Watches Quotes - Page 38

• There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

  Phylicia Rashad

  Cacophony, Noise, Sitcom

  "Phylicia Rashad: A Director's Life". Interview with Sergio Mims, www.ebony.com. June 27, 2012.

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• Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it.

  Robert Redford

  Television, Radio, Normal

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• But I think we're also just talking about the literacy of the audience. The visual literacy of the audience. They've seen so many images now, especially here in the States. There's so much to look at, to watch. So the visual storytelling literacy is harder to impress.

  Keanu Reeves

  Thinking, Talking, Looks

  "Actor Keanu Reeves". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. August 22, 2012.

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• This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.

  John C. Reilly

  Summer, Drama, Real

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• As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.

  Jason Reitman

  Dog, Writing, Thinking

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• Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of movie that reminds us why we watch them and make them, a beautifully told story that deserves to be not only remembered, but acknowledged for its writing.

  Jason Reitman

  Writing, Thought Provoking, Stories

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• There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your own life. You can literally go watch yourself - where you went last night, what you did, what the things that people presuppose about you. It's kind of crazy.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Crazy, Real, Home

  "Ryan Reynolds Interview - THE NINES" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 31, 2007.

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• I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

  Alan Rickman

  Jobs, Home, Feet

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• I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before.

  Julia Roberts

  Romantic Love, Different, Sparks

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• Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.

  Maximilien Robespierre

  Ideas, Atheism, Popular Song

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• I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

  Andy Roddick

  Basketball, Sports, School

  "New Again: Andy Roddick". Interview with Elton John, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 12, 2012.

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• You watch some teams these days and you wonder if they just met on the playground and decided to choose up sides.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Team, Sides

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• I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast.

  Robert Rodriguez

  Growing Up, Kids, Wish

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• A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.

  Robert Rodriguez

  Creativity, Dvds, People

  "Q&A with ''Sin City'' director Robert Rodriguez". Interview with Gregory Kirschling, ew.com. April 11, 2005.

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• It's painful for me to watch someone who isn't funny. It's horrifying to sit in the back and watch some guy who just totally sucks.

  Joe Rogan

  Funny, Pain, Guy

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• I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.

  Henry Rollins

  People, Way, Stage

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• On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'

  Mitt Romney

  Suicide, Would Be, Bombers

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2010.

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• President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.

  Mitt Romney

  Jobs, Loss, President

  "It's All About the Jobs". Mitt Romney's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, www.foxnews.com. February 11, 2011.

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• I like films where there's a relationship between two women. I always think that's lovely to watch on the screen.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Thinking, Two, Lovely

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• Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

  Andy Rooney

  Funny, Golf, Television

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• I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.

  Andy Rooney

  Eye, Fighting, Hockey

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• Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player.

  Wayne Rooney

  Player, Honest, Watch Me

  "Wayne Rooney denies he is a diver after Old Trafford penalty controversy", www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2009.

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• We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

  Jean Rostand

  Modesty

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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• When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio.

  David Lee Roth

  Wind, Mtv, Firsts

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• We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.

  Nathan Meyer Rothschild

  Essentials, Mechanism

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