Colin Firth Quotes

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Colin Firth

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• When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Law
  • Conscience
  • Follow

• Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Propaganda
  • Momentum
  • Masses

• You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Good
  • You
  • Difference

• I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. Then mankind will eat to live, be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent.

  

  Fannie Farmer
  • Time
  • Work
  • Live

• Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Time
  • Men
  • Long

• Beauty is whatever gives joy.

  

  Edna St. Vincent Millay
  • Joy
  • Beauty
  • Whatever

• Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.

  

  Dan Abrams
  • People
  • Good
  • Hope

• The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Business
  • Challenges

• Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.

  

  Natalie MacMaster
  • Music
  • Living
  • Instruments

• 'American Idol,' for me, is fizzling out. They can't package me, man... I'm an artist that's created this concept but used the 'American Idol' machine as a marketing tool.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • American
  • Man
  • Me

• If people make a lot of introductions, should they get recognized for it? I've never seen a score showing who's a good connector. That'd be useful, right?

  

  Paige Craig
  • People
  • Good
  • Seen

• In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together.

  

  Imelda May
  • Up
  • She
  • Together

• My musical career was an accident.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Career
  • Musical
  • Accident

• I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They like saying that because I got dreads. I look like I belong a certain place, so it's easy to put everything in a box.

  

  Wale
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Lazy

• If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Long
  • Find
  • Little

• I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.

  

  Yuna
  • Music
  • Together
  • Strong

• In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Soul
  • Security
  • Losing

• Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • Children
  • Week
  • Lunch

• That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.

  

  Bud Abbott
  • Why
  • Today

• We're pretty sure there's plenty of organic material on Pluto. The atmosphere is largely methane, and in sunlight, methane builds organic molecules. We see reddish stuff on the surface that we think is organic material.

  

  David Grinspoon
  • Pretty

• Playing the greatest warrior in the seven kingdoms, that's absolutely no pressure. It didn't help, during the casting, the director kept saying, 'Remember, you're the most legendary swordsman ever.' I said, 'Great. I'll try and convey that in my four lines of dialogue.'

  

  Luke Roberts
  • Great
  • Remember
  • Help

• In a tournament, even though there are team scores, it's calculated and it's a lot more individual. There is more honor to say you're not just better than the opposing schools' wrestler, you're the best wrestler in your weight class. Plus there are lot more awards to win in a tournament.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Team
  • Winning
  • Honor

• Social media and music in general have been changing so fast. You can go on Twitter and go from one artist to another. What I really like about it is the opportunity to communicate directly with your fans.

  

  Juanes
  • Fans
  • Communicate
  • Social Media

• Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

  

  Colin Firth