Beatrice Sparks Quotes
I guess I'll never measure up to anyone's expectations. I surely don't measure up to what I'd like to be.
Quotes to Explore
-
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
-
Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
-
Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
-
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
-
My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had been married before, and they liked it the way it was. They didn't feel like they needed a piece of paper to be committed. So for me, I know that marriage is not a golden ticket.
-
A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
-
You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
-
The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
-
I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
-
The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
-
There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
-
Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
-
In theory, parents are supposed to empathize with one other - find common cause in the fervent desire to preserve and protect the world for the next generation, and connect on some deep, almost mystical level that those poor souls who have not experienced this kind of all-consuming love cannot possibly comprehend.
-
I have the Italian flag embroidered onto all my dress-shirt cuffs. I am very proud to be Italian.
-
In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
-
Some you win some you lose.
-
As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
-
If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me.
-
I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic.
-
If I'm two pounds heavier, I'm fat. If I'm skinnier, I'm sick. It's ridiculous. And that's not coming from agents or designers.
-
Surround yourself with people that are going to support you on your journey, and get rid of the ones that don't.
-
Honestly, you can't manage expectations. It has nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with everyone else. And everyone else is going to have expectations, and all you can do is do your job and do your best and be true to yourself.
-
I guess I'll never measure up to anyone's expectations. I surely don't measure up to what I'd like to be.
