Set Quotes

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.

I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

We are going to put out a boxed set thing, but I don't want to do it yet. I want to wait until we're 45 and we're bitter and broke. Then, we'll put out the comprehensive Ween boxed set.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?

I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.

Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that was thrilling, coming back knowing that I'd built the boat and now I could set sail into choppier waters.

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help in the sciences or something but certainly didn't set science for my A level. And when I came to take my A levels I didn't get a good enough result to go to University.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

I did extensive, extensive recordings and made a classical CD-ROM set, which is still on the market. For ten years, it was by itself as the cream of the crop of samples.

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.

Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.