Having Quotes

I am proud of having done what I've done. Very proud.

Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.

Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training.

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.

We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing up in a Jewish community in Minnesota really affected it.

Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end.

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.

I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.

It's all about having fun and smiling and shaking hands.

I'm definitely a people person. I love socializing and being around people and having a good conversation.

The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army.

I've actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I'm not half as sharp that I once was. I can't even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point.

When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.

It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it is better and my level of interest is higher.

Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.

Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.