Christopher Plummer Quotes

My great-grandfather was prime minister of Canada, and I had a very Edwardian upbringing. It was a beautiful, romantic way of growing up, until the family lost its money. And I decided to be bad and rough and find the streets rather than the gates.

Christopher Plummer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 13, 1929

Topics

FamilyBeautifulRomanticMoneyBad

I admire Trump for his accomplishments.

Michael Israel

AdmireAccomplishmentsTrumpHis

Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age.

Sondra Radvanovsky

AgeBetterGetting BetterSeemGet

We, in America and Great Britain, have never had to live with evil and ignore it, or pretend it wasn't happening, as people did all over Europe, and indeed, even in Germany herself.

Michael Korda

LiveGreatPeopleEvilAmericaOver

People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not writing about all the lovely things that there are, which I do see as well - but there is a lot of outrageousness around, slightly covered up. And obviously, it's fun to take that a little bit further.

Julia Davis

FunPeopleWritingComedyYouLook

I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.

Jason Dohring

LoveSportsBaseballBasketballGolf

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

Diogenes

TeacherWhyWhy NotWhipPupil

No one likes a pushy parent, and, 'pride' being one of the seven deadly sins, I needed to tread very carefully when creating a show about my eldest son, Tom, better known as Peter Parker and even better known as Marvel's new 'Spider-Man.'

Dominic Holland

SonPrideParentBetterCreating

It's hard to be good at anything. If you're passionate, the chances are that you will find a job that will make you happy.

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

GoodJobHappyYouFindPassionate

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

Portia de Rossi

HomeControlYouOutsideRespond

When I was growing up, I never felt that I belonged anywhere because we never lived in a house for more than three months. That's all I knew, and that's why I don't really belong anywhere.

Peter Doig

Growing UpHouseGrowingThreeWhy

I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.

Paula Poundstone

MusicThankfulChildrenPathTime

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

Richard M. Nixon

MathematicsSympathyLearnPhilosophy

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