My Quotations | Page 3

I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.

In my family we've always been into ethical stuff and recycling.

I am proud of my heritage and my family.

I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.

The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.

My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.

Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.

Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.

My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.

My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.

My time with my family is a priority.

My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.

I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.

I learned everything about fashion during my time at the 'NY Times.

My mother was my best friend and confidante.

I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.

I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her.

I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.

She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing.

I'd have to say Bali's my favorite place that I've visited.

I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

What I value most in my friends is loyalty.

My family was loving... they were very supportive and very affectionate, and basically I could do what I wanted, and basically it wasn't anything dangerous, thank God.

I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.

I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way

Through my whole career, that's been a major thing - bringing my family with me.

I'm a pretty uncomplicated person. I live a very simple life with my family and I enjoy very ordinary things.

I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.

Theres a place in my heart for every team I played on.

It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover.

I want to be defined by my own essence.

I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.

I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

I certainly never get above my station - my family would soon slap me back down to earth.

I always related my favorite music to the movies.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown

One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money.

I would love to have my own lingerie line.

I stayed close to my family. My family never changed.

My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads.

I don't like going away from my children.

I couldnt imagine living my life with another name.

I'm a really bad liar. My mom finds out every time, especially now that she's got Facebook.

To say I drank my way into marriage isn't much of an exaggeration, and it's none at all to say I drank my way out of it.

The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have the opportunity to go to the UN or meet with a president. I'm never afraid to speak truth to power.

My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.

Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies.

I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the 'Kazee' is not.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close.

I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.

I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team.

It's not an act, it's just my way.

My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

Right now my favorite book is 'Omnivores Dilemma.

If my son is happy, then I am happy.

I'm on my own now. I have my own apartment.

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

I don't put off any time with my grandchildren. I don't put off a thing.

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.

My favorite scene in all of movies is Gregory Peck in 'To Kill A Mockingbird': You see him where he's on the porch, and his face is almost completely obscured. I don't want to see his face.

My mom is a constant in my life in so many ways.

As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.

I've become a captive of my own ambitions.

My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

Ninety percent of my best friends back home are plumbers, electricians, builders, or landscapers. Most of our dads worked in trades.

I owe it to my children to secure their future.

I don't really even go out that much now except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised.

I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.

Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

My sister and I both benefited hugely from the great security that our parents had given us, and then we went off and squandered it all rushing around in showbiz.

When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.

My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.

I am most proud that I stayed true to the music of my soul.

I love to continue acting. It's my passion.

I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.