Ian Mckellen Quotes

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

Ian Mckellen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 25, 1939

Topics

LifeLiveWorldYouPlayKnow

New Yorkers have their own way of speaking, their own tempo, and Texans are a lot like that. As much as you think Texas is one thing and New York is another, they're very much the same.

Jerry Jeff Walker

New YorkTexasThinkYouNewWay

The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn't be Chinese or Japanese.

John McGahern

KindWayMatterIrishMeanSee

When you find a way to be really receptive to your child's needs and really listen, you can be more open to what they say they want or what they say they need.

Anna Getty

ChildYouFindSayWantWay

My father was a research scientist in tropical medicine, so I always assumed I would be a scientist, too. I felt that medicine was too vague and inexact, so I chose physics.

Stephen Hawking

FatherResearchMedicinePhysics

We love stories about identity and acceptance because they're so universal.

Stephanie Savage

LoveAcceptanceIdentityUniversal

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

Sonny Perdue

GovernmentGreatnessComeOurDoes

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

Mike Krzyzewski

PositiveFailureSchoolMeBetter

Nothing I write ever has a moral. If it seems to a reader that there is one, that is unintentional.

Louise Erdrich

MoralNothingWriteSeemsEver

I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.

David Talbot

SchoolHigh SchoolOutHighGotGet

I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.

Christine Lahti

LifeWinningProudSmokingMy Life

Some people put up a peace sign with one hand. Some people put up the middle finger instead. I use two hands and put up both.

Brian Celio

PeacePeopleHandsHandSome People

I do get a lot of facials because I think that when you don't extract, your pores inevitably fill up more. I believe that facials keep your pores smaller.

Alice Eve

BelieveThinkYouI BelieveMoreUp

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