Well Quotes

"Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number really"

Brandon Lee, Actor

"Charles and I are from Augusta, Ga. - so we come from James Brown territory, soul music and Motown. And Charles has always had a lot of Southern rock in there as well"

Dave Haywood, Musician

"If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well"

Brian Clough, Athlete

"It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large"

Chris Patten, Politician

"I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well"

Bram Stoker, Writer

"That's right, fall in one pit and start over from the beginning! Well, thankfully my buddies practically tied me to my chair until I put in extra lives and I'm glad they did"

David Crane

"People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I seem to have a number of projects that are moving forward"

Bob Balaban, Actor

"When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don't know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up"

Benicio Del Toro, Actor

"Does my character hate Bree? Well, let's just put it this way. Bree hasn't seen the last of me. I gave that drunk gal a ride home a few episodes ago and she turned on me!"

Alfre Woodard, Actress

"Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it"

Abbe Pierre, Priest

"The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people"

Adolf Loos, Architect

"Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician

"It is our duty to see that our future citizens are well born; that they are properly nourished, and are reared in that environment most likely to develop in them their full capacity and powers"

Arthur Capper, Politician

"I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice"

Amy Tan, Novelist

"I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it"

Bernard Law Montgomery, Soldier

"Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer"

Antonio Perez, Statesman

"I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party"

Kirstie Alley, Actress

"Well there are those that you wield and those that you join"

Richard Murdoch, Comedian

"When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble"

Earl Campbell, Athlete

"I might as well have pulled the trigger myself"

Joan Bennett, Actress

"I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general"

Alfred M. Gray, Soldier

"One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them"

Ivo Andric, Writer

"In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow"

Gwen John, Artist

"We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well"

Dee Dee Ramone, Musician

"As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble"

Emmylou Harris, Musician

"I have trouble voicing my thoughts... I can't communicate very well that way"

Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician

"I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well"

Pia Toscano, Musician

"There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well"

Vince Carter, Athlete

"I'm looking at working with people I get on with, that respect me, that don't just see me as a piece of ass. Which I have experienced as well. I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do"

Gemma Arterton, Actress

"I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business"

Carlos Alazraqui, Actor

"You appear to have a good project... we wish you well in this endeavor"

David Packard, Businessman

"If Michael Steele doesn't make you sad, well, then there's radio host Rush Limbaugh, no longer content with wanting the President to fail, Rush is now calling out Mr. Obama as a girly man"

David Shuster, Journalist

"The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it"

C. Everett Koop, Public Servant

"The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show"

Tom Chapin, Musician

"Charlton are a team who play well on the ball, but they found it hard to break us down, they didn't really have an out and out chance in front of our goal"

Robert Laurent, Sculptor

"I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies"

Patrick Macnee, Actor

"At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration"

Nick Cave, Musician

"There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great"

Marvin Hagler, Athlete

"There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second"

Louis Dudek, Poet

"You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work; and you have so much beautiful work to do. The world needs it, and you must give it!"

Marie Corelli, Novelist

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