Eddie Mair Quotes

Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

Eddie Mair

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• He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Think
  • Understanding
  • Key

• My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Friends
  • Know
  • Me

• Guys play basketball and get hurt, and that's probably the easiest sport on the planet. We're actually fighting every day. We're wrestling; we're grappling.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Day
  • Fighting
  • Hurt

• When you're young, you're stupid.

  

  Wendy Hiller
  • You
  • Stupid
  • Young

• My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • Truth
  • Religious
  • Spiritual

• Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Time
  • Country
  • Young

• I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Riding

• Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Trying
  • Night
  • Best

• You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • People
  • Trying
  • Business

• I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • People
  • Love
  • Warm

• Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and other people in Cuba, I had the opportunity to live at a level that was not very high class but in the middle.

  

  Yoenis Cespedes
  • People
  • Live
  • High

• I'm really, really emotional.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Emotional
  • Really

• Alors, c’est ça l’enfer. Je n'aurais jamais cru... vous vous rappelez: le soufre, le bûcher, le gril... ah! Quelle plaisanterie. Pas besoin de gril, l'enfer, c'est les autres.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre

• The scientist-community guy may get a $500,000 grant, and if his equipment works or doesn't work, he still gets a gold star for doing the science experiment. For me, there is no merit in anything for doing an experiment; I have to go home with pictures.

  

  James Balog
  • Work
  • May
  • Home

• I'm grateful I know what it's like to be unemployed for long periods of time.

  

  Charlie Cox
  • Time
  • Long

• I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Time
  • School
  • College

• I don't think there's an actor in the world who ever expects to get a call from the 'Star Wars' casting director - least of all me.

  

  Phoebe Waller-Bridge
  • World
  • Star

• What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

  

  Joe Paterno
  • People

• I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Work
  • Women
  • Family

• Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'

  

  Jay Chandrasekhar
  • Comedy
  • Baseball

• I'm not the fastest, the strongest, the most athletic, the tallest. But in order for me to be good at what I do, I have to focus on my craft so much that it alleviates those other things. I can't have personal relationships like other people do. I can't spend time on that.

  

  Doug Baldwin
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

  

  Eddie Mair
  • Comedy
  • Judge
  • Moustache