Tom Hanks Quotes

As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

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• While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.

  

  Carl Levin
  • Long
  • Trust
  • Security

• I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Know
  • Wish
  • Loved

• RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Change

• Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'

  

  Karl Malone
  • People
  • Dream
  • Dreams

• I depend on good editors and a good director.

  

  Indira Varma
  • Good
  • Depend
  • Editors

• I can hold my breath for 7 minutes and 5 seconds.

  

  Tanc Sade
  • I Can
  • Breath
  • Hold

• I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Country
  • Real
  • Success

• I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to go to Britain's Central School of Speech and Drama, and my dad and I had a few tense words about that. He wanted me to go to British drama school.

  

  Kate Burton
  • School
  • Words
  • Opportunity

• I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Life
  • Live
  • My Life

• Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Superman

• I'm a very proud actor.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • Proud
  • Actor
  • Very

• I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony!

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Food
  • Fast Food
  • Taco

• Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Time
  • Beauty
  • Sun

• We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Interest
  • Empathy
  • Neighbors

• I'm doing what I want to do.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Want
  • Doing

• If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we'll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.

  

  Dan Webster
  • May
  • Want
  • Door

• I play Father Francis in 'The Exorcist Prequel.' It's fantastic. We are shooting in Morrocco and Rome. Paul Schrader is directing; Stellan Skarsgard plays the younger Max Von Sydow character. It's just a fantastic script. It's a very eerie, very scary script. It encomposes a growing dread that I think is really appropriate for the film.

  

  Gabriel Mann
  • Character
  • Father
  • Growing

• You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • Want
  • Things
  • Happiness

• I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Bad

• I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already proven yourself. They're excited about what you're doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It's empowering.

  

  Lois Lowry
  • People
  • Success
  • Waiting

• Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding.

  

  Jerry Coleman
  • Today
  • Funny
  • Team

• In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.

  

  Sam Trammell
  • School
  • High
  • Band

• It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected.

  

  David Canary
  • Fun

• As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

  

  Tom Hanks
  • Waiting
  • Actor
  • Luck