Carrie Fletcher Quotes

In the words of Madame Leota in the film The Haunted Mansion, 'You try, you fail, you try, you fail, but the only true failure is when you stop trying

Carrie Fletcher

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• It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Up
  • Day
  • Thought

• I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • People
  • Mercy
  • Drive

• Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • May
  • Society
  • Comedy

• The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.

  

  Orson Welles
  • American
  • Reality
  • Process

• I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

  

  Calvin Trillin
  • Food
  • Know
  • Restaurant

• When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.

  

  Bart Gordon
  • Time
  • New
  • Chapter

• I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • Myself
  • Actor
  • Pressure

• It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

  

  Randy Newman
  • People
  • Music
  • Mind

• And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • Free
  • Culture
  • Democracy

• My mom is a sculptress.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Mom

• In the end, I was doing night shoots on 'Gilmore Girls' and then wrapping and going straight from 'Gilmore Girls' to 'Roadies.'

  

  Tanc Sade
  • Night
  • End
  • Doing

• I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

  

  Babette March
  • Up
  • Live
  • Taken

• 'Use yer heads! A barnyard goose tastes better 'an a wild one cause it don't use its muscles. The same oughta hold true for a giant's brains!'-Bruenor Battlehammer, explaining his new recipe in response to Drizzt's and Wulfgar's expressions of horror and disgust.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • True

• But from a deeper perspective (speaking both objectively and subjectively), thoughts simply arise unauthored and yet author our actions.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Thoughts
  • Perspective
  • Author

• A disciple asked, 'Who is a Master?' The Master replied, 'Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece.'

  

  Anthony de Mello
  • Life
  • Ego

• I'm so single. It's funny. I'm usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But it's good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder.

  

  Brittany Snow
  • Good
  • God
  • Girl

• My mum bought discounted tickets for shows like 'Cats' and 'Les Miserables'; I became completely enamoured.

  

  Emily Ratajkowski

• I always thought when I hit 50 years old that'd be it for the travel. I don't have to tell you - you wait at an airport, your flight's delayed, get on a 14-hour flight, get off, get stuck in traffic, you get to the hotel and the room service is closed.

  

  Brian Setzer Stray Cats
  • Travel
  • Service

• One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • Live

• My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Music
  • Mother
  • Father

• The first three years was our honeymoon period. Then you settle into the relationship, and it morphs into just living, breathing. It becomes more comfortable, but it becomes a necessity - something you can't give up, like an addict.

  

  David Burtka
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Relationship

• I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

  

  Mike Figgis
  • Trying
  • Enough
  • Cameras

• Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

  

  Helen Gurley Brown
  • Money
  • Funny
  • Helping

• In the words of Madame Leota in the film The Haunted Mansion, 'You try, you fail, you try, you fail, but the only true failure is when you stop trying

  

  Carrie Fletcher
  • Trying
  • Stop
  • Failure