Brian Christian Quotes

Learning self-control is important, but it’s equally important to grow up in an environment where adults are consistently present and trustworthy.

Brian Christian

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• People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'

  

  Foster Friess
  • People
  • You
  • Say

• More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.

  

  Dan Lipinski
  • Time
  • Long
  • Drug

• Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Time
  • Important
  • Long

• People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.

  

  Pat Benatar
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Think
  • Never
  • Look

• The anti-Darwin movement has racked up one astounding achievement. It has made a significant proportion of American parents care about what their children are taught in school.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Up
  • Children
  • School

• It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • World
  • Believe
  • Man

• As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?

  

  Becki Newton
  • Fun
  • Want
  • Red

• The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.

  

  Halle Berry
  • People
  • Love
  • Struggle

• The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.

  

  Lactantius
  • Mind
  • Together
  • Spirit

• I am surprised by how not-adopted the video reply has been. What keeps other people from doing it, I think, is that they think a video comes across as 'I'm cool, look at how many e-mails I get.' That perception doesn't scare me, because I know who I am.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • People
  • Perception
  • Video

• The 'Lone Star' experience was tough at the time, but it really allowed me to look at things from a 3,000-foot high view. You can think something is the greatest thing in the world, but, as we know, anything can happen. It really taught me that I always want to make choices that I believe in artistically. No one can take that away from you.

  

  James Wolk
  • Time
  • World
  • Believe

• My favourite roller coaster is the Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio.

  

  Alice Ripley

• When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.

  

  Elizabeth Taylor
  • People
  • She

• The president named Obama is probably not going to repeal the bill that's named after him.

  

  Cory Gardner

• If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs.

  

  James Watkins

• The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.

  

  Joe Pantoliano
  • Up
  • Together

• The 'Rule of Three' is simply getting the other guy to agree to the same thing three times in the same conversation, it's really hard to repeatedly lie or fake conviction.

  

  Christopher Voss
  • Guy
  • Fake

• I was on my death bed, and I remember hanging on to these words, 'Don't be scared. You are going to live an amazing life,' and I have.

  

  Amy Purdy
  • Life
  • Live
  • Remember

• And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record.

  

  Noureddine Morceli
  • Record
  • Succeed
  • Beat

• It's so hard to predict the political environment. I think that business can't sit on the sidelines and just watch. I think we need to be a force for the values that we believe in. We need to partner with government and regulators.

  

  Dan Schulman
  • Believe
  • Business
  • Political

• If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry will decline, just as a population which does not give birth will eventually dwindle.

  

  R. J. Reynolds
  • Giving
  • Smoking
  • Adults

• We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.

  

  Bob Taft
  • World
  • Education
  • Quality

• Learning self-control is important, but it’s equally important to grow up in an environment where adults are consistently present and trustworthy.

  

  Brian Christian
  • Environment
  • Adults
  • Self-Control