Figure Quotes

I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.

We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.

You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

It was tough trying to figure out how to put on all the women's clothes.

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals.

I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction.

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun.

I don't read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I'm not going to read it. Because I'm not going to let him put an idea into my head.

I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very complicated, there's really a push to the world to try to figure out what it was that he was hearing.

I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life.

The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before.

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.

If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.

No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometimes they grow slower than women mentally.

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.

When the new wave of terrorism came on the modern world, which is the late 1960s, early 1970s, I think we spent about a decade, the United States and our allies, trying to figure out how to deal with it.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.

I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.

RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia or Nicaragua - that even in conditions of peace they don't seem to be able to figure out how to support their people, and the human suffering is enormous.

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.

That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore.

One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.

I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.

My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together.