Tom Baker Quotes

I've been involved in one or two successes in classical plays but nothing to touch the excitement and the glamour and the gratification of being a children's hero for so long.

Tom Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 20, 1934

Topics

ChildrenHeroLongNothingTouch

You can't prove Rembrandt is better than Norman Rockwell - although if you actually do prefer Rockwell, I'd say you were shunning complexity, were secretly conservative, and hadn't really looked at either painter's work. Taste is a blood sport.

Jerry Saltz

WorkBetterYouBloodSayProve

I hate to say it, but Christmas as a kid was always a moneymaking venture for me. I played trumpet, and a friend of mine who played trombone and a guy who played tuba, every Christmas we'd go out for three or four days beforehand and play Christmas carols on our horns.

John Tesh

FriendHateMePlayThreeChristmas

We are the women men warned us about.

Robin Morgan

WomenMenUsAboutWarned

You have to be confident about the product you're putting out. It's just like when a boxer is promoting a fight. You can't go out there and be like, 'This guy might beat me.'

Romeo Santos

FightMeConfidentYouGoOut

There have been times when I've felt inappropriately emotional. I remember making 'The Most Hated Family in America' about the Westboro Baptist Church, and being on the way to a funeral of a U.S. soldier with the Phelps family; they were going to picket the funeral.

Louis Theroux

FamilyChurchAmericaRememberWay

I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

Donald Dunn

GoodManGuitarComplicatedTwoUp

As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big.

Donald Trump

ThinkThinkingLongYouThink Big

At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.

Chelsea Hobbs

LifeDayWordsEnd Of The DayEnd

I wish reporters were more in tune to the difference between the Asian experience and the Asian-American experience. I think often they lump the two together and think that when I talk about Asian-American narratives that they can cite 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' or 'Mulan' as proof of concept when it's a different experience.

Constance Wu

ExperienceTogetherThinkWishTiger

What's good is that my music is different from everyone else's. It's got the soul element, like Duffy, but it's not very retro. It's a contemporary, pop, fresh sound. That's what makes it different.

Pixie Lott

GoodMusicSoulSoundRetroFresh

While I support initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in Medicare, I do not believe that these efficiencies should come at the cost of patient well being.

Shelley Berkley

QualitySupportBelieveEfficiency

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in.

Sharon Olds

LifeDanceThinkBreatheMoreNeed

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