  • Role

• A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Things
  • Inspiration
  • Banal

• I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Life
  • Service
  • My Life

• No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Long
  • Peace
  • Violence

• It's like deja-vu, all over again.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Like
  • Over
  • Again

• I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Think
  • Opportunities
  • Actress

• They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.

  

  Jack Kilby
  • Strong
  • Memory
  • Digital

• We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.

  

  Earl Warren
  • May
  • Know
  • Story

• People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

  

  Damon Hill
  • People
  • Feel
  • Comfortable

• If my parents were to hear that their son won an Academy Award, they'd roll over in their graves. I was the luckiest person, but that luck came through the grace of Muhammad Ali.

  

  Leon Gast
  • Parents
  • Son
  • Luck

• I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't play that music. I will lose my job.' Well, lose the job and create a new job. If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!

  

  Patti Smith
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Job

• When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.

  

  Bruce Robinson
  • Writing
  • Money
  • Job

• The main thing in poetry criticism is that I have all these opinions, and I love having something to do with them. And I think it's important that people try not to be false. The ideal would be that everybody says everything in print. I don't know that it's that I'm not afraid.

  

  Dan Chiasson
  • People
  • Important
  • Criticism

• Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

  

  Wilford Brimley
  • Job
  • Everybody
  • Leaves