Day Quotes | Beyond Motive 10/11

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"I am amazed; until the day I die I shall wonder how Whittaker Chambers got into my house to use my typewriter."

"I am amazed; until the day I die I shall wonder how Whittaker Chambers got into my house to use my typewriter."

Alger Hiss, American Public Servant

9

"And on 25 January of each year and for many days before it and after it there is not an hour in the day or night when a Burns Supper is not taking place somewhere on this earth."

"And on 25 January of each year and for many days before it and after it there is not an hour in the day or night when a Burns Supper is not taking place somewhere on this earth."

Len G. Murray, Scottish Lawyer

Day, Earth, Night

9

"I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary."

"I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary."

Chris Bailey, Australian Musician

Day, First, Listening

9

"It's like every day I'm born anew, without Jesus."

"It's like every day I'm born anew, without Jesus."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

9

"But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end."

"But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end."

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Leader

Day, Destruction, End, Iraq

9

"I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority... let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down!"

"I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority... let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down!"

John Aspinall, English Celebrity

Day, Earth, Majority, Years

9

"I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam."

"I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Day, Draft, End, Vietnam

9

"The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery!"

"The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery!"

Meat Loaf, American Musician

9

"Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day."

"Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day."

Roger von Oech, American Author

9

"I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger."

"I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger."

Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress

9

"Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day."

"Sure, I'd take the responsibility of queen any day."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

Day, Queen, Responsibility

9

"If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it's wrong. It's just wrong."

"If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it's wrong. It's just wrong."

Al Franken, American Comedian

Day, Effect, Liberals, Soldiers

9

"That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked."

"That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

9

"My greatest day is yet to come. Of all the things that I've accomplished, my greatest day is yet to come. But it will never come if I don't pursue it."

"My greatest day is yet to come. Of all the things that I've accomplished, my greatest day is yet to come. But it will never come if I don't pursue it."

Alexander O'Neal, American Musician

9

"THIS is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth."

"THIS is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth."

Donald Cargill, Scottish Clergyman

Day, Earth, Pilgrimage

9

"If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated."

"If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated."

Caryl Chessman, American Celebrity

Day, Public, Punishment, Will

9

"I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years."

"I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years."

Simon Cowell, British Entertainer

Day, Press, Years

9

"I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again."

"I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

9

"I don't get to go out but an hour a day."

"I don't get to go out but an hour a day."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

9

"I'm living with two guys. I'm living with a slob and a guy who sleeps all day."

"I'm living with two guys. I'm living with a slob and a guy who sleeps all day."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

8

"There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day."

"There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day."

Mackenzie Astin, American Actor

Day, May, Nothing, Project

8

"The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before."

"The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

Day, President, Press, states

8

"I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me."

"I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me."

Yvonne Strahovski, Australian Actress

Day, Pretty, School, Students

8

"I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, "Where have you been?" and I said right here for now on!"

"I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, "Where have you been?" and I said right here for now on!"

Jerome Richardson, American Musician

Day, Now, Right, Trying

8

"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy."

"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

8

"So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it."

"So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it."

Catie Curtis, American Musician

Day, Guitar, Writing

8

"I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble."

"I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble."

Glen Campbell, American Musician

8

"I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare."

"I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare."

Kate Moss, English Model

Day, End, First, London

8

"I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me."

"I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me."

Emily Rossum, American Actress

Day, End, Job, Will

8

"I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited."

"I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited."

John Travolta, American Actor

Day, Feeling, Will

8

"So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that's a powerful lesson."

"So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that's a powerful lesson."

Alice Barrett, American Actress

8

"If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome."

"If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

8

"Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end."

"Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end."

June Carter, American Musician

8

"I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship."

"I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship."

Diane Lane, American Actress

8

"On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet."

"On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet."

Orson Pratt, American Theologian

Day, December, Word

8

"I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter."

"I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter."

Julie Harris, American Actress

Day, Film, Hollywood

8

"We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath."

"We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

Day, Effect, Now, Sabbath

8

"In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good."

"In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good."

Michael Graves, American Architect

Day, Hardware, Machine, Mind

8

"When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out."

"When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out."

Deryck Whibley, Canadian Musician

Day, Growing up

8

"I will know how to hold you just by the look in your eye, I will never forget - not even on the day that I die. This is a promise of my passion for you, smile at me and make it true."

"I will know how to hold you just by the look in your eye, I will never forget - not even on the day that I die. This is a promise of my passion for you, smile at me and make it true."

Diana Lynn, American Actress

Day, Eye, Forget, Passion

8

"I try to be the best man I can for the day."

"I try to be the best man I can for the day."

James Caviezel, American Actor

8

"Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man."

"Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man."

Jimmy Lyons, American Musician

Day, Man, Tomorrow

8

"If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick."

"If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick."

Rich Little, Canadian Comedian

8

"I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me."

"I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me."

Emo Philips, American Comedian

8

"I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before."

"I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

Day, Joy, Moments, Now

8

"New-Year's Day arriving, and the ministers, to whom I wrote, remaining silent, I consider their silence as evidence, that they cannot prove what I said not to be from the Lord, and have therefore published as I was directed."

"New-Year's Day arriving, and the ministers, to whom I wrote, remaining silent, I consider their silence as evidence, that they cannot prove what I said not to be from the Lord, and have therefore published as I was directed."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

8

"I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers."

"I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Day, Paris, Summer, Will

8

"It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day."

"It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day."

Torrie Wilson, American Celebrity

8

"That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of musical activity still to this day, more or less, and so I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera."

"That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of musical activity still to this day, more or less, and so I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera."

Gunther Schuller, American Composer

Day, Opera, Parents, Sense

8

"For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over."

"For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over."

Edgar Cayce, American Celebrity

Day, Nothing, Running

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