Has Beens Quotes - Page 26

• I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.

  Bob Corker

  Thinking, Afghanistan, Multiple

  "Bob Corker Says War in Afghanistan 'Not Sustainable'" by Jonathan Karl and Gregory Simmons, abcnews.go.com. June 13, 2011.

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• The Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.

  Dan T. Cathy

  Lord, Chicks, Feels

  "The Cult of Chick-fil-A" by Emily Schmall, www.forbes.com. July 6, 2007.

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• I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.

  Daniel Clowes

  Years, Trying, Stories

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• I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.

  Adam Arkin

  Thumbs Up, Giving, Roles

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• Because I was the first super-elite, the press caught on and started calling me a supermodel. So in that sense, I guess I'm the first. But, in my opinion, there were girls that could have been called supermodels before that, if the term was in existence.

  Carol Alt

  Girl, Calling, Firsts

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

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• I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested.

  Hank Azaria

  Character, Sound, Different

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• People think it must be wonderful being in movies or on television, but it can be very tough on a child. I had two friends in elementary school. That was it. There was a clique of girls that were brutal to me. They pulled some very mean stuff. My two friends got me through it. Without them, I would have been all alone.

  Angela Cartwright

  Girl, Children, School

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• The Quartets have been a major part of my work.

  Elliott Carter

  Quartets, Majors

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• Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man.

  Don Cheadle

  Wall, Men, Years

  "Don Cheadle: The Time Is Right for a Miles Davis Biopic". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 15, 2010.

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• My grandfather built my first hoop. It was a peach basket up against a tree, and we played in the dirt. I couldn't have been more than 6 when he put it up, and I just started playing.

  Tyson Chandler

  Tree, Grandfather, Peaches

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• I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.

  Hank Azaria

  Hollywood, Naked, Niche

  "One-Man Show: Hank Azaria". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. March 14, 2012.

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• There may be a new album, and there may not. Right now, we're encouraging bootlegging because there have been some great live things that ended up on the Internet. Rather than try to stop it, we like it. If nobody gave a crap about you, they wouldn't bother to bootleg you.

  Burton Cummings

  Trying, Albums, May

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• There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been dealt with would endanger America and the prospects of eventual peace in the Middle East.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Iraq, America, Middle East

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• I was joking the other day about how my real life feels like a TV show, and my TV life feels real - because, to be on Thursday nights on NBC, which is what I grew up with, has been such a big part of inspiring me. To be part of that tradition is really completely surreal, and I'm so grateful.

  Whitney Cummings

  Real, Grateful, Night

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. September 15, 2011.

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• The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other.

  Piers Corbyn

  Moving, Years, Trends

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• I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as we work together to track down terrorists here in North America and put them out of commission.

  Paul Cellucci

  Agency, Law, America

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• As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that.

  Julian Castro

  Blessing, Opportunity, Usa

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• The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

  George Crumb

  Development, Instrumental Music, Remarkable

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• They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship, the dictatorship of the media.

  Rafael Correa

  Fighting, Government, Media

  "Ecuador's Correa pardons media accusers in libel case" by Eduardo Garcia, uk.reuters.com. February 27, 2012.

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• This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations affecting the same amino acid are extremely near together on the genetic map.

  Francis Crick

  Together, Mutation, Maps

  "The Realm of Science" by David Rosenberg, Volume 18, Touchstone Publishing Company, (p. 171), 1972.

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• So I have been careful about where I go and who I hang out with because if you tell someone the wrong thing, then it's everywhere.

  Frances Bean Cobain

  Careful, Hanging Out, Wrong Things

  "High School Musical Starring Frances Bean Cobain" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 8, 2008.

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• The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all.

  Eric Cantor

  Jobs, Cutting, America

  "Interview with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 2, 2011.

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• I'm a huge fan of 'Community'; it's, I think, one of the most brilliant comedy on television and has been for a long time.

  Emma Caulfield

  Thinking, Long, Community

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• I am very much a person who appreciates perennial things. Things like a Lacoste shirt, a Clarks desert boot, Persol sunglasses and Vans shoes that have been the same forever. There are certain things that once you find it, you like it and it's done. I like Italian clothing, like suits from Battistoni and I have a shirt by Piero Albertelli.

  Roman Coppola

  Italian, Shoes, Appreciate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We know that in 2001 it was believed 78 stem cell lines existed. But now we know there are only 22 that are viable, and they have been contaminated with mouse stem cells.

  Russ Carnahan

  Cells, Lines, Stem Cell

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