Milton Berle Quotes

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door, but only as long as it's not visible from the street.

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• I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.

  

  Sam Wyly
  • Guy
  • Free
  • College

• I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.

  

  Kacy Hill
  • School
  • Dream
  • Dance

• The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.

  

  Walter Matthau
  • Pretty
  • You
  • Girl

• I'm used to having a lot of criticism. It's normal. It's normal when you come from South America, when you have a country pushing very hard in your back.

  

  Pastor Maldonado
  • Country
  • America
  • Criticism

• Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Law
  • Respect
  • Hand

• I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • People
  • Think
  • Sick

• Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Believe
  • American
  • Gun

• Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Cool
  • Face
  • Bus

• Oh, yeah, I've seen 'Seinfeld' 1,000 times.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Times
  • Seen
  • Oh

• I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Growing

• 2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.

  

  Oliver Platt
  • Great
  • Me
  • Roles

• In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Free
  • Political
  • Party

• I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Parents
  • College
  • Vision

• I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.

  

  Ja Rule
  • God
  • Believe
  • Family

• The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Work
  • First
  • Enthusiastic

• He's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Couple
  • Short
  • Sandwiches

• I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Believe
  • Business
  • City

• I have no family to take care of.

  

  Park Geun-hye
  • Family
  • Care
  • Take Care

• Bringing humor and bringing happiness and joy to an audience is a wonderful opportunity in life, believe me.

  

  Angela Lansbury
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Opportunity

• Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

  

  Rita Coolidge
  • Opportunity
  • Knocks
  • Alarm

• I live in Atlanta, Georgia, and none of the other Backstreet Boys live in Georgia. So a lot of times, when people come to my house they're like, 'Hey, is A.J. here?' Or, 'Is Kevin here?' Or, 'Is Nick in the bathroom?' People think we live together and we spend all the time in the world together, but we really don't.

  

  Brian Littrell
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• I have never done anything except write, but I don't possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the laws of dramatic composition, and if I have embarked upon this enterprise it is because I trust in the light shed by how much I have read in my life.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Life
  • Done
  • Knowledge

• If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door, but only as long as it's not visible from the street.

  

  Milton Berle
  • Opportunity
  • Build
  • Street