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 am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

  

  Rahul Dravid
  • Intellectual
  • Intense
  • Cricketer

• 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

• There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.

  

  Balaji Srinivasan
  • Financial
  • Crisis
  • Banks

• 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

• I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire.

  

  Nasim Pedrad
  • Up
  • Writing
  • She

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

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Life
  • Way
  • Funny

• I love being around my mom and my dad.

  

  Maddie Hasson
  • Love
  • Dad
  • Mom

• 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

• I love James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith and Nine Inch Nails.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Nails

• Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law.

  

  Zack de la Rocha Rage Against the Machine
  • Law
  • Environment
  • Fans

• There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.

  

  Ayn Rand
  • Men
  • Logic

• 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

• And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act. Whatever is happening in your life is what's going on on stage. So if you're angry in your life, then that's going to be on stage. If you're looking for the guy that's just going to make you laugh for an hour and forget about, that's me.

  

  Billy Gardell
  • Life
  • Guy
  • Angry

• If you write a piece, it's a different thing to show it to an editor than it is to show it to your best friend. You think, "Maybe she'll see through this or she'll see through that." That happened to me with my best friend back in Vancouver. I showed him "Just a Dream" and he took off the headphones halfway through and said, "Man, this is kind of garbage." He told me I needed to get singing lessons.

  

  Tobias Jesso Jr.
  • Men
  • Different
  • Thinking

• I love playing the game. I always have. Of course, winning matches makes it much sweeter. The wins and the losses always lead to these big moments, unless you're Serena Williams.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Game
  • Moments
  • Winning

• There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!

  

  Douglas Wood
  • People
  • High

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

  

  Richie Benaud
  • Sports
  • Winning
  • Ability