Figure Quotes

The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.

Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.

Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to figure out and master this incredibly mysterious instrument.

It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when that was basically how you identified yourself.

I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.

I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies.

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.

When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished.

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.

I was lucky enough to know exactly what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do.

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.

A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't feel frightened; I feel challenged.

My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving; I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is, if I can't figure out how to make money the rest of the year so that my workers can enjoy the holidays, then I don't deserve to be an owner.

The GOP needs to figure out a way to become more appealing to new constituencies.

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.

I think people figure out early in their lives what currency they can work in.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.

I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world.

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'

Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why.

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.