Staying Quotes - Page 19

• I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.

  Frances O'Connor

  Somewhere Else, Parent, Older Sister

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Thinking, Important, Motivated

  "Q & A With Wolfgang Puck, Part 2: Spago (The Musical), Life in an Austrian Kitchen + The Joys of HSN". Interview with Amy Scattergood, www.laweekly.com. May 28, 2010.

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• If somebody knows me, they know for sure I'm from Poland because I'm playing for my country every tournament, every match. I'm staying in my hometown and my home country because that is where I feel comfortable. I feel good there.

  Agnieszka Radwanska

  Country, Home, Feel Good

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• Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my religion, I would go off the rails.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Powerful, Challenges, Identity

  Feisal Abdul Rauf (2012). “Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world.

  Otis Rush

  Guitar, Play, Water

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• If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.

  Wayne Rooney

  Sleep, Hotel, My Own

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• People are working harder and harder than ever before and barely staying in place.

  Jim Talent

  People, Harder

  "The Bain Debate: How Much Will Voters Care About Romney's Role?". "PBS NewsHour" with Judith Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 21, 2012.

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• No, I love it at Chelsea. I've been here since I was 14, and I'm 28 now. All my friends are here, so I'm going to stay for ever unless Chelsea tell me I've got to go, which maybe one day they will, but for now I'm definitely staying.

  John Terry

  One Day, My Friends, Chelsea

  "Who do you like best, José, Avram or Big Phil?" by Oscar Witt, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2009.

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• You can just stay in oblivion, going through your days and your life and your experiences, staying with your friends, family. If that suits you, it's good. But for some people, it's not enough.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Suits You

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• We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.

  Criss Jami

  Reality, Thinking, Islands

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.33, Criss Jami

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• I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying.

  Kristanna Loken

  Jobs, New York, Couple

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• My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That's my main motivation.

  Holly Madison

  Girlfriend, Motivation, Hate

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• I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name.

  Jello Biafra

  Independent, Thinking, Names

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• My real life’s not like the fantasy Tom Ford world – with naked girls pouring perfume everywhere. It’s more staying in and watching Friends on television.

  Tom Ford

  Girl, Real, Naked

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• I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

  Bob Feller

  Reading, Trying, Events

  "For Feller, Navy was easy decision". Interview with Mary Buckheit, www.espn.com. November 12, 2009.

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• I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now.

  Harry Hamlin

  Home, Important, Roles

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• I've got to wear sunglasses everywhere, all the time, even if its indoors or at night time, to be recognized. That's part of my job. I cannot take off my sunglasses. For me, staying in the United States was so dark because I can't take them off.

  PSY

  Jobs, Dark, Night

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• Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.

  Jordyn Wieber

  Humble, Important, Proud

  "Gymnast Jordyn Wieber on Staying Focused and Crushing on Justin Bieber". Interview with Caitlin Brown, www.self.com. June 27, 2012.

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• Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.

  Damian McGinty

  Get Better, Doing Nothing, Rest Of Your Life

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.

  Nick Rhodes

  Evening, Anthropology, Bits

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• So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually moving on, expanding and growing, clarifying, developing and maturing. The opposite would be getting stuck, staying stuck, so there's no maturing, no developing, no accomplishing, no movement.

  Dennis Merzel

  Moving, Keys, Opposites

  Dennis Genpo Merzel (2007). “Big Mind, Big Heart: Finding Your Way”, Big Mind Pub

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• Commitment cannot be taught;
  it can only be caught.
  I refer to the crusading spirit.
  Without the crusading spirit,
  you may have the starting power
  but not the staying power.

  Y. C. James Yen

  Stay Strong, Powerful, Commitment

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• There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying.

  M. Night Shyamalan

  Views, Skills, Point Of View

  Source: collider.com

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• If we could switch off the aging gene we would. There's no technology that we've had that we haven't used. We are in the capital of staying young forever.

  Andrew Niccol

  Technology, Forever, Aging

  Source: collider.com

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• I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.

  Ben Stiller

  New York, Fun, Flirting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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