Louis Gossett, Jr. Quotes

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 27, 1936

Topics

New YorkPlayNewNeverRookieCamp

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics.

Jerry Moran

ScienceMathematicsFightPeople

I'll do a strong eye or a strong lip - but both together? Not so much.

Jennifer Connelly

TogetherEyeStrongLipMuchBoth

Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.

John Travolta

SoulHappyPeopleMeMy SoulEnjoy

To this day, I remember vividly Missy Elliott, Ludacris, and my grandma riding in a golf cart to set. My grandma went back to Ohio and told her bowling friends, 'Guess what? I was riding to set with Missy and Ridiculous!'

Alyson Stoner

DayGolfFriendsRememberBackHer

It's great to watch people come up and help mold their careers. I really took it literal when Kanye said, 'Listen to the kids, bruh.' That really means something.

Mike Dean

GreatPeopleHelpSaidListenUp

I always felt that I had a mission in life. I thought I was born to play sports. Even now, I still feel that must have been my mission because I came through so many close calls where my life could very easily have been ended.

Monte Irvin

LifeSportsThoughtMy LifeMission

You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are times I have played games just because of my fielding.

Mohammad Azharuddin

Make A DifferenceYouJust Because

I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person.

Louis Theroux

I AmPersonQuiteAmDiscovered

When you receive an education, you pass it on.

Clemantine Wamariya

EducationYouPassReceive

The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.

Claire Messud

WomenTelevisionNewsYoungFilm

When I was a young executive, I was always nervous that my idea wouldn't be great. So I asked around, 'What do you think of this?' That became my filter for whether my idea was good enough. Then I realized it just plain made me smarter.

Bonnie Hammer

GoodGreatMeThinkEnoughYou

Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle young woman, writing about marriage as, not the worst thing, but the most boring thing that could happen to a person. Now I think I was wrong. I like to be proven wrong.

Anne Enright

MarriageWomanWritingThinkEarly

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