Limelight Quotes

I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight. (Ed Harris)
Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight. View quote
Placido Domingo
Books are educational; so you can buy as many as you want." Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace. View quote
Sophie Kinsella
Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight. View quote
Valerie Trierweiler
Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there. View quote
Eva Green
Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're not acting on a series, you don't get the ability to communicate to people. View quote
Dennis Weaver
I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not. View quote
Anne Heche
I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything. View quote
Curtis Joseph
There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good. View quote
Jiah Khan
The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd. (Lowell Thomas)
If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess. View quote
Luke Bryan
A second sun blazed white and swelled visibly as he watched. What on Earth would have been-so many times had been-a climbing mushroom cloud was here in open space a perfect geometrical sphere, growing unbelievably. It swelled still larger, dropping from limelight white to to silvery violet, became blotched with purple, red and flame. And still it grew, until it blanked out the earth beyond it. At the time it had been transformed into a radioactive cosmic cloud Circum-Terra had been passing over, or opposite, the North Atlantic; the swollen incandescent cloud was visible to most of the habitable portions of the globe, a burning symbol in the sky. View quote
Robert A. Heinlein
You were so kind to us yesterday. Never have I seen such magnanimity and such tenderness. Can you imagine the gift you gave me? To return to the White House privately with my little ones while they are still young enough to rediscover their childhood - with you both as guides - and with your daughters, such extraordinary young women. What a tribute to have brought them up like that in the limelight. I pray I can do half the same with my Caroline. It was good to see her exposed to their example, and John to their charm! You spoiled us beyond belief . . . I have never seen the White House look so perfect. There is no hidden corner of it that is not beautiful now. View quote
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Well, of course, they notice you. You always hide just in the middle of the limelight. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
I've got to tell you, I don't miss the limelight. At all. Kind of weird to say it. View quote
George W. Bush
Cast in this unlikely role Ill-equipped to act With insufficient tact One must put up barriers To keep oneself intact -- Limelight (1981) View quote
Neil Peart
We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight. View quote
Calvin Coolidge
There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion. View quote
Audrey Hepburn
My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out! View quote
Lindsay Lohan
When it comes to scientific matters the ready talkers simply run riot. There are a lot of pseudo-scientists who with a little technical jargon to spatter through their talk are always getting in the limelight by making startling predictions of what the future has in store, using as their text the most recent discovery or invention. (Charles Proteus Steinmetz)
Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can. View quote
Buck Owens
Being in the limelight has its minuses. View quote
Jon Postel
It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight. View quote
Audrey Tautou
When I do my own books, I take it as more of my own confessional, but when I illustrate for other people, it is intriguing because I feel like I shouldn't be stepping too much into the limelight. It's like playing the piano while someone else is singing. View quote
Peter Sis