Orphan Annie Quotes & Sayings

There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum. — Andrew Stanton

If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin. — Marguerite Young

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things. — Matthieu Ricard

Either human beings must be more instinctive, or animals must be more conscious than we had previously suspected. The similarities, not the differences, were what caught the attention. — Matt Ridley

If we could honestly promise young couples that we knew how to give them offspring with superior character, why should we assume they would decline? Common sense tells us that if scientists find ways to greatly improve human capabilities, there will no stopping the public from happily seizing them. — James D. Watson

Close your eyes and simply "feel" the spot your finger is touching. Then, after a couple of minutes, let your hands down. Continue to hold your attention on the spot just as you did when your finger was there. — Frederick Lenz

It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is. — Louie Giglio

I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress. — Nadine Velazquez

I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident. — Maeve Binchy

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge. — Britt Robertson

This is you. She pointed at the stick figure with enormous red curly marks and blue eyes.
Did my hair really look like that? I ran a hand over my head, feeling a bit like Little Orphan Annie. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

People love the good not much less than the beautiful, and the happy as well, or even just the living, for the world of it all, and heart's home. — Annie Dillard

I get this buzz every time I'm quoted online. The ego high... yes... but also a Google Alert. — Ryan Lilly

My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance. — Carice Van Houten