Quotes of: My-number-one Keyword

Dorothy Parker said "Ducking for apples – change one letter and it's the story of my life.

John Alejandro King

I’d rather count to one billion, than waste my time thinking I could count on you.

Jarod Kintz

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.

Clint Eastwood

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

Chuck Inglish

I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.

Hilary Mantel

I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.

Henny Youngman

When I was 14, I couldn't be bothered to tweeze my eyebrows, so I would shave them in between. One time, my hand slipped, and I had half an eyebrow.

Suki Waterhouse

McMurphy: Get out of my way son, you're usin' my oxygen.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way.

Kenny Loggins

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories.

Sarah Addison Allen

I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.

Samantha Fox

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers.

Summer Glau

My music is pretty versatile; I have a lot of genres and styles. I don't think I should be pigeonholed into one thing. So we'll see where my career goes.

Crystal Bowersox

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

Deana Carter

A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

Guy Pearce

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

Pete Fountain

I first heard about 'genes' when I was six years old. At dinner one night, I heard my mom tell my sister, 'It's in your genes.'

Anne Wojcicki

You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.

Alan Alda

My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'

Valerie Azlynn

Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.

Karisma Kapoor

I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.

Michael Moore