Had Quotes

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult.

I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my shows they're so scared of me. I've been a thorn in many people's sides just by existing.

The mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever, ever had. And as the disconnect grows and as more and more people distrust them, then the media digs in more and more and says you don't know what you're talking about, you don't know how we do our jobs, you don't know what's important.

Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art.

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.

I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe. Many people in my neighborhood hardly bothered to learn English.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

I had been working for eight years and all I had to show for it was this horrible debt. At one point we had the bailiff at the door.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day.

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.