Michael J. Fox Quotes

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Michael J. Fox

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 9, 1961

Topics

I AmUnhappyAcceptMoreSereneAm

Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses.

Andrew Lansley

PressureExcusesPowerfulClassic

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

Michael Connelly

HollywoodCaptureBecauseKindsSold

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he remains so.

Stephen Greenblatt

MomentFirstPleasureStageInterest

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Tryon Edwards

BeliefEvidenceAgainstCredulity

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.

Robert Benchley

HumorPeopleWorryGoWillSeems

Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore.

Roger Spottiswoode

MeBondBackJuiceLeftFilm

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors.

Ron Fournier

FriendsRememberFindRiseFast

When I wrote those first songs for the Truckers, songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day,' those were strong songs, very strong songs. But had I been in the position of writing an entire album at that point in time, I don't think the whole album would have been of that kind of quality.

Jason Isbell

TimeQualityDayWritingThinkKind

Jews are underdogs - not in my world, obviously, they're not.

Chelsea Handler

WorldJewsUnderdogsObviously

Because Scotland and Northern Ireland want to remain part of the E.U., there is the quite real possibility that Scotland and even Northern Ireland might now choose to go their own way on membership within the E.U. and the 'United Kingdom' would suddenly effectively be only England and Wales.

Peter Bergen

ChooseGoNowWantWayReal

The misappropriation of resources provided by the government for weapons means the Nigerian military is unable to beat Boko Haram.

Muhammadu Buhari

GovernmentMilitaryResourcesBeat

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

Lynn Coady

WinThoughtShortNeverWould

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