Billy Joel Quotes

Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.

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• The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.

  

  Tamae Watanabe
  • Fun
  • Reason
  • Marriage

• The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.

  

  Laura Harring
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Best

• To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Fun
  • Gay
  • Pride

• I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Country
  • Think
  • Song

• I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Time
  • School
  • Pretty

• The future ain't what it used to be.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Future
  • Used

• I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.

  

  Imelda May
  • Music
  • School
  • Choices

• As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • People
  • Best
  • Emotional

• Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Action

• Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Beauty
  • Talent
  • While

• There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Men
  • Women
  • Angry

• I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.

  

  Eckhard Pfeiffer
  • Small
  • Same
  • Company

• I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Music
  • Live
  • Day

• My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Country
  • You
  • Financial

• You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Man
  • Wise
  • Questions

• I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.

  

  Natasha Little
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Life
  • Time
  • Fun

• I was logging 15-hour days, sampling food every minute. I had access to these amazing dishes, and it was easy to lose sight of how quickly the bites added up.

  

  Adam Richman
  • Up
  • Food
  • Amazing

• I've learned that it doesn't matter how your husband squeezes the toothpaste, the important thing is how he squeezes you.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Important
  • Husband

• When I was 12 or 13, I started to watch films and understand more about the craft and that helped me to develop. But it also felt like a game, because it was fun. I mean, all of us do it when we're kids to a degree - play acting. But then I came to realise that it's a lovely way to express yourself. So, my passion for it developed as I got older.

  

  Yasmin Paige
  • Kids
  • Fun
  • Game

• I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I'd like to think it can be a good time.

  

  Dede Gardner
  • Time
  • Good

• Research gathered over recent years has highlighted the countless benefits to people, wildlife and the environment that come from planting trees and creating new woodland habitat. It's obvious trees are good things.

  

  Clive Anderson
  • People
  • Good
  • Environment

• Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Good
  • Stop
  • Records