Richie Benaud Quotes

The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

Richie Benaud

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• I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.

  

  Kate Burton
  • Up
  • Important
  • Family

• The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • People
  • Up
  • Fight

• I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Remember
  • Change
  • Me

• I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.

  

  Falk Hentschel
  • People
  • Think
  • Know

• Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • God
  • Sometimes
  • Thank God

• I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • Think
  • You
  • Artist

• Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.

  

  Yael Naim
  • Music
  • Simple
  • Language

• When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Man
  • Political
  • Building

• Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Life
  • Way
  • Funny

• I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

  

  Magnus Carlsen
  • Good
  • Why
  • Myself

• Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.

  

  Jason Alexander
  • Fire

• If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something, it will take me about a day. But I have a specific way of writing: I just listen to the beat. I think about what I'm going to write over the beat.

  

  Astro
  • Writing
  • Happy
  • Song

• I feel like there's a lot of tasks in cooking that I want to master, that I want to do better.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • Cooking

• I've done a lot of commercial work. I'm the complete photographer.

  

  Duane Michals
  • Work
  • Done

• It is frustrating, but all I can do is just keep winning, and hopefully, people will stand up and take notice eventually.

  

  Katie Taylor
  • People
  • Up
  • Winning

• Invisible Boy was fun. Everybody else's character, they knew where they were at already as a superhero. But invisible boy's character, you kind of grow up with him within the movie.

  

  Kel Mitchell
  • Up
  • Character
  • Movie

• It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside.

  

  DeRay Mckesson
  • People
  • Important

• I've got no ego; I just like to have thousands of people write to me and tell me how wonderful I am.

  

  Jim Beaver
  • People
  • Ego

• I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Up
  • Men
  • Country

• Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Time
  • Ability
  • Reputation

• I used my Karate footwork to control the distance, and I use is as a penetration drill that I do, this is my speciality, the way I penetrate on people, the explosiveness and the timing. It all started with Kyokoshin and Sports Karate.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
  • People
  • Sports
  • Distance

• The ideal is to live forever, right? Or to live right now and just be grateful that I feel good. I'm definitely grateful for every second that I'm alive. At this point in my life, I definitely take time out throughout the day to just stop and be like, "Everything is cool." It's as good as it's gonna be, because it only gets worse.

  

  Ariel Pink
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

  

  Richie Benaud
  • Sports
  • Winning
  • Ability