Getting Quotes

Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.

I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the nomination for the Republican party, and does not want me to succeed at becoming President of the United States of America.

I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want.

At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails.

That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you're not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I'm just more creative at night.

I really don't like people that go on about getting followed around, I don't like it - there are people in the industry that don't want to take everything that comes with it. I take it all.

I went to see Harvey again in Fiddler. Harvey's throat is getting better.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.

I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.

We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other.

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.

We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass.There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

2006 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it.

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.

Digital video is so beautiful. It's lightweight, modern, and it's only getting better. It's put film into the La Brea Tar Pits.

I still like getting dressed up and having the opportunity to borrow beautiful dresses, but as a mother - and as somebody who's schedule isn't always my own - I don't shop a lot, or think about clothes a lot.

I said, 'Okay, it's the year 2000, I'm getting a computer and a Palm Pilot.' I know how to check my e-mail, and I've listed some phone numbers on it. Half the time the battery has gone out so I can't use it.

And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.

I'm so aware of the fact that if I hadn't taken the chances that I've taken along the line, I probably wouldn't be getting the best out of my voice anymore, I might have messed it up in that awful, predictable place.

Housing associations have fingered the fact that they cannot use their assets as liquidity due to Bank of England rules unlike their continental equivalents. This has emerged to be one of the main bottlenecks to getting investment going in the U.K. It is a Bank of England issue.