Personal Quotes - page 94

I bought into Saks as a personal investment because, when I was a young man and went to America for the first time, it seemed to me that Saks was like a cathedral of retail. I never dreamt that I could one day be a part of it. And now I am. (Diego Della Valle)
You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things. View quote
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
There is a legitimate argument over whether the death penalty effectively deters violent crime, although my personal observation is that not one of the criminals who have been executed over the years has ever killed again. View quote
Dinesh D'Souza
For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain. View quote
Dan Maffei
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. View quote
Dan O'Brien
Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials. View quote
Dan Savage
We sometimes get so caught up in one or another aspect of the teaching, we forget that if a person hasn't been introduced to Christ, if a person hasn't embraced the risen Lord and the church that's an expression of that experience, what we're saying just sounds like a bunch of rules or negative statements limiting their personal freedom. View quote
Donald Wuerl
If you really want to know someone, you must see their emotions off guard. That's how I know Joan Crawford could never have been cruel to her children. I really knew her, when she was still Billie, as she liked to be called in the early days. In a relationship as close as ours, I had the chance to see her in every kind of personal situation. View quote
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I've always been slightly afraid of coming out with my record because it's so personal to me. Now it doesn't feel as frightening as I thought it would. View quote
Duffy
Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can. View quote
Danny Boyle
My job is to focus on bringing characters to life in an honest and personal way. (Danny Pudi)
From a personal standpoint, playing someone judged negatively by her friends is not difficult. View quote
Darby Stanchfield
If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through. View quote
Dave Gibbons
I wish I knew that when I go in for an audition and I don't get the part, it actually doesn't have to do with me on a personal level. View quote
Eliza Coupe
Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed. View quote
Elizabeth Edwards
Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others. View quote
Elizabeth Janeway
But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that. View quote
Ellen Barkin
I mean, if you love what you do-whether you're an auto mechanic or you sew clothes or you cook-it's all about personal passion and love that really makes the thrust to the level that you want to get it to. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
When I want to kick it up, I like to add hardwood chips or chunks to the grill; it adds bold smoky flavors. The most common woods are hickory and mesquite, but you can find alder, apple, cherry and, my personal favorite, pecan. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
What does it take to get you to the point where you have to kill your brother? It's biblical, it's huge. It's so personal. View quote
Emilio Estevez
To establish personal relationships with the people you work with is stupid, because you never know when the winds will change. I try not to get too close to people. (Eric Braeden)
Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal. View quote
Eric Burdon
From my personal point of view, the Animals are dead. They killed themselves. View quote
Eric Burdon
Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink. View quote
Eric Burdon
But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head. View quote
Eric Stoltz