Certain Quotes

I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly ratified by the mere facts.

All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought to be plumbers.

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.

Having a good director is very important. It's crucial. When you do good work with a certain director, you want to work with them again, and hopefully vice versa.

I think there is something very relatable in the idea that you hit a certain age, later in your life, where you realize you have to pick up the rug and see what's underneath it and deal with stuff.

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time.

Thinking back about throwing myself at certain gentlemen that had no interest in me, that'll bring a blush to my face if I think about it too often.

French cinema allows women to look... a certain way and be talented at the same time.

I feel like I still am struggling in a lot of different ways. I still have to fight for certain things. Certain jobs. At least I'm working and I'm thankful for that

There are some songs we do, like "Last Chance," I love it! But sometimes you just don't like your voice on certain things.

I was born in Rome on March 11, 1923. Because of my age, I've become a piece of this country's history, but it's also true that a certain strand of Italy's film history has passed though me.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.

I do not know that there is a more certain sound than Senator Kennedy. I cannot imagine a more uncertain sound than Senator Kerry.

I do get a bit of a sense, just from e-mails some people send me, just a little sense of how people in different countries seem to respond differently to certain lines in a song.

As we all know, poets are born brain-wired a certain way and every poet I know wrote as a child. I'm no exception.

People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people.

Sometimes I feel like a beetle crawling through a fusion power plant. I can feel a certain amount, see a certain amount, but I sure as hell don't understand everything.

I'm certain prison is pretty rough as it is but imagine if you were a murderer and a foodie!

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

Whenever Hollywood gets involved with real life events, certain liberties have to be taken.

[Adolf] Hitler had a very strong adolescent side to him, emotionally he was like a boy in certain things, like film stars and gossip.

Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives.

Germany and Austria have had positive experiences with strong states and a cooperative democracy. I am certain that this example could be helpful in a constructive debate on the Catalonian situation.

It isn't something of which most of us are aware, but we human beings are 'marked' with a certain strange feature, and that is: We want to change.

I'm not quite certain how you can force a candidate to stick by the rules.

at a certain moment in social proceedings, I am on FIRE to leave: I have a leaving-FIT.

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities.

Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.

I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there.

It is not possible to make a certain evaluation...that cancer may be arrested if 'caught early'.

There is a certain fate to the universe and a certain randomness.

I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them.

In Cuba I have always understood harsh treatment of dissenting voices as stemming from a "siege situation" imposed upon it from outside. And I believe that to a certain extent that is true.

At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I can't convince them, I've got to move on. I can't coerce them or browbeat them.

He [Mitt Romney] didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain, but obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?

Many things are possible. Few things are certain.

I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always, but I try. Then I clean up in the rewrites.

Certain kinds of knowledge rob people of their sleep.

Writing talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you are either born with it or you aren't.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in my head, I can walk freely around the opposite side. I keep them completely separate in my mind.

When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it.

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

The people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying.