Samuel Pepys Quotes

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

Samuel Pepys

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• It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • You
  • Voice
  • Own

• I like men who paint or write or do something creative.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Men
  • Creative
  • Paint

• Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Learn
  • Attitude
  • Questions

• I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Up
  • Character
  • Job

• Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.

  

  Barry Corbin
  • Guy
  • You
  • Know

• The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

  

  Quintilian
  • Mind
  • Character
  • Matter

• I moved to Paris for two years, then to London, then New York in 2002. In that time, I also lived in Japan, Italy, Germany - I've been a bit of a gypsy.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Time
  • New York
  • Paris

• I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'

  

  Mae Whitman
  • People
  • School
  • She

• I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Me
  • Silence
  • Sword

• I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of what's on your plate,' but I can't do that!

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • People
  • Good
  • People Say

• Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • Money
  • Remember
  • Control

• Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Time
  • Science
  • Attention

• I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Talent

• Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Important
  • Trying
  • Style

• You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • God
  • Happy
  • Be Happy

• In my community, women are as important as males, and they are playing an equal role in the society.

  

  Samina Baig
  • Important
  • Women
  • Society

• For makeup, a bit of blusher - what you call bronzer - a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.

  

  Kate Moss
  • You
  • Eye
  • Makeup

• There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock & roll.

  

  Frankie Ballard
  • Country
  • Rock

• I was in the sixth grade and living in Germany, when I was hanging out late with some friends. I turned around, and there's a dude dressed up as Michael Myers following us all the way home. It was the scariest thing ever, and it always reminds me of Halloween. In my mind, I was so young, so I really thought it was Mike Myers following me home.

  

  Khalid
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Home

• One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

  

  Clive Owen
  • Career
  • Proud

• Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

  

  William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Friends
  • Wise
  • Steady

• I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale.

  

  Jonathan Groff
  • Time
  • School
  • True

• Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

  

  Samuel Pepys
  • Friends
  • Proud
  • Friendship