Supposed Quotes

John the Baptist was supposed to point the way to the Christ. He was just the voice, not the Messiah. So everybody's calling has dignity to it and God seems to know better than we do what is in us that needs to be called forth.

I think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they are trying to deal with their own non-existence for the people who are supposed to care most for them.

The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son.

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.

When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged.

During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village.

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.

Try not to have a good time... this is supposed to be educational.

Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They're kept happy and nutritionally together.

So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.

As a leader, you're supposed to be above reproach, and what that means is you can't even give the appearance that you're going to do something wrong.

Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking a wreck. Don't worry girls, look like a wreck, that's the way it goes.

Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.

Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids.

I think if you work as an actress and are supposed as a character to be in love with some actor, then to some extent you do have to be in love with him.

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via film, not via classical music like it's supposed to be. To me it's the same, it doesn't make any difference.

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.

Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?