My Brilliant Career Movie Quotes & Sayings

The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach. — Adam Baldwin

My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control. — Hermann Maier

Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by othersit rises from your heart. — Junko Tabei

I surrender my life to the Saviour, Jesus Christ. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.' — John Oliver

Perhaps God's so deeply ashamed of us, of something we did, that he's wishing himself to forget. — Kazuo Ishiguro

A nation that is capable of limitless sacrifice is capable of rising to limitless heights. The purer the sacrifice the quicker the progress. — Mahatma Gandhi

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be. — Jim Rohn

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not. — Ralph Peters

Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through. — Wislawa Szymborska

School is a terrible place, I have decided. There is nothing good about it except for math class. Everything else is a total waste of time. As I mentioned before I have done a lot of reading about prisons, and I notice that they always describe them as painted in very dull colors, and my school is also painted in these kinds of colors, with greenish lockers and brownish walls and grayish floors. Actually they recently fixed up one wing of the school, and now that part of the school is just the opposite - all the colors are really bright, with bright red and yellow lockers and blue doors and shiny white floors that are already all scuffed up. It's funny because I thought the other colors were terrible but these are much worse, because they make it seem like it's normal to be happy there when it isn't. — Dara Horn

There are a lot of great inventors and improvers in the world. But those who hack world-class success tend to be the ones who can focus relentlessly on a tiny number of things. In other words, to soar, we need to simplify. — Shane Snow