Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes

My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.

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• It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'

  

  Ed Stoppard
  • Father
  • Reality
  • Stars

• I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Writing
  • Way
  • Like

• When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Thought
  • Moment
  • Roses

• Truth never damages a cause that is just.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Truth
  • Never
  • Just

• I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Religion
  • Seriously
  • Effect

• A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Character
  • Like
  • Story

• I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • World
  • Work
  • How

• I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Support
  • Decision
  • Clear

• Sure enough, it wasn't long until I got a call, telling me I had a scholarship there. It was the only scholarship offer I had and, believe me, I jumped at it.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Telling

• I agree with Kathi Zellweger that sanctions mostly punish the ordinary people who live at the edge of starvation.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • People
  • Live
  • Edge

• I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. That opposition hasn't changed.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Up
  • Proud

• I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.

  

  Britt Daniel
  • Focus

• There is etiquette in golf, but it's not any harder to learn than what to do at a dinner party. Actually, it's probably easier. And these days, there are a lot more women out there than there used to be. It's not like when I was young. I was always the only girl on the range.

  

  Paula Creamer
  • Women
  • Girl
  • Party

• Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.

  

  Alice Ripley
  • Up

• Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment.

  

  Marilu Henner
  • Environment
  • Unique

• To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.

  

  Nelly Sachs
  • Reality

• I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

  

  Bernie Mac
  • People
  • Work
  • Hate

• I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.

  

  James Gray
  • Up

• When I was 6, I saw a commercial that Jessica Simpson was in, and that was the first time I felt my little heart flutter.

  

  Lee Ryan Blue
  • Time
  • Heart

• The strength of my mother is something I didn't pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, 'I'm getting my kids out of here. I'm creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.'

  

  Jacqueline Woodson
  • People
  • Great
  • Long

• Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.

  

  John Maeda
  • World
  • Money
  • Art

• My girlfriend knows that if I'm acting weird at home to go to one of my shows to see what's on my mind.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Mind
  • Home
  • Weird

• My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.

  

  Carrie Fisher
  • Thinking
  • Mother