Helen Mirren Quotes

I've always been battling against my sense of dignity and refinement. I was embarrassed by any bodily functions when I was younger. I could never even blow my nose.

Helen Mirren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 26, 1945

Topics

DignityNeverAlwaysNoseAgainst

I felt very calm and controlled. That's what you've got to feel and do when it's time to win. It's easy to say, hard to do.

Jimmy Walker

TimeWinCalmFeelEasyYou

I call people by their initials when they're good buddies, and that's a kinda street thing, too - 'Here comes JF,' or, 'Here comes KC.' It's fun; it's intimate.

John Edgar Wideman

GoodFunPeopleStreetCallHere

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.

Jean-Paul Sartre

SexHumanCapableEndeavorWithout

If someone is going to profit from your work, they need to earn it.

Michael A. Stackpole

WorkSomeoneProfitNeedEarnGoing

When I started school, I would draw pictures at the end of my sentences: a house, a flower, a tree, a bird. Whatever was in the sentence, I'd draw it.

Amy Sherald

FlowerBirdTreeSchoolEndHouse

Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world.

Toru Takemitsu

WorldMeaningSoundNaturalStreams

I'm the only one in the family who stumbled into acting.

Rocky Carroll

FamilyActingOnlyWhoStumbled

One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.

Mike DeWine

LifeJourneyRoadChoicesFaceYou

I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'

Luke Evans

FutureHopePeopleMeMomStory

My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis.

Cherie Blair

WorkProcessAdviceCrisisImportant

My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.

Christine McVie

MeSpeakOutPrettySomebodySongs

42 is a really boring age, isn't it?

Cillian Murphy

AgeBoringReally

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