Amy Adams Quotes

I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.

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• The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • Good
  • Stop
  • Government

• Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Believe
  • Live

• We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Live
  • Humanity
  • Tree

• No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Life
  • Artist
  • Rich

• A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Great
  • Man
  • Too Much

• I turned 40 on the set of the reunion show for 'Sheer Genius,' so it wasn't a hideous birthday because I had everyone on the cast and crew sing 'Happy Birthday' to me, and I won $10,000 for being the fan favorite. It was really liberating to turn 40 and realize that I felt very comfortable with myself and knew who I was.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Happy
  • Myself
  • Birthday

• I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.

  

  Randy Houser
  • Always
  • Find
  • I Can

• I've fixed the toilet. And I've been crawling in claustrophobic places... you have to deal with that when you become a homeowner.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • You
  • Places
  • Toilet

• As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Up
  • Long
  • Remember

• If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.

  

  Valerie June
  • Want
  • Me
  • Inside

• No computer or smartphone can ever be considered 100 percent 'safe.' We're all engaged in a perpetual battle with criminals and hostile governments trying to use computers and the Internet to steal information and identities.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Trying
  • Internet
  • Battle

• You can ask anyone who knows me, I've never said a racist or prejudiced thing in my life.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Life
  • Me
  • My Life

• I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world, Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • World
  • Long
  • True

• I'm an economist, not a political scientist.

  

  Dambisa Moyo
  • Political
  • Scientist

• There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Men
  • Change
  • Fashion

• The only bad thing is that we didn't win at Tennessee. Kiffin left that program in a bad position.

  

  Malik Jackson
  • Bad
  • Win
  • Tennessee

• People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • People

• Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

  

  Bill Bradley
  • Success
  • Path
  • Ambition

• I bought a house in England in 1990, shortly after my father died, hoping to come home to England and spend time with my family.

  

  Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac
  • Time
  • Family
  • Home

• Early on, with any startup show, you're really building credibility and making it stand on its own.

  

  David Boreanaz

• The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk. A tiny minority of entrepreneurs ever get rich. And the majority of entrepreneurs would probably make far more money, and have more stable personal relationships, if they just worked for someone else.

  

  Michael Arrington
  • Risk
  • Rich
  • Entrepreneur

• I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education beyond high school. It was extremely overwhelming and it still is.

  

  John Howe
  • School
  • Art
  • History

• I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.

  

  Amy Adams