Kirkland Quotes & Sayings

I danced with passion to spite the music. — Gelsey Kirkland

In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy. — Sally Kirkland

We live in a reasonable world which tells us the incredible is impossible. — Kirkland Ciccone

We will not be demanding service in both French and English at the gas pumps where we fill our cars for twenty percent less than it costs us in Canada. We don't even want to make Americans aware that beer should not have the taste and alcohol content of bottled water. — Gordon Kirkland

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way. — Gelsey Kirkland

Every woman must admit, and every man with as much sense as a woman, that it's very hard to make a home for any man if he's always in it. — Winifred Kirkland

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm. — Gelsey Kirkland

MILK IS COW RAPE! — Kirkland Ciccone

My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley. — Sally Kirkland

I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did. — Sally Kirkland

Being dead is a bit like ... living in Bournemouth. — Kirkland Ciccone

The generosity of the poor, she thought, wasn't rare, just rarely noticed. — Rainy Kirkland

I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one. — Sally Kirkland

Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that. — Gelsey Kirkland

Is your dad Mr. Kipling? Because you're a tart! — Kirkland Ciccone

He knew his parents were liars. He'd known since the day he'd found his brother's dead body stuffed inside a suitcase. — Kirkland Ciccone

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves. — Lane Kirkland

I'll photograph weddings, friends - I'm not too good for anything. — Douglas Kirkland

I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country. — Sally Kirkland

Ballet is a riddle of means and ends. — Gelsey Kirkland

We are aware that it is said, that woman is virtually represented in Parliament, her interests being the same as those of man; but the many laws, which have been obliged to be passed to protect them from their nearest male relatives, are a sufficient answer ... They are evidently the production of men legislating for their own most obvious interest ... without the slightest reference to the injustice they were committing against women. — Marion Kirkland Reid

As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural. — Gelsey Kirkland

A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific. — Nick Mancuso

The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has. To condemn large numbers of them to unemployment, to deprive the Treasury of their tax contributions and to force them to live on unemployment at public expense is the most expensive luxury any society ever chose to buy. — Lane Kirkland

I have a genuine philosophy. I do not want to make negative pictures about people, and so I do everything I can to help make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. That is what is going to control your picture, because you are alone if your subject is not with you. And that's the simple answer to getting a good picture. — Douglas Kirkland

The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group. — Lane Kirkland

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end. — Lane Kirkland

The nature of my compulsion was such that I danced in my sleep. The entire household was sometimes awakened by loud thumping sounds coming from my room. — Gelsey Kirkland

I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them. — Douglas Kirkland

Growing up in a cold place, in Southern Ontario, Woolrich was a brand of choice for us because it was always warm and comfortable. The parka with the fur on it was standard fare for us. It's extraordinary that they have kept up with the times. Beyond the parka, they have changed, and they have some pretty hip, cool items which I wear. — Douglas Kirkland

Mum repeated the old adage that money can't buy you everything ... before adding that she prefers using credit cards instead. — Kirkland Ciccone

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity. — Sally Kirkland

My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl. — Sally Kirkland

There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good. — Gelsey Kirkland

When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star. — Sally Kirkland

My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression. — Sally Kirkland

The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle. — Lane Kirkland

Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth. — Sally Kirkland

She was damaged because she had no one, and he was damaged because neither did he. — J.D. Kirkland

I am The Alien From Another Dimension. Your world screams out for my domination! And if you get in my way ... I will sweep you and your insignificant species aside! — Kirkland Ciccone

Samuel Johnson said a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience, Kirkland said. — Mary Jo Putney

Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by. — Winifred Kirkland

I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase. — Sally Kirkland

When you look at my pictures, you are seeing my life. — Douglas Kirkland

Get your grubby hands off my luxurious designer handbag! — Kirkland Ciccone

I felt the heat of the fire and heard the screams. I needed to use moisturiser for days afterwards. — Kirkland Ciccone

Within the holy circle of the stage, geometrical principles are used to organize physical energy so that the beauty of the human form reveals a web of drama and truth---that is the essence of dance as I have come to know it. — Gelsey Kirkland

We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which we have achieved for the good of all to be swept away without a fight. And we have not forgotten how to fight. — Lane Kirkland

The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present. — Lane Kirkland

Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry. — Sally Kirkland

Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975. — Sally Kirkland

Hasn't everyone taken a nervous breakdown at some point? Maybe I suffered a nervous breakthrough. I don't know what to
think. It echoes inside your skull. — Kirkland Ciccone

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools. — Sally Kirkland

Signing autographs is better than signing on! — Kirkland Ciccone

In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change. — Sally Kirkland

You're breathing the same air as a bunch of pill-popping manic depressives, alcoholics, and schizophrenics. You've been drinking tea with a bunch of crazy teenage washouts. It seems I'm the only sane one here. — Kirkland Ciccone

Actually I brought a friend for you to meet." Ruby looked over at Kate. "Is she going on vacation here?" Kate smiled and stepped closer. "I wish I could go on vacation," she said easily. "But actually I — Kirkland, Rainy

You ready?" Evan asks, and he's looking at me, and I love his hair, I love his smile, I lo
"I Love You," I say, and as I watch his smile bloom I finally get how great those three little words are. I finally get what they really mean. — Elizabeth Scott

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their hands a bird with a broken wing. The creature can be felt to stir, to struggle for freedom. Its life responds to human warmth; its wing might brush your check as it flies away. — Gelsey Kirkland

The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress. — Sally Kirkland

So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent. — Sally Kirkland

You must adapt to the situation. This is where the pictures come from. — Douglas Kirkland

If you lay a finger on our pirates again, I'm going to kick your ass! — Hidekaz Himaruya

Give me back my dead cow! — Kirkland Ciccone

Some People..If you could buy them for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth ... You would never have to worry about money again. — Tim Kirkland

Signing autographs is much better than signing on. — Kirkland Ciccone

My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor. — Sally Kirkland

Whatever I did in 1960, half a century ago, I couldn't do that today and enter the field. The field has changed so much, you have to adapt to the times whatever you're doing. That's the reality of life: you have to be a different person today than you had to be then. — Douglas Kirkland

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? — Lane Kirkland

I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression. — Sally Kirkland

Chanel is everywhere. Pick up a magazine. You'll find Chanel all over it. That's the imprint that she had. I mean, she did so much. — Douglas Kirkland

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published. — Sally Kirkland

So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams. — Sally Kirkland

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book. — Sally Kirkland

Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future. — Gelsey Kirkland

Chanel is here forever. She changed fashion, she changed culture, and she changed how people dress. — Douglas Kirkland

The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life. — Lane Kirkland

Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest. — Robert Gottlieb

I don't want to get rich. I just want to play my music for the people. — Eddie Kirkland

Each action taken in this world has its echo in the heart. — Gelsey Kirkland

She was a genius, my mother. — Sally Kirkland

I always considered, with every shoot, I was on trial; every time I pick up my camera and start out on the relationship, I am at degree zero. There is no coasting. — Douglas Kirkland

The first year with ABT I learned 13 new roles. Most were lengthy ballets, more complicated than I was used to. I have suffered from tendinitis since I was 13, and it flared up again until the pain was paralyzing. There were times I prayed I'd be sick so I wouldn't have to go on. — Gelsey Kirkland

A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer. — Sally Kirkland

The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance. — Lane Kirkland

I consider myself very lucky. I'm known for photographing celebrities, but, in a nutshell, my first love is photography. — Douglas Kirkland

To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot. — Lane Kirkland

The misfortune is that many people, men and women, think that the perfect face has no flaws, no pores in the skin; and that gives unrealistic levels of esteem. Somebody feels they're not right because they haven't got that type of refinement. — Douglas Kirkland

'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance. — Robert Gottlieb

I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance. — Sally Kirkland

Signing autographs is more exciting than signing on. — Kirkland Ciccone

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way. — Gelsey Kirkland

I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained. — Sally Kirkland

I can hear clouds drifting across the sky! The worms beneath my feet ... demand freedom from the darkness ... the secret hopes of humankind ... all of it trivial. I can see into other worlds ... other universes ... they're calling out to me. They've always called to me! I never knew that until now, but now I know everything. — Kirkland Ciccone

I will always love the guitar as long as I'm alive, the Blues is my heart. — Eddie Kirkland

When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people. — Gelsey Kirkland

With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education. — Sally Kirkland

The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we. — Gelsey Kirkland

Even officers who don't approve of your lifestyle choices would still take you as backup over Kirkland, or most anyone else. They'd say how you're bad for shaking up with vampires and wereleopards, but in a firefight they'd take your vampire-loving, furry-fucking ass over most anyone else's. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is made of flesh and blood and brains. — Lane Kirkland