Fred Gwynne Quotes

When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a portrait painter I wouldn't be able to support a goldfish.

Fred Gwynne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 10, 1926 - July 2, 1993

Topics

SupportPortraitGotAblePainter

Shoes are a good starting point. I've become quite fussy about them! A patent pair of Sonia Rykiel oxfords have become invaluable.

Jessica Raine

GoodShoesBecomeStartingPoint

I'm obsessed with old rotary phones.

Jenny Lewis

OldPhonesRotaryObsessed

Our great nation put a man on the moon, but it can't train its cops to distinguish between an ordinary brown-skinned brother and a criminal.

Jeffrey Wright

GreatManBrotherMoonTrainNation

When I retired, I really wanted to spend time with my family and kids. Coaching would have prevented that due to the commitment of the job and travel that goes with it, too.

John Elway

FamilyTimeCommitmentJobTravel

Poverty was a relationship, I thought, involving poor and rich people alike.

Matthew Desmond

RelationshipPeopleRichThought

It's become easy for Americans to live in a cocoon of monolithic ideology and thought. It's time to embrace diversity of thought and diversity of experience.

Ana Navarro

LiveTimeExperienceDiversityEasy

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

John Poindexter

TodayThinkPresentElectionYears

You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?

Amy Chua

ParentingMistakeYouKnowPersonal

With 'Ready to Die,' that was some of the most honest rhymes of all-time. There's some real dark material on there that Biggie was going through.

Statik Selektah

DieDarkReadyRealHonestGoing

You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could.

Tom Wilkinson

WorkBestMoneyJobThinkYou

There is no more time for us left to revive our great country. No more time to repeat our mistakes of the past. Washington needs a complete turnaround, and Donald Trump is the agent of change, and he will be the leader of the change we need.

Rudy Giuliani

ChangeLeaderGreatTimeMistakes

As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes before I ever flew in one. I really knew, when I started photographing, I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other countries but in this country, too, and I knew I wanted to enter other lives. I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.

Mary Ellen Mark

DreamCountryWayKnowingKidUsed

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