William Shatner Quotes
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
Quotes to Explore
-
To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and wholly rarefied existence.
-
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out.
-
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
-
An actor has to embody a role.
-
I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
-
Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
-
I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
-
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
-
My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
-
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
-
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
-
I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends.
-
I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.
-
We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
-
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
-
I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
-
With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the American flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity.
-
I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.
-
Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That's what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection, politics, hard work, and being introduced to pain and embracing what's uncomfortable.
-
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
-
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
-
I happen to truly believe this: Success is a journey and not a destination.
-
It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.
-
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
