Elaine Stritch Quotes
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'
Quotes to Explore
-
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
-
My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.
-
The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
-
Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
-
I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
-
The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument may be distant from our shores, but it will help us understand how healthy marine ecosystems work and how we can revive troubled seas closer to home.
-
If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
-
I haven't leaked anything to anybody. They are wrong!
-
All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
-
At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.
-
I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.
-
It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
-
Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
-
I think I can get away, sometimes, with walking in the streets and not getting noticed. I like that. I want my work to get noticed, not me. And it's slowly getting there, which is good.
-
I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.
-
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
-
All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
-
Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
-
I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
-
Never again can the Republican Party simply write off entire segments of our society because we assume our principles have limited appeal. They have broad appeal. We need to be larger than that.
-
Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.
-
A lot of people say I've missed out on a lot because I started acting at such a young age. What's so obvious to me is that I actually was really lucky. I gained a lot and I got a head start in what I wanted to do in life. A lot of people in their late 20s, early 30s are just beginning to figure out where they want to go.
-
Acting is a community where you come in and out of each other's lives. I'm slightly envious of the Golden Age of Hollywood. It must have been frustrating to be owned by the studio, but it was also like being in a company, working with the same people, and that appeals to me.
-
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'
