Tom Hanks Quotes

When I was 21 years old, I had a job playing Santa Claus in a shopping centre in Sacramento. I was rail thin, so it's not like I was a traditional Santa Claus even then. I had a square stomach; that was the shape of the sofa cushion that I had stuffed into my pants.

Tom Hanks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1956

Topics

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I hope I'm always appropriate on 'JR' if it's a serious case. But if you have a case of a man who has a wardrobe malfunction with a lime green mankini, even I on the odd occasion find it mildly amusing.

Robert Rinder

HopeManGreenYouFindSerious

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt. Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.

Robert Herrick

EndSearchStandDoubtFindNothing

I think the way Win Butler writes, I really identify with it. He writes very emotionally and very cinematically, and I just connect with his sensibility.

Spike Jonze

WinThinkWayConnectJustIdentify

I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.

Ruth Reichl

GreatPastPeopleSmallMeetTalk

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

Russell Baker

JournalismWallStreetProductBeing

My parents, stupidly, always let me go downtown. This was pre-pager, even. It made me adventurous. I think it makes you tough.

Judy Greer

ParentsMeToughThinkYouGo

My first job out of college was with HBO. I worked in a small sales office in Chicago. So, I can say that even when I was just a little, low-on-the-totem-pole assistant for HBO, they were always amazing.

Jazmyn Simon

JobCollegeAmazingSmallI CanSay

If you don't understand viruses, phishing, and similar threats, you become more susceptible to them. If you don't know how social networks leak information that you thought was private, you're likely to reveal much more than you realize.

Brian Kernighan

ThoughtYouInformationKnowBecome

You must figure out where the money is coming from. Money won't come find you. There are a ton of genius technologists in the blockchain space, but the harder part is figuring out how to make money.

Brayton Williams

MoneySpaceGeniusYouFindOut

No matter how you slice it, limiting the SALT deduction forces New Jersey families to spend even more to subsidize Americans in less economically productive states, which take more than they ever give back to the federal government.

Bob Menendez

GovernmentYouBackSaltNewMatter

My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.'

Bobby Knight

PositiveRideMeNegativeThinking

I was born in Sacramento but moved to Los Angeles with my mom and my little sister when I was seven.

Brie Larson

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