John Travolta Quotes

For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.

John Travolta

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1954

Topics

LifeLearningExperienceGentleman

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

Johan Huizinga

SimpleThoughtConfusionSuperstition

I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.

Jeremy Renner

DoneWantAnythingComeBeforeForm

Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color.

Maxine Waters

PeopleColorAmericaWhitePolicy

If you read the poets of the 19th century in Latin America, you would see that Havana or Mexico City or Buenos Aires are incredibly modern and global cities that they were not. And eventually they became real, and they became real because people read these books and tried to live in a better world.

Alvaro Enrigue

LivePeopleCityWorldBetterYou

I think the joy of any soap opera is it is always there. You are allowed into this world for a little while and it's safe in that you are watching other people go through some troubles rather than yourself. It's there every night, and there is something special about that sort of terrestrial television experience for a mass audience.

Amanda Donohoe

ExperienceYourselfJoyPeopleWorld

When it's my show, I know that everybody is there to see me - but I like a challenge, and I like the fact that at festivals, not everybody is there to see me, but I have the chance to convert people.

Stefflon Don

ChallengePeopleMeChanceFestivals

The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation.

Steven Spielberg

GratitudeParentsBabyGeneration

Paul Ryan wants his weekends free? Fine - let's give him all 365 days free.

Tom Tancredo

FreeHimDaysWeekendsGiveFine

Acting is always a challenge.

Robert Downey, Jr.

ChallengeActingAlways

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

Robin Quivers

FreeSpeechSaidFree SpeechUsHe

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.

Rosamund Pike

ParentsSawBackstageSingersWere

If the powers that be really knew how much time I spent thinking about and researching celebrities, they probably wouldn't let me anywhere near the red carpet. But, please promise not to tell them. I'm harmless, I swear.

Ross Mathews

TimeRedMeThinkingTellCarpet

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