Before Quotes

I followed the law. Before God, before the law, before the people of the state of Florida who elected me, I know that I followed the law.

Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh.

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

I never have actually had a girl who's made me laugh before.

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.

I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.

I am called here to answer before you, but I hear no things laid to my charge.

My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason.

Everybody in the world knew I was before I knew who I was.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?

Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up.

I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off.

The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him.

It turns out that I'm far too schizophrenic musically for people to categorize me. I think people judge me a lot before they ever really know who I am.

Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large.

Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.

Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.

An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directing.

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and I considered some time before the mid-60s that maybe I should consider something else.

It changed my life in a lot of ways - before I got that role I was just going from job to job, not really having enough money to be able to do what I wanted to do.

We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give the agents the tools that they need to do their job more efficiently and more expeditiously.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.

I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.

I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.