I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.
I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There’s not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that’s shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them.
You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
I attack ideas. I don’t attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can’t separate the two, you gotta get another day job. You don’t want to be a judge. At least not a judge on a multi-member panel.
Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke. Don’t tell me jokes – I have that. People also say the weirdest things, sometimes sarcastic things, and even evil things. They like to provoke to get a reaction.
You give loyalty, you’ll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back.
You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
I never let myself get psyched out. My motto is, ‘Stay calm and carry on.’
It’s a good thing we don’t get all the government we pay for.
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
There is something special when creative people get together.
My beliefs are that good people who work hard get their rewards. There will be struggle at times and hurdles along the way – life throws up all sorts – but in the end, you will prevail if you stick to the right path.
I’ve learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.
People spend so much time in their cars, and it’s a legal way to have fun by speeding a little bit or testing yourself a little bit, and you get to invest in your car. For some people, it becomes their baby.
Sometimes you have to do what you don’t like to get to where you want to be.
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.
To not have any hope is where things start to get really bleak. Things are possible. The impossible can be possible.
The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.
We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we’ve chosen to do with our life.
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.
If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.
As I get older – and wiser of course – I appreciate natural beauty in a different way.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Dad’s Jewish and Irish, Mom’s German and Scotch. I couldn’t say I was anything. My last name isn’t even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I’m still looking for a home in some way.
What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
Many are called but few get up.
When you ain’t got no money, you gotta get an attitude.
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
I think the best way to get a good night sleep is to work hard throughout the day. If you work hard and, of course, work out.
A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.
It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get it.
I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I’m an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.
Sometimes it’s important to get out of that comfort zone and, I think, try new things, and sometimes you can express yourself better.
You just gotta use the sunset as a reset button and start over in the morning with every chance you get to open your eyes.
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt – it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else.
Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
You’re not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You’re either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.
I always feel good after I change my hair. You get a haircut and feel positive and ready to take on the day.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
There’s no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It’s experiencing the climb itself – in all its moments of revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue – that has to be the goal.
I always try to get the best result out of it, I’m not there to just sit second or sit third. I’m a winner, and I want to win every single race, and I will always go for it.
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who’ll get the blame.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they’re doing.
Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, accounting, accounting. Know your numbers.
The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade.
Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
Fear can be good when you’re walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it’s not good when you have a goal and you’re fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.
If it’s the right chair, it doesn’t take too long to get comfortable in it.
Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
