Getting Quotes

It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

Getting married and settling down isn't the most important thing in my life.

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.

There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it's a flighty thing at best.

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

You're sort of programmed a certain way because of your environment. That's all you know. But we don't have that anymore because of the internet. Because of the internet we're all communicating with each other all across the board, so you're getting information from people all around the world, hitting a much more diverse slice of culture.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.

Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging.

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good.

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.

I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It's quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It's quite extraordinary.

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'

Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time.

I love when you go to a horror film with real horror fans and everybody's there watching, getting involved and screaming. That's when it's most alive and exciting for me.