BarbaraNeely (Barbara Neely) Quotes
On speaking of family secrets. I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.
Quotes to Explore
-
There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
-
When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
-
Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
-
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
-
Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
-
Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
-
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
-
I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
-
Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
-
At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine.
-
People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
-
If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
-
You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online.
-
We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.
-
Who am I to myself? Just a feeling of mine.
-
I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It's the artist's job to create imagery that matches the music... I think they're very intertwined.
-
An apple resists being eaten. An apple is not eaten, it is conquered. The crunchiness of a pear is far more appealing. It is giving and fragile. To eat a pear is akin to … kissing.
-
The flying Rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any Tale was sooner heard than told; And all who told it, added something new, And all who heard it, made Enlargements too, In ev'ry Ear it spread, on ev'ry Tongue it grew.
-
The rumor is not true: I am allowed in the state of Texas.
-
Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you're not really teaching them anything.
-
The greatest contributor to the feeling of tension and fear of war arose from the power of the bombing aeroplane. If all nations would consent to abolish air bombardment . . . that would mean the greatest possible release from fear.
-
It's not terribly dignified to have anyone seeing one laugh at one's own material.
-
People's computers are not getting more secure. They're getting more infected with viruses. They're getting more under the control of malware.
-
On speaking of family secrets. I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.
