Getting Quotes

I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

Keep in mind that in 1975, when you became a cook, it was because you were between two things: you were between getting out of the military and... going to jail. Anybody could be a cook, just like anybody could mow the lawn.

I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.

Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.

Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

I enjoy getting dressed as a Barbie doll.

A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.

We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow.

We were telling everybody we weren't getting back together when we were in the studio actually recording. We wanted to try it on, to see how it would fit.

I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right back up to 180, which is way too fast obviously. And that resulted in some doctors visits to get things sorted out.

No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that.

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.

I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

Tricking your brain into thinking you are getting something sweet plays dirty tricks on your metabolism.

I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't getting looked at at the time. Three, I'm Cuban. But now, I've made everything that stacked against me into a virtue.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

The best thing about being an actress is getting good concert tickets.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.