Ran Quotes - Page 14

• 'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies.

  Neil Gaiman

  Doctors, Greek, Firsts

  "Neil Gaiman Talks DOCTOR WHO Episode “Nightmare in Silver,” Evolving the Cybermen, Creating the Cybermites, His View on the TARDIS and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 8, 2013.

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• I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming.

  Jennifer Garner

  Yards, Marry Me, Someday

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• I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Thinking, Talking, Skulls

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• I remember my first run-in with cops. It took me really getting to hang, well after that, with cops who were cool, and realizing, 'Okay, there are some bad ones.' I ran into some bad ones in Columbus, Ohio, but they're not all bad.

  Woody Harrelson

  Running, Ohio, Firsts

  Interview with Kenny Herzog, www.avclub.com. February 10, 2012.

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• Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.

  Jesse Jackson

  President

  "Q&A: Jesse Jackson Talks Before Heading to Denver". Interview with Hamil R. Harris, voices.washingtonpost.com. August 28, 2008.

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• We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.

  Quincy Jones

  Brother, Boys, Chicago

  "Grammy Legend Award". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 28, 2000.

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• My life collapsed. People ran from me because suddenly it was, "Oh my God! It's over for her now!"

  Nicole Kidman

  People

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

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• If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

  Ben Kingsley

  Play, Fish Tanks, Three

  "I can do anything" by Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. January 02, 2001.

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• When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Ambitious, Males, Female

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• I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the fishermen and the families that ran the boats. I would go work the fields with farmers. I would go and talk with farmers about growing particular products for me.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Days Off, Growing, Fields

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• If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I'd just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.

  Queen Latifah

  Baby, Years, Worry

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• Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

  Jay Leno

  Basketball, Running, Player

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• People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they didn't see the work. I have seen critics print stuff about stuff I cut out of the film before we ran it. So don't tell me about critics.

  Jerry Lewis

  Cutting, Thinking, People

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• I was into sports and dancing. I ran track. I have a lot of stamina.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Sports, Track, Dancing

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• I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.

  Trent Lott

  Country, Years, President

  Remarks at Strom Thurmond's one-hundredth birthday party, Washington, D.C., 5 Dec. 2002.

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• The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.

  Mitch McConnell

  Years, Usa, Debt

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• I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education.

  Michael Moore

  Years, Office, Firsts

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• I had a ton of energy, ran around like crazy - more than a handful for my dad. I was crazy. Dad barely handled it. I was never diagnosed ADHD or anything like that, but I'm pretty sure I had it when I was younger. It's the only thing that would explain me getting into trouble all the time.

  Apolo Ohno

  Dad, Crazy, Energy

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• Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.

  Rick Perry

  Interesting, Admitting, Way

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• I ran five miles today. Then, finally, I said, 'Here, lady...take your purse.'

  Emo Philips

  Funny, Humor, Today

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• I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.

  Nancy Reagan

  Campaigns, Very Good, Wells

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• In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't convince other people to really do it. And this year, I'm not running it.

  Bernice Johnson Reagon

  Running, Sweet, Years

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• For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

  Sally Ride

  Girl, Teacher, Encouragement

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• The worst thing that ever happened to me on stage is someone ran forward to tell me they loved me and projectile vomited all over the stage. It was horrible.

  Joan Rivers

  Stage, Horrible, Worst

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• I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

  Tim Robbins

  Fun, Office, Acting

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