Albert Finney Quotes

There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head.

Albert Finney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LightMyselfYourselfYouKnowKind

I was always causing trouble in school. Doing impressions of Bart Simpson, interrupting class - I liked the attention and entertaining people.

Jermaine Fowler

SchoolPeopleDoingAttentionClass

Life itself is so surprising, a predictable story is unsatisfying.

Jennifer Egan

LifeStorySurprisingPredictable

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble.

John Crowe Ransom

StyleWaitingCriticsSamePoets

When I went to college, I did clothing and textiles. It really wasn't until I moved to New York, my second night in, I did stand-up. I took a wild left turn, and instead of going back and finishing school at FIT, I started doing stand-up and acting.

Melissa McCarthy

SchoolNew YorkCollegeNightDoing

I wouldn't go as far to say that anything that I've done is timeless.

Rodney Crowell

GoDoneSayTimelessAnythingFar

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

Martin Sheen

GreatGovernmentYouI CanPerson

I'm very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part of the world. And I strongly endorse continued pressure, diplomatically, financially, economically.

Michael Mullen

InfluenceWorldPressureDevelopment

Senators, representatives too often, we hear from our base, don't talk to the other side, don't with work with them.

Jared Polis

WorkTalkSideHearOurOften

My mom is really skinny, too. I got it from her. I've never done yoga before.

Bregje Heinen

MomDoneNeverSkinnyHerGot

I got into a fight with a kid in junior high, and then we became friends after that.

Armie Hammer

FightFriendsKidHighGotAfter

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.

Anthony Bourdain

LifeGreatMemoryPowerfulPlay

Right now there should be a moratorium on the cutting down of old growth in this country. That is a small thing to ask at this point. There is only four percent of old growth left. Ninety-six percent of it has been cut down.

Woody Harrelson

GrowthSmallDownCountryNowRight

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