Ben Kingsley Quotes

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

Ben Kingsley

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• Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Political
  • Free
  • Minimum Wage

• First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Failure
  • Army
  • First

• Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • She
  • Voice

• This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • Trying
  • Movie
  • First

• I think golf is literally an addiction. I'm surprised there's not Golf Anonymous.

  

  Larry David
  • Think
  • Golf
  • Addiction

• Dance should mean something to you.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • You
  • Mean
  • Dance

• You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.

  

  Larry Brown
  • Game
  • Care
  • Teammates

• Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • People
  • You
  • Happiness

• I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.

  

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • Work
  • Career
  • Never

• People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.

  

  Kapil Sharma
  • Comedy
  • Stage
  • Show

• As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Long
  • Die
  • Born

• When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Life
  • Time
  • Family

• Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time because you're going to get all cut up in a movie.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Up
  • Time
  • Movie

• Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Together
  • Change
  • Difference

• America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical - it is also highly dangerous.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • She
  • America
  • Political

• I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.

  

  Hank Aaron
  • Life
  • Wonder
  • Looking

• I think comedy is funnier when it's real.

  

  Kate Flannery
  • Real
  • Think
  • Comedy

• My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Art
  • She
  • Mother

• I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they're good, and if they get fans, then you move on to the next band.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Good
  • Band
  • Attitude

• I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • Reading
  • Period
  • Tired

• There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • People
  • Life
  • May

• If I give dollars to some charity, nobody cares. I mean, it helps the charity, but nobody cares. But if the Dodgers do the same thing, they bring more focus to issues, and that makes it better.

  

  Mark Walter
  • Focus
  • Charity

• I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.

  

  Alison Jackson
  • Celebrity

• It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

  

  Ben Kingsley
  • Celebrity
  • Charity