Hough Quotes & Sayings

I cannot go to sleep without reading. — Julianne Hough

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first. — Julianne Hough

I do a lot of dancing. I don't like to run much because I get shin splints. I love being outside so I do a lot of hiking. It's very good for toning. I also do lots of light weights. — Julianne Hough

Amazing what humans could do to one another when their survival instinct kicked in. — Jason M. Hough

Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair. — Julianne Hough

I totally think there was a country hair phase. If you look at all the mullets, and Dolly Parton, and Reba's hair, Tim McGraw's hair, Blake Shelton's hair, they definitely had their moments. — Julianne Hough

Hough I have to say nothing beats Type O mixed with a little cannabis." A muscle worked in David's jaw. "You're stoned?"
"Not Really," I said. "Though I do have a strange craving for pizza. Extra garlic. — Jaye Wells

I'm actually pretty good at stripping, which makes me wonder what happened in my previous life. Funny enough, I don't wear a lot of clothes when I dance and it's very sexy, so it wasn't too hard to get into the motion of it. — Julianne Hough

I am not dogging on non-melodic pop music because I love it, but I am saying that is why the timeless songs are still here. It's because of the melody. As far as what shouldn't be brought back, the high-waisted bikini bottoms. — Julianne Hough

I love chips and salsa. Guacamole. — Julianne Hough

[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter ... — Alexander Hamilton

I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do. — Derek Hough

The romance of danger and adventure in forbidden places. — Jason M. Hough

Sometimes if I have a big enough purse I'll bring my perfume or something. Right now I really like Beaute, it's by Johan B. and it's really nice, so I like that. — Julianne Hough

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors. — Julianne Hough

So I hope to stretch my acting skills. I got to a point in my dancing where I felt like I did so much hard work and I achieved a lot of great things, and I wanted to try something else and put that same kind of commitment that I did into my dancing into something that I was also passionate about. I had so many opportunities with my dance and now I'm just excited to get better as an actress. — Julianne Hough

I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith. — Julianne Hough

I try to bring my mascara everywhere because I'm a blonde and you know blondes have really light eyelashes, you always wanna put more and more on 'til they look like spiders, that's just what I do. — Julianne Hough

A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously. — Julianne Hough

For me, you've got to start from within. The things you eat directly affect the way you feel and the way you move. — Derek Hough

Regarding children's literature, look for interesting content and well-constructed sentences clothed in literary language. The imagination should be warmed and the book should hold the interest of the child. Life's too short to spend time with books that bore us. — Deborah Taylor-Hough

Everyone has their own demon. — Jason M. Hough

Each land in the world produces its own men individually bad - and, in time, other bad men who kill them for the greater good. — Emerson Hough

What I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. In pop music, it's all about the techno beat to dance to in the club and the repetitiveness, whereas in rock music there is literally, like, balls-to-the-wall singing and playing. I love it. — Julianne Hough

I figured out if I have a good goal in mind, then I can actually achieve it. — Julianne Hough

I'm a chatterbox. — Julianne Hough

In school, some of my favorite subjects ... I mean, art was my favorite subject. I loved art! I used to go during lunch time to the art room and paint or draw or something. — Derek Hough

I love to swim. I need goggles. If I don't have goggles I run in to the walls of the pool. I have no sense of directions. — Julianne Hough

I also like to feel good when I'm working out. If I put schlubby clothes on, I'm like, 'Blah.' I don't really want to work out. But if I'm feeling cute and I'm looking good - that's my motivation. — Julianne Hough

She also has some choice observations to offer about Fisher. "I said both to my father and Winston that though I did not doubt Lord Fisher's genius I thought him dangerous because I believed him to be mad" (quoted in Hough, Winston and Clementine, 284). On another occasion, she remarked, "What a strange man he is!" (quoted in Hough, Winston and Clementine, 306). — Erik Larson

In fact, some people use humour so habitually that it is hard for them to remain serious for any length of time. — Margaret Hough

I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great life lessons. — Julianne Hough

I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship. — Julianne Hough

Let's create, not destroy. Let's believe and not doubt. — Derek Hough

I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I sort of use those stories and anecdotes to help them sort of overcome certain fears. — Derek Hough

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. — Julianne Hough

I always tweet about where we're at. Since I'm performing at amphitheaters, I'll try to run up and down the stairs and across the field. — Julianne Hough

I absolutely love Italian food. So pizza - like a margherita pizza, penne arbiota, a glass of wine. That's like my dream. — Julianne Hough

You have to remember where you came from, and I definitely have enough brothers and sisters to kick me in the butt whenever I get out of line! — Julianne Hough

My character Jack in the New York Spring Spectacular is a lot of fun. He's playful, he's full of life. He can make things come to life. He can make things happen. — Derek Hough

I always want to be the best at what I do. That doesn't mean compared to other people, but just in what you do. — Derek Hough

Perfect," he said to himself. "Every time I figure you bastards out, you change again. — Jason M. Hough

Well, I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain 'Come on Over' CD and that's about it. — Julianne Hough

I'd love to do more theatre and acting. I attended a performing arts high school in London, and it would be great to be able to put all of that training to use again. — Derek Hough

When you're a choreographer and you put so much into a routine that's emotionally driven, those are like my ideas and my little babies that I have here and then I put them out there and they're there to be judged and looked at. When it's all over, it's just such a relief. — Derek Hough

That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was a salutary reminder of the changing face of sea warfare. — Richard Hough

Grease is one of the movies that made me want to be an entertainer, and I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy. My siblings and I watched it and played it out over and over when we were kids. This is my dream role and performing it live on television will be one of the most thrilling opportunities I've had in my career so far. — Julianne Hough

I'm a huge fan of just keeping a healthy lifestyle. For your body but for your mind, also. — Julianne Hough

I think models in general have a certain insecurity about themselves because they're known for being beautiful, so they have to prove to everybody they have personality and they are intelligent. — Derek Hough

The superior human being will always see the light in someone and choose to encourage that light instead of dimming it. — Derek Hough

There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise. — Julianne Hough

Utah is so wonderful. My greatest memories of Utah are of always being outdoors. It's a very athletic environment that I think gave me a lot of drive to be fit and live well. — Julianne Hough

I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore. — Julianne Hough

I keep saying this about a mental state, but the more that I am physically active, the more that my mind is clear. — Julianne Hough

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important. — Julianne Hough

[T]hough the darkness sometimes lifted just enough so I could construe my surroundings, familiar shapes solidifying like bedroom furniture at dawn, my relief was never more than temporary because somehow the full morning never came, things always went black before I could orient myself and there I was again with ink poured in my eyes, guttering around in the dark. — Donna Tartt

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring. — Julianne Hough

I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal. — Julianne Hough

It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close. — Julianne Hough

I think there are always gonna be challenges and people throwing themselves at you in a nondiscreet way. But it's just so public now that you have to be careful saying hi or giving somebody a hug, because then somebody will turn it into something else. — Julianne Hough

Dancing is a part of my life where when I don't dance I feel like there's something missing because I'm such a physical person who loves to express myself through dance, but I love to act. I love to sing. I love to entertain so if I'm passionate about a certain project, I wanna do it. — Julianne Hough

What I really like to do, especially because we're all busy so sometimes you forget to do something, I always keep wrist weights with me. If I just put them on throughout the day, then I'll just be doing stuff and it's kind of just toning without me doing anything. Sometimes that's just my little trick. I have ankle weights and wrist weights and I just keep them with me at all times. — Julianne Hough

I'm just the biggest klutz. That's the problem. I don't get hurt doing cool things. — Derek Hough

Hough silence must add intensity to your intimate moments, it must also shrivel your soul to lie beside someone who doesn't talk to you. — Nuala O'Faolain

I enjoy being a student and learning. I don't think you should ever stop being a student. That's where the most creative ideas come from. Teaching is a blessing as well because I get to share what I've learned and my passion for creative movement with people. — Derek Hough

I love to act, I love to sing and I love to entertain, so if I am passionate about a certain project and I want to do it, I hope to stretch my acting skills. — Julianne Hough

Skyler Luiken."
"Luke Skywalker?"
"That never grows old," Skyler growled. — Jason M. Hough

Dancing is so great because there are all the little details, and the little movements, and the little muscles that are working without you even realizing. — Julianne Hough

I feel fairly certain that my painting skills might not be best shown on 'Dancing with the Stars.' I'll have to come up with another way to showcase that side of me. — Derek Hough

I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans. — Julianne Hough

Each having thus delivered himself of words which meant nothing, both now seated themselves and proceeded to look mighty grave. — Emerson Hough

To be without a dog is worse than being without a song. — Henry Hough

I feel sexy when I'm taking care of myself and not depriving myself. — Julianne Hough

For me, a dream partner is someone who is willing to learn and to put their trust in me. — Derek Hough

One of my mantras is if I'm scared to do something, that means that I have to do it. — Julianne Hough

I'd feel a little bit dead inside, if I didn't have dancing. It's such a way of expression and exercise and life and love. You laugh, when you're being corny and dorky-dancing. It's everything. — Julianne Hough

Everybody loves music and it's fun - you feel like you're not working out. It makes the time go by quick and you're having fun and, especially if you take a class, there's the energy of other people and you're laughing. — Julianne Hough

Even some rock star girls, which I didn't really know her name. I will probably find out and probably get slaughtered for not knowing her name, but she brought some of her clothes that she used to wear on stage. I wore one of the corsets and stuff. I don't know why I'm blanking. It was not Pat Benatar. It's like Debbie Gibson, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, I know those girls. — Julianne Hough

It's more about balance for me. I used to be an all or nothing person. And now I would rather have a lifestyle change - rather than use the word 'diet' - where 90 percent of the time spend my life that way and 10 percent of the time have fun and do what my body feels like it needs or craves. — Julianne Hough

I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom. — Julianne Hough

The thing that I loved about growing up Mormon is that I had morals and standards instilled in me as a kid - like, you need to be a nice person, and a thoughtful person, and if anybody is trying to dog that, then I think that's rude. — Julianne Hough

Vulnerability does not take away your strength — Derek Hough

I'm all for big production - I love putting on shows. — Derek Hough

Ah, Antonio, it IS the noblest sport that ever was. I would give a year of my life to see it. Is the bull always killed?" "Yes. Sometimes a bull is timid, finding himself in so strange a place, and he stands trembling, or tries to retreat. Then everybody despises him for his cowardice and wants him punished and made ridiculous; so they hough him from behind, and it is the funniest thing in the world to see him hobbling around on his severed legs; the whole vast house goes into hurricanes of laughter over it; I have laughed till the tears ran down my cheeks to see it. When he has furnished ... — Mark Twain

The cool thing about doing films and being different characters is that it's new everyday and new every project. So, you're always learning something different and you get to do research. — Julianne Hough

Rider training instructors often suggest that a rider should be looking twelve seconds ahead, or the distance he or she will be covering over the next twelve seconds. That doesn't mean you should be focused only on what's happening at a point twelve seconds ahead. Instead, you should focus on everything that's going on within that twelve-second zone. — David L. Hough

I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into the film world by doing certain things that my fans had been used to seeing me do. My dancing and singing gave me the confidence to act. — Julianne Hough

You didn't earn your heart; you didn't pay for it. It was given to you as a gift. So take advantage of it, enjoy it, and treat yourself the best way possible. A lot of us are just getting through or managing. Raise your standards. Grow, progress, push yourself, and in turn you will love yourself more. And when you love yourself more, you can love others. — Derek Hough

The community in Utah was very religious. I was a typical teenage girl trying to find my sexuality. Unfortunately, girls do use their sexuality to find attention. I also understand why parents want to protect their kids. — Julianne Hough

I'd like to do Broadway if the right project came along, but my mission in life is that I want to help change people's lives. — Derek Hough

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents. — Julianne Hough

I'm a huge fan of dance cardio because it goes by really quick. — Julianne Hough

My first dance ever on 'Dancing With the Stars' was to 'Let's Hear it for the Boy.' — Julianne Hough

I think growing up it was never an issue for me to think about working out or having a healthy lifestyle because I danced so much. Then when I stopped dancing and I got into regular life mode, I didn't realize how much diet and nutrition and being active was so important. Not only for my physical state, but for my mental state, too. I think that's just as important as working out for your physical state. — Julianne Hough

Bullying can be physical, verbal or emotional. Words and threats are just as painful as fists, especially with social media these days. For those of you who don't know, I was actually bullied as a young boy on one occasion, — Derek Hough

What a terrifying thought," he'd said, "that they're just as fucked-up as we are. — Jason M. Hough

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways. — Julianne Hough

Greetings people of Earth, we have come for your chocolate and your buxom women. We will negotiate only with Skyler Luiken's penis. — Jason M. Hough

Keep believing in yourself, and don't ever give up, even if people tell you otherwise. Just believe in yourself and take every action you need to get there, whether it's taking more lessons or a fun, cool job in New York or LA and stepping out of the box. Be a little bit risky, but still confident. — Julianne Hough

I knew if I stayed in London my whole life would be dancing. I'd won almost every major title you can. I thought 'This really isn't my passion. I really want to sing,' and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed there. — Julianne Hough