Great Things Quotes - Page 31

• I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did.

  Lauren Holly

  Jobs, Husband, Moving

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• The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Novelists, Organize

  "Between the Lines with Sophie Kinsella". Interview with Andrea Sachs, content.time.com. July 21, 2005.

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• The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing platform, not just a technology platform, and we're going to build on it.

  Irving Azoff

  Artist, Technology, Marketing

  "Business Matters: Irving Azoff On Battling Business Models; Spotify; YouTube + RightsFlow" by Glenn Peoples, www.billboard.com. February 10, 2011.

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• I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing.

  Lauren Bush

  Thinking, World, Politician

  "He's a really good guy". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2007.

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• In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

  Richard Burr

  Challenges, Working Together, Looks

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• Our world was Northern, black and white, so it was a great thing for my sisters and me to sit down at Christmastime and watch these fabulous MGM musicals. All that color, all those beautiful costumes.

  Tracie Bennett

  Beautiful, Black And White, Our World

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• There's a lot of great things to see here in the United States. Those times spent together with maps and old cups from the diner you went to, those are really important as a family.

  Mark Consuelos

  Important, Together, United States

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• Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by other's perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things.

  Raymond Arroyo

  Mother, People, Perception

  "Living With a True Mother". Interview with Kathryn Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. December 21, 2005.

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• But the great thing, and the horrible thing about the web is you can just throw stuff up there and it doesn't cost anybody anything.

  Eric Avery

  Cost, Stuff, Horrible

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• I want to be a part of great things.

  Don Cheadle

  Want

  "'I'm gonna grab that Oscar'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2005.

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• The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.

  Peter Carey

  Writing, Past, Giving

  "An Interview With Author Peter Carey". Interview with Ben Evans, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2010.

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• I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're running, you are just actually running.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Running, Acting, Action

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• I'm kind of spoiled, but the great thing about life is that you never know what's around the corner.

  Stockard Channing

  Kind, Life Is, Spoiled

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

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• It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.

  Tom DeLonge

  Beautiful, Optimistic, Being Positive

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• The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Character, Skills, Experts

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• The great thing about cake is it doesn't feel like work. You forget about work. Kids, adults, they all get the same look in their eye when they're decorating cakes... That's the magic right there.

  Duff Goldman

  Kids, Eye, Cake

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• One of the great things about Ben & Jerry's for me is that not only is it delicious, but I get it for free.

  Jerry Greenfield

  Jerry, Delicious

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• The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

  Melissa George

  Journey, Long, Lasts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think of myself as quite a confused kind of person, because I think there's so many great things about the world, but there are so many awful things too. I feel very guilty a lot of the time about enjoying my life so much when there are people living in such misery.

  Lily Allen

  Confused, Thinking, People

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2007.

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• I'm happy with the success I've had, and I feel like there's been a lot that I've learned this year, and that's a great thing going into the future.

  Rory McIlroy

  Golf, Years, I've Learned

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• I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.

  Kenny G

  Golf, Playing Golf

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

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• That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Yelling, People, Limits

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• You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

  Danny Huston

  Movie, Understanding, Acting

  "Danny Huston on playing villains, Nick Cave, and more". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. November 12, 2012.

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• One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.

  Rebecca Hall

  Men, Iron, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it.

  Frank Iero

  Philosophy, Mean, Guitar

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