Charles Durning Quotes

There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.

Charles Durning

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 28, 1923 - December 24, 2012

Topics

AngryWarYouGoWantThrough

One should have a wide variety of assets in one's portfolio. And oil, by the way, is a particularly important asset to have in one's portfolio because we need it, and the economy thrives on it.

Robert J. Shiller

ImportantWayOilNeedEconomy

As a little kid, I'd put on shows for my family. I would sing songs and play piano. I thought while growing up in high school that I would stick with music and try to make a career out of that. As I gave it an honest, real shot, I realized it was not for me.

Amber Stevens

FamilyMusicSchoolMeGrowing Up

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

Sonny Perdue

GovernmentWiseReachWantJustOur

Colombia is so different to what I know, and every aspect of the country is different to England, and I loved it. I loved the culture and the food, and the coffee was amazing. The place that we were was stunning, and it really was quite an amazing experience to film out there.

Tom Holland

CoffeeFoodCultureExperienceLoved

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good.

Mike Singletary

GoodFocusWinningThinkYouDown

An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.

Luke Rockhold

BestFightWorldWantGoingJust

I can't do anything in a minute.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

AnythingMinute

Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past.

Jonathan Sacks

AlonePastGovernmentSocietyDeep

I would never not work.

Debbie Reynolds

WorkNeverWould

Having a child is the best thing that could happen.

Pink

BestChildHappenHavingThing

In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

LaughterMindNothing

The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.

Shania Twain

TimeDoingYouMoreSpotlightBeen

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