Had Quotes

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.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.

It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

Humanity, you never had it to begin with.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

I ran into Isosceles. He had a great idea for a new triangle!

We are a people that have always celebrated other people's success so long as we always had the opportunity to meet that success ourselves. That is the American nature. That is the American character. That is one of the things that makes us different from the rest of the world. And I'm afraid we could lose that or are on the verge of losing that.

It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they're always poems first.