Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1965

Topics

ConfidencePowerMoving ForwardThink

I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. I take my football seriously. I love scoring goals and I get a good feeling from it, so I'll do whatever it takes to be fit and feel good in games.

Jermain Defoe

LoveGoodGoalsMyselfFootball

One of the threats to Christianity in the 21st century is this idea that religion is best understood as a kind of aesthetic experience, and that you can get all your morality from that.

John Cornwell

BestExperienceReligionAesthetic

There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests of Labrador; and the unexpected bunting or sylvia which perchance, and indeed as if by chance alone, you now and then see flying before you, or hear singing from the ground creeping plant.

John James Audubon

AloneSingingFlyingChancePlant

Corporations do a lot of things well, but not run nations, for obvious reasons.

Michael Ian Black

RunThingsObviousWellReasonsLot

For most of my films, I've had to go out and start shooting before I could get the rest of the funding. That was the case with 'Hoop Dreams,' 'Stevie' and 'The Interrupters:' We started them quietly out of Kartemquin Films, only really going to funders once we had something to show and a firm idea of what the film might be.

Steve James

DreamsStartRestGoOutShooting

Being a mother is complicated because it's not just a paternal culture making demands on you; it's those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.

Siri Hustvedt

MotherWomenCultureExpectations

Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Martin Seligman

GoodPeopleControlThinkReality

Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

Liz Phair

MusicNowMoreCrowdDifferentLike

I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paintsville.

Chris Stapleton

LifeMy LifeBornOverKentucky

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Coretta Scott King

GreatHateBurdenBearMoreHated

It's private enterprise that can create jobs and fill them. It's business that can train people and make them productive tax-payers. And it's America Inc. that has the most to gain from tapping this extraordinary human resource.

Bobby Kotick

BusinessPeopleAmericaTrainCreate

I need work. I still audition for work. I don't get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.

Bojana Novakovic

WorkWork HardNeedHardOutThings

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