Dennis Haysbert Quotes

I went through a phase where all I was doing was commercials, and not that it was a bad thing, but I was referred to as 'the Allstate guy' as I was walking the streets. Someone comes up to you on the street, you would like them to know your name.

Dennis Haysbert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 2, 1954

Topics

NameWalkingSomeoneDoingYouBad

Faith is like a kernel of wheat.

Joe Bob Briggs

FaithWheatLikeKernel

I don't think I'm successful.

Jenny Eclair

ThinkSuccessful

Having a child is a lifetime commitment, the biggest one you can possibly make.

Jen Kirkman

CommitmentChildYouLifetimeMake

One of the big mysteries about the black hole at the center of the galaxy is, 'Why don't we see emission from matter falling onto the black hole, or, rather, the black hole eating up its surroundings?'

Andrea M. Ghez

EatingBlackWhyMatterGalaxySee

What I want is to have people's notion of adulthood no longer be so defined by being a parent. There is some kind of conventional wisdom that you're not really a mature person until you become a parent.

Meghan Daum

WisdomPeopleParentYouPerson

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

John Kenneth Galbraith

VirtueModestyOverratedVastly

Growing up it was the exception because I was maybe the only one in my school or my circle of friends that had that experience. But now that I know more people in the industry, I am realizing this happens to almost everybody.

Anna Chlumsky

ExperienceSchoolI AmPeopleCircle

Some of these pro-drug messages come from popular culture.

John Walters

CultureComeSomePopularMessages

The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.

Don Fraser

PlaceTroubleEverythingUpHow

I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.

Deborah Harkness

LoveHopeReadingGenerationKind

I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it did.

Boy George

ThoughtDoingYearLongNeverLast

I'm not going to let everyone in, but when I do open up, I trust you. I let you fully in. My close friends, my family, and everyone around me can really appreciate it, and sometimes it's not the easiest to open up to people.

Brooks Koepka

FamilyTrustPeopleMeAppreciate

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