Quotes of: Authority-figures Keyword

I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.

Sara Zarr

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

Victoria Pratt

Walberto: Should have figured I'd find you walking around up here. Doing a little memory lane.

Carlito's Way

Cynthia: Maybe the 80s will be like radical or something. I figure we'll be in our 20s and it cant' get worse.

Dazed and Confused

Stephen: How many do you figure are already in? Peter: Not too many. We'll get it all locked up, and then we're going on a hunt.

Dawn of the Dead

Billy: You're legally allowed to drink now, so we figured the best thing for you was a car.

Good Will Hunting

Mr. Blackly: I guarantee you, one day they're going to figure out cigarettes will kill you.

The Help

Bosko: I figure this guy went for that hold out piece, ankle holster right from here. Bang, bang, bang-bang-bang.

Heat

Cooper: Find something to patch it with. Young Tom: How am I supposed to do that? Cooper: Figure it out. I'm not always going to be here to help you.

Interstellar

Ethan: Well Reverend, looks like you've got yourself surrounded. Reverend Clayton: Yeah and I figure on getting myself unsurrounded.

The Searchers

Ethan: Figure a man's only good for one oath at a time; I took mine to the Confederate States of America.

The Searchers

Woody: What chance does a toy like me have against a Buzz Lightyear action figure?

Toy Story

Krista Coughlin: There he is; Mr Six Inches FBI S.A. Adam Frawley: What happened? Krista Coughlin: You're a crime stopper; figure it the fuck out.

The Town

Damiel: [as Falk is led away] Wait! I want to know everything. Peter Falk: You need to figure that out for yourself. That's the fun of it.

Wings of Desire

When you can't lend or trade - and you can't invest with the leverage that juiced returns to support seven- and eight-figure bonuses - how exactly are you going to make money?

Andrew Ross Sorkin

I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow.

Dave Matthews

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

Francis Ford Coppola

I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.

Judd Apatow

I had no money. I just figured out hustles to get by, like maybe selling my clothes. I wanted to travel around and be broke and live in sketchy apartments.

Leo Fitzpatrick

Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.

Paul Weyrich

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.

Louise Brown