Uncle Quotes

I didn't want to become a pure mathematician, as a matter of fact, my uncle was one, so I knew what the pure mathematician was and I did not want to be a pure - I wanted to do something different.

Benoit Mandelbrot
- Different
- Want
- Matter
My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

Ellen Pompeo
- Time
- Family
- Kids

I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on.

Eleanor Roosevelt
- Good
- Age
- Uncle
Why did I want to become a director? I just had an early interest. My uncle was an actor in a local community theatre, and he ultimately persuaded me and a buddy of mine to come to that theatre, and we went to meet girls, and that turned into interested in kind of behind-the-scenes things, and from that point on, I was focused.

F. Gary Gray
- Why
- Community
- Me
I don't think I'm going to be back on 'This Is Us.' I think that Uncle Ricky had his moment; he did what he had to do.

Brian Tyree Henry
- Uncle
Hey Uncle SamPut your name at the top of his listAnd the Statue of LibertyStarted shaking her fist.And the eagle will flyMan, it's gonna be hellWhen you hear Mother FreedomStart ringing her bellAnd it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on youBrought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue.

Toby Keith
- World
- Mother
- Red
I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me.

Matthew Vaughn
- Inspired
- Shadow
- Uncle
Our brothers, cousins, uncles, husbands, neighbors were in the war, ... Not everyone's cousin or uncle is in this war.

Dennis Hastert
- War
- Cousin
- Brothers