Albert Finney Quotes

He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes.

Albert Finney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 9, 1936

Topics

YouWantMoreNeverChangesOld

We as men, in particular black men, are constantly supported, nurtured, forgiven, apologized for, led, followed and coddled by black women, and they get very little in return.

Jesse Williams

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Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a video out there that's getting us somewhere, are only limiting themselves, because they aren't keeping an open mind.

Joel Madden

PeopleMindJust BecauseOpenOut

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up in a house where people were angry and sad.

Andrew Hudgins

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To my mind, a journalist needs to espouse objectivity and distance, while a writer practises an art that is more free.

Amitava Kumar

ArtMindFreeDistanceMoreWriter

Could you imagine if we could leapfrog language and communicate directly with human thought? What would we be capable of then? And how will we learn to deal with the truths of unfiltered human thought? You think the Internet was big. These are huge questions.

Mary Lou Jepsen

ThinkThoughtLanguageLearnYou

I have seen American determination in people like Debbi Sommers. She runs a furniture rental business for conventions in Las Vegas. When 9/11 hit, and again, when the recession tanked the conventions business, she didn't give up, close down, or lay off her people. She taught them not just to rent furniture, but also to manufacture it.

Mitt Romney

BusinessDeterminationPeopleVegas

When the people's representatives have to go on record and vote, it transforms our country. It is a full recognition that we are in a state of war.

Chris Gibson

WarPeopleRecognitionCountryVote

Some people misconstrue our band just to be a commercial venture.

Chris Martin

PeopleBandSome PeopleVentureJust

I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not 'worship.'

Brendan Myers

WorshipObeyBow

I see the young guys coming out of college. They are bombing it past me. They hit it so far, they are leaving me in the dust.

Brooks Koepka

PastCollegeMeYoungLeavingSee

I can walk down the street all day and people look at me, but they don't talk to me or stop me.

Scott Speedman

WalkDayPeopleMeLookDown

I've driven just about every kind of car there is.

Mario Andretti

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