Kevin Costner Quotes

I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films.

Kevin Costner

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• The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Politics
  • President
  • Once

• What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Up
  • Job
  • Writer

• I've been a fortunate girl: I grew up in a family that loved me from day one. I feel well grounded and lucky from that. So everything else is a bonus, because I grew up in this family that I adored, and adored me, and I think when you have that, you are already ahead of the game in the sense of how you feel about yourself.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Up
  • Family
  • Game

• Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

  

  Upton Sinclair
  • Capitalism
  • Fascism
  • Plus

• Although anything can happen when under the influence of ice water.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Water
  • Influence
  • Ice

• Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

  

  Mae West
  • Important
  • Success
  • Personality

• Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top U.S. government managers - scores at a time - into a bunker deep underground and far from Washington.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Time
  • War
  • Deep

• Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

  

  Karel Capek
  • Fighting
  • Creating
  • Method

• In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Bad
  • Think
  • Divorce

• Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Job
  • Career
  • Know

• L.A. has always had a ton of creative business people, but tech has always been trumped by Hollywood. Now Hollywood is realizing it needs to be smarter in tech. Hollywood is finally crossing over, and it's really going to charge L.A. to be the next tech center.

  

  Paige Craig
  • People
  • Business
  • Creative

• I often get too emotionally involved in my cases.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Involved
  • Often
  • Emotionally

• I had a very funny family.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Family
  • Funny
  • Very

• If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.

  

  Dale Murphy
  • Believe
  • Live
  • Respect

• I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

  

  Larry King
  • Day
  • Morning
  • Myself

• Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Time
  • Taken
  • Years

• Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

  

  Barbara De Angelis
  • Love
  • Joy
  • Force

• Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion.

  

  Ja Rule
  • God
  • Believe
  • Why

• In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Long
  • Challenge
  • Place

• That's very hard to define. I guess, commitment. I don't believe in love at first sight. I'm in love with my wife, but I don't always feel the same level of love. Your emotions go up and down. The strongest love is between family members, and ultimately, it boils down to commitment.

  

  Vivian Campbell Def Leppard
  • Wife
  • Don't Believe
  • Define

• I've prioritized taking care of my mind, having fun, and doing things that make me laugh. And eating well - as in, really good food, like steak or pasta or fresh vegetables or an amazing dessert. You know, 'treat yo'self.'

  

  Phillipa Soo
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Fun

• Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Life
  • Inspiration
  • Honorable

• good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere

  

  Helen Gurley Brown
  • Girl
  • Heaven

• I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films.

  

  Kevin Costner