Up Quotes

• Tiger Woods was a month away from 34 years of age when his debutantes began turning up in the news. He was a grown man with a wife and two children. Well, we supposed he had a wife, but that was before we learned she was only an ornament.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Children
  • She
  • Age

• Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero?

  

  Joe Bastianich
  • People
  • Trying
  • Guy

• Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a display of someone else's superior intelligence.

  

  Pamela Druckerman
  • Time
  • School
  • Political

• Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.

  

  Shakira
  • People
  • Lies
  • Beach

• We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.

  

  John Eaton
  • Up
  • Future
  • Past

• Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Age
  • Man
  • Numbers

• People ask if I'm concerned about getting pigeonholed. No one asks, 'Ellen, you've done seven straight roles in a row. Shouldn't you shake it up, do something queer?' There's still that double standard.

  

  Elliot Page
  • People
  • Up
  • Done

• Kickstarter was already up and going when I got the Fellowship. Spending time with the other Fellows was about camaraderie, and I talked to a lot of amazing and creative people.

  

  Perry Chen
  • People
  • Time
  • Amazing

• I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

  

  Kimberly Elise
  • Up
  • Dance
  • Athlete

• Thank you... I deserve that. I'm really good. I'm one of the best. Actually, I'm the best, currently ranked number one in the world. So buckle up. You guys are in for a treat. Oh, 19,000 people, This is awesome. Thank you. Seriously, don't look around. It's 19,000. People watching on tv, they never know. They're so stupid. That's why they watch tv.

  

  Daniel Tosh
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan.

  

  Jenna Elfman
  • Up

• Growing up, there was a lot of pressure for women to be good-looking, but my mum was very strict, and she didn't allow me to wear make-up. Looking back, it was good for me. It slowed me down from becoming an adult too quickly.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Good
  • Women
  • She

• The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
  • Great
  • Truth

• Cut down on your use of plastic shopping bags because many end up in the ocean.

  

  Angela Kinsey
  • Up
  • Ocean
  • Shopping

• I'm a bit of an attention seeker, so I'm always looking for a table or some height to get up on and dance.

  

  Adwoa Aboah
  • Up
  • Attention
  • Dance

• I never thought about 'being' in comedy when I grew up, because I didn't know it was a real job. But looking back, it's the only thing I ever really cared about.

  

  Colin Jost
  • Real
  • Job
  • Comedy

• My approach to the job can be summed up pretty simply - I never viewed politics as my career. Important, yes, worthy of intense commitment, of course - but it was not my whole life. … I saw politics as a way to make a contribution and satisfy my penchant for public policy, but not as something I couldn't live without.

  

  Angus King
  • Life
  • Important
  • Live

• That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.

  

  Chris Abani
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts, and it goes without saying that there weren't many Nigerian families in that town, and a lot of people couldn't say Uzoamaka.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • People
  • Small
  • Saying

• I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

  

  Lorraine Toussaint
  • People
  • Women
  • Education

• I take a multivitamin, vitamin D, and omega-3 oils every day, and if I'm stressed or run- down, I bulk up on vitamin C and zinc.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Down

• I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • People
  • Know
  • Model

• I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.

  

  Avicii
  • Up

• I have spent a lot of time studying the issue of relationships, how I grew up, my parents' influence on me. I've talked to a therapist,; I've looked inward spiritually at myself, and what it seems to come down to is that I'm a Sagittarius. Please don't make me reveal more than that. It's tough enough as it is.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Time
  • Parents
  • Myself

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