Top 55 Closest Thing Quotes

I don’t have any weird gimmicks. I do put on lipstick for the show. That’s what separates it. ‘Cause I don’t wear makeup at all… That’s probably the closest thing I have to a routine.

I love to gamble, always have! In Georgia there is not a casino, so the closest thing to a slot machine is a scratch ticket!

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it’s like working in the theater.

I have a little gypsy palace here in New York. It’s all mirrors, and I have my own garden. It’s so secluded – the closest thing to a caravan I could find!

We never had a billionaire brand in music; the closest thing we had was Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson sold 750 million records. I think we’re gonna set the tone for other youngsters to make more money and see that a billion dollars can be accomplished.

I love the road. The closest thing to home, for me, is being on a tour bus, ironically.

I love the creative process. That’s always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.

We have a lot of indie artists coming from Sweden, not so much soul. The closest thing we had was Robyn when she came out, but it’s a different kind of R&B.

I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it’s the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.

My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.

PayPal, which was founded in 1998, may be the closest thing to a global currency that has ever been created. Based in San Jose, California, the company operates in 190 markets, sending and receiving payments in 24 currencies on behalf of 90 million active members.

I have twin six-year-old boys. Have no mojo. The closest thing to a mojo I have is five minutes of peace.

I don’t have an acting coach, but the closest thing I have would be some of my peers that are my close friends. We bounce ideas off each other and help one another run our lines all the time.

When I met my wife 20 plus years ago, she was a vegetarian, so I was the closest thing to the devil that she had ever met.

Kurt Russell is the guy you know. He’s not something out of a weight-lifting magazine or a cartoon character. The closest thing to him would have been Steve McQueen.

The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn’t have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism.

Jazz is pretty much the freest thing you can be a part of. It’s the closest thing I can get to flying. It’s fun, interactive. In its own way, it’s a sport.

Goat’s milk is the closest thing out there to human breast milk. Plus, it is more easily digested than cow’s or soy milk. Giving goat’s milk to children is popular in Europe and other parts of the world.

Okra is the closest thing to nylon I’ve ever eaten. It’s like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

I love writing. It is the closest thing to me after being an actor.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Mandela is just the eternal man. You want that man to be around forever. It’s the closest thing we have to God, I think. He’s the father of mankind, almost.

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience. If I had to choose, it would be theater and doing the occasional movie once in a while, and spending time doing nothing.

The big thing on the horizon for me is video. I feel like it’s the closest thing to a perfect mix between music and design, because it has the motion and it has the dynamics of music, while at the same time having the aesthetic components of design. It’s a nice mix.

When bobsled is going right – and it sometimes goes wrong – it’s the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero.

Winning ‘Motor Trend’ Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

The closest thing I use to beauty products is the grease on the pizza from John’s Pizzeria.

A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it’s far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality.

I think, probably, the place that I feel I most belong is a movie set. It doesn’t matter where it is in the world or who I’m making the movie with; that’s the closest thing that I’ve got to a sense of placement. So I guess acting was a way of finding a home, if that makes sense.

The closest thing to hell on earth is prison. It’s the worst experience I’ve ever had in my life. Besides death.

It doesn’t matter where it is in the world or who I’m making the movie with; that’s the closest thing that I’ve got to a sense of placement.

Rock n’ roll is closest thing I’ve got to a spiritual power. It’s been the higher voice in my life and it’s never let me down.

The Ramones were not about having a good time. The closest thing probably was maybe Joey and Dee Dee might have had some good times, but it was almost like a work ethic. We were out there to basically to get the fans to see the Ramones.

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.

Century-old records are the closest thing we have to a time machine. To listen to the voice of Theodore Roosevelt or the piano playing of Claude Debussy is to feel the years falling away like autumn leaves from a maple tree.

The closest thing to religion our family had was worshipping The Beatles.

Novels give you the opportunity to create a whole world. Because you create people, you make them talk… You decide who they are, whether they live or die. It’s the closest thing to feeling like a god that you can come to.

Clothing is the closest thing to all humans.

‘Madden’ is the closest thing to actually being on the field yourself. It’s so ridiculously realistic. Before I play it, I honestly didn’t understand. ‘What’s all the hype? It’s a video game’. Then I sat down and played it, and you feel like you’re on the field.

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe’s wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.

I never had a sister growing up. Donny was the closest thing.

I feel like the so-called bad guys are never totally bad. I guess it’s the closest thing I can do to reality: people act nice but nobody really is nice. We all have to balance that with something dark.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.

The closest thing I have to a manager is my parents, for all their words of wisdom and business experience.

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.

I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the ‘Today’ programme and item four on the news was: ‘The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.’ I lay there thinking that’s interesting, then I realised it was me.

I’ve read the ‘Public Enemies’ script and, no, it’s not 100 percent historically accurate. But it’s by far the closest thing to fact Hollywood has attempted, and for that, I am both excited and quietly relieved.

Music comes from a whole different place. It tells the story of your life and it’s probably the closest thing I have to a religion.

And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it’s the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that’s my routine.

You going to call me arrogant for believing in myself? Come on! It’s a competitive sport. Rappin’ is the closest thing to boxing. Jay-Z said that. You gotta fight every day.

I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet.

There’s no magic bullet to end poverty in the world. But if you could, the closest thing to it would be basic primary education.

I don’t ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I’ve never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was ‘Shiraz,’ and it’s not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.