Spike Milligan Quotes

My father being a soldier, every time I saw soldiers marching - 'Well,' I thought, 'my father's that,' and these soldiers were always looking magnificent. And I thought they were powerful; they were all-powerful. I knew that they were an elite in India.

Spike Milligan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 16, 1918 - February 27, 2002

Topics

FatherTimeLookingThoughtPowerful

Junk love are relationships in which you know you're not getting the emotional nutrition that you need. You're probably wasting emotional calories on people who aren't giving you enough back.

Joanna Coles

LovePeopleGivingEnoughYouBack

I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I'll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language.

Jessye Norman

LovePeopleMeBookLanguageSee

I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.

Jo Brand

GoodHopeJobPeopleWorldThink

I just really like it when things are earnest.

Jenny Slate

ThingsJustLikeEarnestReally

To be honest, I don't think I'm an actor. I'm a creator - or try to be.

Maximilian Schell

ThinkActorTryHonestCreator

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.

Amber Benson

LifeFreedomCreativeMeWriting

I sadly never got to my prom. I was shooting 'The Outsiders.'

Rob Lowe

NeverShootingPromGotOutsiders

Sometimes people say, 'Oh, you're doing better now than before the accident.'That irritates the hell out of me.

Mike Schultz

PeopleMeHellBetterDoingYou

I would much rather be a bad Luise Rainer than a second someone else.

Luise Rainer

SomeoneBadWouldSecondRather

To win the World Cup, you win it one bit at a time.

Julen Lopetegui

TimeWinWorldYouCupWorld Cup

'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?

Jason Statham

GoodOpportunityGreatJobMeYou

Whether I'm performing or directing, I'm aways thinking about rhythm; sometimes it's nailing the right rhythm, and sometimes it's intentionally breaking the rhythm. Those two things are what make something funny or not. How long a shot is and where you put the camera are all part of that rhythm of directing.

Jay Chandrasekhar

FunnyThinkingCameraLongYouTwo

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