Patrick Stewart Quotes

I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve, like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

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• The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a deliberate relationship to public opinion.

  

  Samantha Power
  • American
  • Relationship
  • Government

• When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.'

  

  Olivia Hussey
  • Why
  • Mother
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• Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Why
  • Job
  • Guy

• The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Work
  • Why
  • Dream

• I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • People
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• My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Parents
  • Kid
  • Mature

• As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Why
  • Philosophy
  • Said

• This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it's all about and that's why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. That's the beauty of the cup.

  

  Ian Rush
  • World
  • Why
  • Day

• Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • Women
  • Why
  • Rule

• Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Why
  • Yourself
  • Movies

• When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'

  

  Kat Graham
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Love
  • Character

• I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • Why
  • Bad

• I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Women
  • Love

• I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do.

  

  Kalpana Chawla
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  • Always

• Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say 'Why? Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?' We're terrified of facing ourselves.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Why
  • Man
  • Society

• When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Work
  • Why
  • Yourself

• I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Why
  • Advice
  • Wealth

• Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.

  

  James Gray
  • Romantic

• Microwork gives marginalized people a chance to earn a living by playing a vital role in the business processes of big companies. In parallel, the organization assists local entrepreneurs in running microwork centers, helping to grow a new pool of business talent across the developing world.

  

  Leila Janah
  • People
  • World
  • Business

• Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made the ancient learned affirm it was a divine, and no human skill, since all other knowledges lie ready for any that have strength of wit; a poet no industry can make, if his own genius be not carried into it.

  

  Philip Sidney

• We shouldn't come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Up
  • World
  • Pain

• You look out on the street, and everyone has their heads in their phones. Nobody's really looking up at the sky or the buildings and taking the day in. I try to be conscious of it, but everybody falls prey to it.

  

  Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth
  • Everyone
  • Conscious
  • Phones

• I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve, like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

  

  Patrick Stewart
  • Why
  • Relationship
  • Mystery