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Bill Paxton Quotes

Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with him on a low budget film years ago, and we'd sit around at night while waiting for a shot.

Bill Paxton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: May 17, 1955 - February 25, 2017

Topics

Waiting Growing Up Night Texas More

Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk.

John Leguizamo

Great Fun Night Reading Drunk Go

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

Jean-Paul Sartre

You Say Understand Abstract Anything

Good clothes are good clothes, and they don't need whales and tricks and too many jokes. Sometimes you just need something to wear.

Michael Bastian

Good Clothes You Sometimes Need

You have to go through a process, but you have to understand, if your objective is to win the World Series, we may not be winning it in 2017 or 2018, but that's got to be what your goal is, and you have to have a plan to get there, and you have to know, every step of the way, are you on plan - on schedule - or not.

John S. Middleton

Step Win Winning World Plan Goal

Sentencing a political opponent to death after a show trial is no different to taking him out on the street and shooting him. In fact, it is worse because using the court system as a tool of state repression makes a mockery of the rule of law.

Amal Clooney

Death Law Political Street Shooting

I love finding out why people don't love things. And if you ask people why they don't like things, particularly when they get into this sort of culture box, you find out that they're not liking things because of what people are going to think about them, and not because of what the things actually sound like.

Stew

Love Culture People Think Finding

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

Steve Yzerman

Me Feel Worth Prove Way Try

I hate golf. I do not understand how anyone can enjoy it, much less love it.

Jay Mohr

Love Hate Golf Enjoy Understand How

Didn't know I had a half sister until I was 12 or 13. So that was interesting.

Debbie Rowe

Sister Interesting Know Half Until

I find the workload of what I do sufficiently great that when the term of court starts, I undergo a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy.

David Souter

Great Find Intellectual Annual Court

My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down.

Chesty Puller

Love Loyalty Patriotism Religion

Some governments choose to cooperate with the United States in intelligence, law enforcement, or military matters. The co-operation is a two-way street. We share intelligence that has helped protect European countries from attack, helping save European lives.

Condoleezza Rice

Intelligence Law Law Enforcement