Actually Quotes

Feeling better is not actually being better.

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

I'm actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it's a depressing word. I don't want to hope - I want to know. Like I don't hope there's a God, I know there's a God.

I think what sets this one apart is that there are two horror movie icons finally battling each other. You actually see them beat the crap out of each other instead of just terrorizing the kids in the movie.

It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do.

We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world.

The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before.

Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.

I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do.

Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality for the host to be freaked out.

I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.

Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.

Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department.

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.

I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be.

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.

I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise.

My parents actually wanted me to join the service.

You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.