Up Quotes

• At the NYPD, a judge doesn't need to sign off on opening up an investigation into a mosque as a terrorism organization. The oversight is internal.

  

  Matt Apuzzo
  • Up
  • Judge
  • Organization

• For me, time is everything, because from the time you wake up you have to have your heart and soul in this. You have to work through the day, you have to go to the gym, you have to eat, and yet you have to work as fast as possible to get home and get rest before the next day begins again.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Time
  • Work
  • Heart

• I saw 'Clueless' five times in the theatre when I was growing up.

  

  Lizzy Caplan
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Theatre

• My brother works for a forestry commission. He writes only in green ink to persuade his bossess to make it a standard ecological colour for all forestry business. I asked him what colour ink he would use if he gave up eating whale meat and worked for a whaling company. He said whales were colour blind.

  

  Peter Greenaway
  • Business
  • Brother
  • Green

• If we vote to Leave and take back control, all sorts of opportunities open up. Including doing new free trade deals around the world, restoring Britain's seat on all sorts of international bodies, restoring health to our democracy and belief to our democracy.

  

  Boris Johnson
  • World
  • Free
  • Control

• Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that's always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up.

  

  Jose Ferreira
  • Up
  • Education
  • Technology

• There's a lot of guys in WWE - you would know who they are - you know you're going to see the same thing every single match. You know you're going to hear the same thing every time they pick up a microphone. You know John Cena is never going to get mad at you no matter what you do.

  

  Dean Ambrose
  • Time
  • Single
  • Mad

• What we do is provide a suggestion. We say, 'We're queer. We're going to do this; we're going to open up the space to queer thought.' People don't have to show up, but they do.

  

  Ben Hopkins
  • People
  • Up
  • Space

• I go back five generations in Jamaica. My dad grew up in Port Royal, and my mom grew up in Kingston. My family is from the country like West Moreland and also in Manchester. I've been there countless times. As far as cuisine, there's not really much that comes out of Jamaica that's on a plate that I don't like.

  

  Dule Hill
  • Country
  • Family
  • Dad

• Up close, North Korea is not Stalinist - it’s simply racist.

  

  Brian Reynolds Myers
  • Up

• My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'

  

  Alan King
  • Father
  • Guy
  • Failure

• We didn't grow up in a jock household. In fact, my dad is an entrepreneur. He was a computer programmer; he was a professor of actuarial science at Wharton for 13 years, then started his own company that was software-based.

  

  Tyler Winklevoss
  • Science
  • Dad
  • Entrepreneur

• It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Time
  • Parents
  • Running

• I try to swim once or twice a week. I basically hold my breath for, like, 12 laps, down and back, to kind of expand my lungs so that I can have better breathing when it comes down to two-minute drives where you've got to play a lot of plays all in one series and you're hurrying up.

  

  Antonio Brown
  • Up

• You can pass on my respects to the grand mufti, but I will not cover myself up.

  

  Marine Le Pen
  • Up

• I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

  

  Liya Kebede
  • Life
  • Up

• A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

  

  Bela Karolyi
  • Good
  • Practice
  • Confidence

• The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group.

  

  Bruce Johnston
  • Up
  • Road

• My greatest love is my children, and they have inspired me to fight and stand up for the right things.

  

  Abi Morgan
  • Up
  • Children
  • Inspired

• I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain.

  

  Kevin Wilson
  • Reading
  • Serious
  • Literature

• The Pain-Free Shopping Method: Buy a present for you, then a present for a friend. Then another present for you. Then a present for a friend. Then two presents for you. Then a present for a friend. Then go home, get into bed, and pull up the covers.

  

  Cynthia Heimel
  • Home
  • Free
  • Friend

• I have lots of muses, but one of my main girls is Cara Delevingne. She epitomises the way to wear my clothes. I love how she mixes up her style and the way she has so much fun. I simply adore her.

  

  Jeremy Scott
  • She
  • Fun
  • Style

• I try to stay focused on the work and recognize that I've been very lucky. Maybe it's 'cause I grew up with actors, but I've seen that recognition comes and goes, so all there really is is your family and friends. You have to maintain those constants in your life. Maintain what's beyond your work.

  

  Abi Morgan
  • Life
  • Work
  • Family

• In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door, I'll use the door. I always like to use everything at my disposal, which makes each show a little different and a little more fun.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Door

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