Laurence Olivier Quotes

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

Laurence Olivier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989

Topics

GodPeopleMeThinkBetterRemember

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

John Malkovich

LoseNowTemperWellVeryOften

Great teachers should be rewarded.

Matt Mead

GreatTeachersGreat TeachersShould

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

LoveGunSeePlanetDisappearWould

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Sophocles

GoodManGood ManHelpTaskThose

I grew up on R-rated action films, and you didn't blink.

Rob Liefeld

ActionYouUpBlinkGrewFilms

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

Michael Sheen

CharacterRealityPlayAnchorAny

My wife makes the best chocolate chip pancakes, and my son and I are only too happy to stay home and eat them.

Jason O'Mara

HomeSonBestWifeHappyChocolate

I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

Jonathan Ames

BeingAcknowledgeLikeJewPublicly

Growing up, I had an internal struggle with my body because I was really chubby. My sisters were younger, and they were all skinny and all cute. As a teen, I definitely had, like, an extra 30 pounds of weight.

Christina Milian

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I have set out to change the language of the international system.

Clare Short

ChangeLanguageOutSystemSet

Everything has to be perfect in my business. Because when there is a mistake I am the one who is responsible.

Claudia Schiffer

BusinessI AmMistakePerfectWho

As the heat of the coal differs from the coal itself, so do memory, perception, judgment, emotion, and will, differ from the brain which is the instrument of thought.

Annie Besant

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