Charles Durning (Charles Edward Durning) Quotes

There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.

Charles Durning

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• You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.

  

  Larry King
  • Why
  • Question
  • Questions

• The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.

  

  Rachel Joyce
  • Writing
  • Woman
  • Story

• When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Work
  • Joy
  • Moments

• I'm usually woken up by the birds and by my schnauzer, Rafa - for me that's the best start to the day. I jump out of bed, throw on some clothes, and race to the polo ground.

  

  Facundo Pieres
  • Up
  • Day
  • Best

• I can't touch Simon anymore.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Touch
  • Anymore
  • Simon

• I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • People
  • Funny
  • Thought

• I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Food
  • Appreciate
  • Evolution

• On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had one word to describe Hillary, it would be 'beholden.' Nothing's gonna really change. Government's gonna have the answer to everything, and that's gonna mean taxes are gonna go up.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Up
  • Think
  • Change

• There are, in fact, very few organic zinc compounds; only the first members of the series, which correspond to the simplest organic radicals, can be prepared without too much difficulty, but they have the disadvantage of being spontaneously inflammable in air and are consequently very dangerous to handle.

  

  Victor Grignard
  • Air
  • First
  • Too Much

• You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Guy
  • Day
  • Fighting

• In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was able to reinvent my type a bit, which was essential in booking the role of Amanda on 'Ugly Betty.' I don't believe I would have auditioned for that role in N.Y.

  

  Becki Newton
  • Believe
  • Me
  • Friend

• Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • People
  • Evil
  • Lies

• I was looking to explore the theme of good and evil, so what better inspiration than the comics? I'd developed a relationship with DC and Warner Bros. when I donated a sculpture of Catwoman to the 'We Can Be Heroes' campaign a few years ago. That's what started it.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • Good
  • Relationship
  • Evil

• My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • Time
  • Music
  • Father

• Destiny has always been something that interested me as a subject, but not in a fatalistic way because I believe that one can transform destiny through self-knowledge.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Believe
  • Knowledge
  • Always

• I felt uncomfortable in cliques.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Felt
  • Uncomfortable
  • Cliques

• You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do.

  

  Aaron Stanford
  • Time
  • Long
  • Moment

• I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy.

  

  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Family
  • Home
  • Cats

• You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.

  

  Vernon Wells
  • Kind
  • Failure
  • Athlete

• It's head and heart. I like to feed both. I always wanted to be an actor. But the cultural-intellectual side of things has always excited me. I wouldn't want to let it go.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Heart
  • Want
  • Me

• If you're interested in opening the doors to the heavens, start with the door to your own secret self. See what happens when you offer to another a glimpse of who you truly are. When your heart is undefended, you make it safe for whomever you meet to put down his burden of hiding, and then you both can walk through the open door.

  

  Elizabeth Lesser
  • Heart
  • Secret
  • Safe

• To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Best
  • Circumstances

• Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.

  

  Wang Jianlin
  • Company
  • Development

• There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.

  

  Charles Durning
  • Soul
  • Want
  • Knows