Having Quotes

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

I think that I could see Darwin having a relationship with Asia.

I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.

It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything.

I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.

I'm okay with having bad dance moves. I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. That's what makes me me, and for some reason it's worked out all right.

There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.

I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing up feelings inside of me I didn't really understand, so I wanted to understand where they were coming from to help me be a better person and a better songwriter.

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.

You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.

I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time.

I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty.

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

I love having time to prepare my lines and more time off.

That's what the 'Doctor' is about, essentially - having that energy that you just can't understand.

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.