Tom Hanks Quotes

Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice.

Tom Hanks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HeroPeopleVillainThinkChoose

When in doubt, punt!

John Heisman

DoubtWhen In Doubt

I am not sultry. I don't know what I am.

Anita Morris

I AmKnowAm

A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip.

Merrill Markoe

SunsetFeelWayMoreOutComplex

My biggest mistake was when I started up easyEverything, a chain of Internet cafes. The idea that people would go to a shop to use a computer was revolutionary in 1999. It worked for a while, but cheap technology almost killed it. One silver lining of the problems I faced was that it gave me experience of turnarounds.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

TechnologyExperienceMistakePeople

Old women especially are invisible. I have been to parties where no one knows who I am, so I am ignored until I introduce myself to someone picked at random. Immediately, word gets round, and I am surrounded by people who tell me they are my biggest fans.

Ruth Rendell

WomenMyselfI AmPeopleMeRandom

I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be auditioning for anything anymore, and if I get offered something like a role in a movie or a commercial or something, I will graciously turn it down. It's been great, but its just not for me anymore.

Chris Pratt

GreatMeYouActingDownKnow

I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be 'seen through,' or, even worse, instantly hated.

Chris Ware

PeopleKnowThroughExpectSeen

I'm just getting my sea legs. The first time you make them laugh, you're like, 'Oh my God - that just happened.' Then you're like, 'I made them laugh. I've earned this.'

Brie Larson

GodSeaTimeLaughYouLegs

I go through my day remembering things like telephone cords.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

DayGoTelephoneRememberingThrough

The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil.

Woody Harrelson

ChangeTimeGovernmentFightOil

You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.

Wyclef Jean

DayYouKnowIslandModernSwagger

I've been a UNICEF ambassador since I was 17.

Selena Gomez

AmbassadorBeenUNICEFSince

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