Alan Shearer Quotes
When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt and I wanted to score goals at St James' Park. I've lived my dream and I realise how lucky I've been to have done that.
Quotes to Explore
-
My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
-
All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
-
Since I was 19, I've always gone where there was a reason to be. Maybe I'll be lucky and there'll be a reason to go somewhere tropical for a while.
-
It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
-
I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
-
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
-
I'm involved with Kid One Transport and Studio by the Tracks in Alabama. Kid One literally transports kids to better health by giving them transportation they may need to get medical care. Studio by the Tracks is an art outlet for mentally challenged children.
-
I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
-
The nightmare of a film career, or at least the challenge of one, is that you're rarely going to get the opportunity to explore character because once people see you in one thing, you know, they want to see that again.
-
I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
-
People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
-
When your focus is social change and not financial change, why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.
-
The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
-
Our culture is at its best when we protect and encourage the weakest. Every life - at every stage, in every place - has a dignity beyond our imagining.
-
I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
-
Birth was the death of him.
-
I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
-
If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
-
It is never presumptuous for anyone to hope for realization. It is the goal of creation and the birthright of humanity. Blessed are they who are prepared to assert that right in this very life.
-
I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
-
Don't get me wrong, I'm very good, I'm a loyal person and I would never treat anyone badly - what goes around comes around. But I do go for the bad boy. I haven't outgrown that.
-
The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
-
I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
-
When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt and I wanted to score goals at St James' Park. I've lived my dream and I realise how lucky I've been to have done that.
