Imelda Staunton Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
Carla Gugino -
It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.
Dan Deacon -
I had a lot of energy, and my mom decided to look for a place where I can spend the energy, because I was jumping on the couch and furniture, and I was jumping on the top of the things in the house.
Nadia Comaneci -
We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
Kate Brown -
I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.
Idris Elba -
I never do anything out of my comfort zone.
Danica Patrick
-
Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
Samuel Butler -
Throughout his long career, Washington earned the adulation not merely of ordinary people but of the other luminaries whom we now hail as 'founding fathers.'
Edmund Morgan -
If I were trying to impress a girl, I wouldn't get all super dressed because I would look like I was trying too hard. Instead, I would probably wear what I normally would.
Taylor Lautner -
Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
Victoria Azarenka -
The criteria, the only rule you should follow - the only rule - is to never touch a product or service unless, every time it is sold, part of the profit has to come back to you.
E. Joseph Cossman -
If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.
Gail Simmons
-
The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
Victor Hugo -
I ran away from three different boarding schools before joining a circus school, and eventually I became an actor. The only thing I learned at boarding school was never to send my child to one.
Vincent Cassel -
Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
Victoria Osteen -
I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
Wanda Sykes -
Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
Ian Williams Battles -
I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.
Earl Hamner, Jr.
-
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth -
Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.
Orson Welles -
Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.
Brian Sandoval -
You can get through your whole day only around people who will tell you that you're wonderful. But pretty soon they're going to have to be lying about that.
Lara Flynn Boyle -
People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
Ha-Joon Chang -
Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.
Imelda Staunton