Kenneth Cranham Quotes

Buying a particular vintage because everyone tips it and then waiting for it to mature is like gambling. The thrill is in placing the bet. Once the race is run or the match is played, you'll either win or lose. Until that happens, you're caught in this wonderful, agonising sense of expectation.

Kenneth Cranham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 12, 1944

Topics

WaitingWinVintageWin Or LoseLose

The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game.

Andrew Bogut

AttitudeBestTogetherGameAmerican

I feel like my early experiences of acting, and I think a lot of other actors' too, are probably at camp or school plays where you get to have great range. At camp, I remember getting to play a 50-year-old man.

Matt McGorry

GreatManSchoolThinkRememberYou

When I'm hard at work, when I'm deep in it, there is no other feeling. For me, my work is at all times building a nation out of thin air. It is manning the troops. It is painting a canvas. It is hitting every high note. It is running a marathon. It is being Beyonce. And it is all of those things at the same time.

Shonda Rhimes

WorkTimeMePaintingBuildingDeep

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

Robert Walpole

LifeMy LifeLibertyWillMotion

I believe my past is my strength.

Michel Martelly

StrengthPastBelieveI Believe

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

Derek Luke

DreamsMyselfChallengeDayReality

Just lead your life and try to make the best decisions.

Chris Pine

LifeBestDecisionsTryLeadJust

I've been truly blessed. I've been a fly on the wall of history. I've been just so many lucky places just by chance and serendipity, and obviously a huge portion of that serendipity had to do with my relationship with the real president, Ronald Reagan.

Arthur Laffer

RelationshipHistoryBlessedFly

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

Paul Weller

StepPeopleThinkWantOutFar

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Paul Wolfowitz

HistoryImpossibleProblemsJust

You sacrifice so much to get to the NFL. You miss recitals and graduations. Moments that you can't have because you're focused on being the best.

Shannon Sharpe

BestSacrificeMomentsYouFocused

People who have a reputation for being evil are usually good.

Sebastian Horsley

GoodPeopleEvilReputationBeing

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