- Only
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Said Quotes
Words spoken, decisions made.
This collection centers on moments of speaking up — reciting the rosary as part of a faith practice, warning lawmakers about foreign policy risk before Congress, and casting a vote that came with real consequences at the United Nations. For more on personal conviction, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Artist
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.
- Hard Time
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If, at a party, I say I'm a poet, people have a hard time responding, almost as if I'd said I'm a priest.
- Congratulations
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her congratulations and whatnot and she let me hold her BRIT. That was amazing - once I'd touched one for the first time, I said 'This cannot be the last time I touch a BRIT.'
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Somebody said to me, 'You should keep a journal of this period in your life and really write down this stuff.' But that makes me a little uneasy.
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.
- Nov 07, 2020
So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you?' I said: I can't make Tuesdays.'
- Home
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's been said that members of Congress love receiving pats on the back weekdays in Washington, D.C., but they would benefit greatly from going home regularly to receive valuable slaps on the back of the head in their districts.
- Mean
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which isn't necessarily funny. I mean the lines aren't necessarily so funny to begin with.
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded.
- Make
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It was taken for granted that we had to make something of ourselves. Not much was said about it; it was just in the atmosphere of the home.
- Moments
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
- Foolish
- |
- Nov 07, 2020