William Shatner Quotes

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• I'm a giant Beatles fan.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Fan
  • Beatles
  • Giant

• I stopped watching horror movies after I watched 'Candyman' when I was – I don't know, fifteen or something. I remember my sister rented it, 'Candyman,' and it really, really scared me. And so it was only after I found myself in a horror film that I really went back and kind of rediscovered the genre.

  

  Fiona Dourif
  • Remember
  • Movies
  • Sister

• My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Family
  • Pretty
  • Dad

• Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Never
  • Easy
  • Decisions

• My wife will automatically quote and compare the price of diesel at every petrol station we drive by, like she's got oil-based Tourette's.

  

  Ian Watson
  • She
  • Wife
  • Drive

• If I were a young man today, I might be lured into the moviemaking industry. You can really make a statement there.

  

  James A. Michener
  • Today

• It's something nice to be number one, of course, but there are much more expectations.

  

  Angelique Kerber
  • Nice

• Nyasaland was the perfect country for a volunteer. It was friendly and destitute; it was small and out-of-the-way. It had all of Africa's problems - poverty, ignorance, disease.

  

  Paul Theroux
  • Country
  • Small
  • Perfect

• The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing musicals, you have to be in shape physically, mentally, and have to be on your game all the time. That's exhausting. On TV, especially a sitcom, you have a lot of free time to play.

  

  Neil Patrick Harris
  • Life
  • Time
  • Game

• The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.

  

  Marianne Faithfull
  • God

• I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.

  

  Big Boi
  • Music

• My kids, they're like nine or ten years old right now so you give 'em responsibilities just to keep them up on things. It ain't just all about getting on the skateboard or putting your Heelys on, and swimming in the pool all the time. You gotta do stuff like wash dishes, take the trash out, feed the dog.

  

  Big Boi
  • Up
  • Time
  • Kids

• On 'Shrek,' Eddie Murphy was locked in as the donkey before we'd even designed the donkey.

  

  Kelly Asbury

• I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

  

  Janis Ian
  • God
  • Career

• I put in a lot of effort for a show like 'Jhansi Ki Rani,' and it worked. I think I am very lucky I have done that show!

  

  Kratika Sengar
  • Done
  • Effort

• I can enjoy a vacation as well as the next person, as long as I know it's a vacation and not a premature retirement.

  

  Mary Crosby
  • Long
  • Retirement
  • Vacation

• I'm not expecting much work in Hollywood, to be honest. People stick to film because they tend to get offered the same roles over and over again, and it's safe. But I'm not interested in doing that.

  

  Kim Cattrall
  • People
  • Work

• I have a high bar for myself already; I always want to do something beautiful and meaningful.

  

  Patty Jenkins
  • High
  • Beautiful
  • Meaningful

• I have seen African countries negotiate bilaterally and within the WTO. African countries come to the WTO prepared and defend their interests with vigour.

  

  Arancha Gonzalez

• Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Effort
  • Acquired
  • Unappreciated

• If you recognize a face while surfing through 200 channels, you will stop and listen. Celebrities give a positive aura and people like them. Their message appeals to people.

  

  Kajol
  • People
  • Stop
  • Positive

• “I don't run for my physical health, though that's a lucky side effect. I run because I'm tortured inside. I run to soothe the violence in my mind, the depression, the panic, the disappointments, the shame, the frustration, the helplessness against time. You could say I'm running from something... though I'd rather think I'm running TOWARD something. Though I'm probably running just to stay in one place. It seems like most of life is just maintenance, after all.”

  

  Gabrielle Bell
  • Life
  • Health
  • Run

• I'm surfing the giant life wave.

  

  William Shatner
  • Surfing
  • Wave
  • Giants