Getting Quotes

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

I have a very difficult time getting the Napster world.

There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

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.

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.

Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters.

If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch.

I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say.

The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.