Pull Quotes - page 34

Are we so desperate for entertainment that we will fall for a trickless magician?? Where the fuck's the trick? Saw a woman in half. Pull a rabbit out of a hat. Do something! What tricks does this guy have? "I'm in a box...and I ain't gonna eat". "I'm in a box...and I ain't gonna eat"!! That ain't no trick! That's called living in the projects! (Chris Rock)
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it. View quote
Haile Selassie
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. View quote
Haile Selassie
If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything. View quote
Katy Perry
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings. View quote
Katy Perry
When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out. View quote
Anthony Bourdain
I'm a guy who should not have a lot of free time. But when it comes to vacation, I like to pull the plug completely. It's all about my daughter - I'm no longer the star of my own movie. View quote
Anthony Bourdain
I'd been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years. And then, in 1970, when I first started directing, I if I could pull this off, I can some day just move in back of the camera and stay there. View quote
Clint Eastwood
We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind. View quote
Edward Bernays
In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player! View quote
Eddie Murphy
All too often too often we try to push, pull, outline and control our ideas instead of letting them grow organically. (Julia Cameron)
All too often too often we try to push, pull, outline and control our ideas instead of letting them grow organically. The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. View quote
Julia Cameron
Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life. View quote
Werner Herzog
This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can," he says, and I pull him to me. View quote
Libba Bray
Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. View quote
Terry Pratchett
It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. View quote
Jhumpa Lahiri
People who love in glass houses should pull down the blinds. View quote
Addison Mizner
You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction. View quote
Condoleezza Rice
Lincoln was not eloquent in the usual 19th century way, certainly not in the romantic way. He was not a man of frothing at the mouth or shaking his fist in a dramatic way. Lincoln was logic, and when he got the hook in your mouth he would pull you in no matter how much line was involved. One observer of the Lincoln-Douglas debates said that if you listened to Lincoln and Douglas for five minutes, you would go with Douglas. If you listened to them for an hour you always went with Lincoln. View quote
Allen C. Guelzo
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that playing can pull many a director and cast out of a tight spot, freeing all of them from the fear-producing trap of memorizing, characterizing and interpreting. This playing draws upon a very important, almost forgotten, little understood or utilized, and greatly maligned life-giving force --- passion! View quote
Viola Spolin
When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes. (Kelly Clarkson)
The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words "All Men" exclude a vast number of citizens. View quote
Colson Whitehead
A golden shower and Kite Runner reference in the same joke? Almost impossible! Almost impossible! I pull it off, because I care. View quote
Daniel Tosh
I've never considered myself a strong reader or writer. When I was younger, I had some hardships with reading and writing, and I never thought of myself as someone who could pull this off. To a degree it was challenging. In my everyday life, I'm pretty private and reserved, so the hardest part was taking personal emotion and putting it on the page and putting myself out there... View quote
Ian Purkayastha
We should not have a government program that determines if you're going to pull the plug on grandma. View quote
Chuck Grassley