Really Great Quotes - Page 3

• There's something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.

  Ben Affleck

  Sleep, Romance, Poor

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• I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something going up; if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I've got a nice little delivery system in my mom.

  Nathan Fillion

  Mom, Mother, Nice

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

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• Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.

  Tim Ferriss

  Years, Data, People

  "Tim Ferriss Wants to Hack Your Body". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. November 29, 2010.

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• The really great thing about cats is their endless variety. One can pick a cat to fit almost any kind of decor, income, personality, mood. But under the fur, there still lies, essentially unchanged, one of the world's free souls.

  Eric Gurney

  Lying, Cat, Personality

  Eric Gurney (2016). “How to Live With A Calculating Cat”, p.24, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

  Gavin DeGraw

  War, Hero, Hands

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• I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

  John Cusack

  Film, Twisted, Satire

  "John Cusack for “Identity”". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. April 14, 2003.

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• I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.

  Willem Dafoe

  Fun, Lying, Dirty

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

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• As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.

  Alan Ball

  Running, Jobs, Fun

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• You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.

  Larry Page

  Dream, Morning, Inspiration

  Larry Page’s University of Michigan Commencement Address, googlepress.blogspot.com. May 2, 2009.

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• Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

  Malin Akerman

  People, Lovely, Actors

  "Malin Akerman Exclusive Interview HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE". Press day, collider.com. March 2, 2011.

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• One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.

  Bear Grylls

  Exercise, Tree, Vines

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• I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you the truth. That's just the way it is. And I think 20 percent of the population are crooks and liars. It's just a fact.

  Tom Hanks

  Liars, Caring, Thinking

  "Tom Hanks: I'm not always a nice guy". Interview with Tracy Smith, www.cbsnews.com. June 5, 2012.

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• Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it, because I like to use the word 'fortnight'.

  Demetri Martin

  Two, Waiting, Use

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• I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

  Iggy Pop

  Thinking, Mirrors, Wow

  "Iggy's Trail of Destruction". Rolling Stone interview, November 19, 2003.

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• My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

  Idina Menzel

  Mom, Careers, Balance

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• I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasn't the cool thing to do.

  Lea Michele

  School, Play, People

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• I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Dream, Blessed, World

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

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• The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

  Andre Maurois

  Writing, Negative, Novel

  "The Art of Writing". Book by Andre Maurois, 1960.

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• I'm really great with weapons: I did a lot of bo and staff training for 'Immortals.' I love knives. I'm a pretty good shot. But I love hand-to-hand combat.

  Kellan Lutz

  Hands, Knives, Training

  "Kellan Lutz As Hercules: ‘Twilight’ Actor To Portray Greek Hero In New 3-D Adaptation". British GQ Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 05, 2013.

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• I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

  Max Lucado

  Mom, Fun, Dad

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• I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that Johnny Depp has to actually go outside the box on a character. When he plays a character, he plays it in a way that nobody else would.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Character, Thinking, Play

  "Exclusive interview: Ashton Kutcher talks Steve Jobs". Interview With Jon Frosch, www.france24.com. August 17, 2013.

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• I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

  Joe Jonas

  Artist, Men, Thinking

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• I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  People, Acting, Actors

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Jobs, Nice, Thinking

  "Tonys 2012: Q&A with Neil Patrick Harris on Eve of His Hosting Three-peat". "The Hollywood Reporter" Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 6, 2012.

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• I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Country, Song, Writing

  "Kathleen Hanna is a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll". Interview with Jennifer Vineyard, www.cnn.com. September 6, 2013.

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