Colin Firth Quotes

I'd love to try my hand at something else.

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• Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.

  

  M. Stanton Evans
  • Time
  • World
  • Plan

• My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Up
  • Women
  • Change

• I am always locked in my design studio.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Design
  • Studio
  • Locked

• Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.

  

  T. E. Hulme
  • World
  • Blue
  • Born

• I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Done
  • Mother
  • Pretty

• We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Heroes
  • Conflicts
  • Villains

• Reading is a huge part of life.

  

  Daniel Curtis Lee
  • Life
  • Reading
  • Part

• I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'

  

  Olga Fonda
  • Remember
  • Girl
  • Action

• Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

  

  Om Puri
  • Just
  • Follow
  • Soldiers

• I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

  

  J. Carter Brown
  • Important
  • Question
  • Luck

• The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.

  

  Babyface
  • Mind
  • Fun
  • Quality

• By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.

  

  Barbara Amiel
  • Control
  • Now
  • Soviet

• I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Want
  • Forever
  • Said

• When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.

  

  Irwin M. Jacobs
  • Important
  • Ideas
  • New

• You're only as good as your last haircut.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Good
  • Funny
  • Haircut

• I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

  

  Edith Head
  • Friend
  • Star
  • Grace Kelly

• They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.

  

  Ike Turner Ike & Tina Turner
  • Music
  • Different
  • Change

• I get a lot of fan mail and stuff, and usually it's for me to sign stuff.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Me
  • Fan
  • Mail

• My first time in Germany. We started off in Heidelberg, which is this quaint, nice town. The Germans, they shoot just like the Americans, except for, if it's a 10-hour day, they're leaving at 5. You don't go to 5:30, 6, 7. No. And then we had a fest for everything.

  

  Craig Robinson
  • Time
  • Nice
  • Leaving

• The art world as a whole, and museums in particular, belong to what has aptly been called the 'consciousness industry.'

  

  Hans Haacke
  • World
  • Art

• My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill.

  

  David Frum
  • Great
  • She
  • Mom

• Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Hand
  • Commitment
  • Go

• I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Home
  • Hand
  • Always

• I'd love to try my hand at something else.

  

  Colin Firth
  • Hand