Grab Quotes

I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames.

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.

Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you're lost.

When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.

There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.

And I'm supposed to grab her and kiss her and she's supposed to react. Well, what happened was, Julie was very nervous at that time, given this incredible part which she did beautifully.

I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.

It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.

My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture.

As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves.

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.

Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!

I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped up in there, so I'll grab my laptop and write somewhere else: another room in the house, out on the patio, or even Heaven-forbid, a trip to Starbucks. But I also write on the road.

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!

I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn.