Made Quotes

When an objection cannot be made formidable, there is some policy in trying to make it frightful; and to substitute the yell and the war-whoop, in the place of reason, argument and good order.

For the fate of Charles the first, hath only made kings more subtle — not more just.

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy; nor fear them.

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.

I do think, even though I've made these genre movies, there's what happens in the movie and then there's what the movie's about. And for me, what the movie's about is so much more interesting.

I can't imagine just dusting my pants off and going about my life like, "Phew! I sure made it through a tough spot, now where am I headed?" I feel more of an obligation to be helpful.

Golf has made me and shaped me into the person I am here today.

It's just a matter of, for me, getting my mind where it needs to be. Certainly I've made a lot of adjustments in my life, and I've gone through a lot. A lot.

I made The War Zone when I had just given birth to twins, and my post-partum frame was very much on display there.

Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically

The book is first and foremost something I made for myself.

I love shopping on a budget. I believe that more fashion mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those who shop on a budget.

I've made more bad decisions at 3 in the morning than I can list!

Maybe some things that weren't so great were said about the Irish when they came. But Americans've done well by absorbing immigrants and it's made our nation stronger.

Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.

Did I choose this life of illusion? Don't be mad. My bed was made, I just lied in it.

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry.

I just try to work hard and run the offense as good as possible. I had a lot of guys around me who made a lot of good plays to help me out.

The Long and the Short and the Tall made a great impression on me because it was a very ugly tale about the reality of soldiering at a time when we were being gung-ho about the whole thing of war.

This made no sense to me, probably because I speak English and have never had a head injury.

"Admission" is Paul Weitz's movie. This is Karen Croner - the screenwriter's - movie. To have such a lovely role in such a beautifully written script offered to me, it's like elves made the shoes.

Pain? He could handle that, no problem; it was the idea that the female he loved was suffering that made him want to either punch something or vomit in the corner.

I was giving up--being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.

Reality television hasn't killed documentaries, because there are so many great documentaries still being made, but it certainly has changed the landscape.

Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it.

I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they are always looking forward and seldom back.

I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage.

A lot of my opposition to President Obama's policies had behind them 5, 6, 7 years of bad policies that made America less safe in my regard.

Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story is.

I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good.

We're looking at a quandary here where Bernie's [Sanders] the winner on a moral and even a political basis. He's made history, and she's the winner on the mathematical basis.

Liverpool will be the most profitable investment I've ever made.

I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.

Youre always going to have some individual incidents that arent going to show off the Ryder Cup in the true form and spirit that it was made.

There is no movement in the golf swing so difficult that it cannot be made even more difficult by careful study and diligent practice.

If it really made sense to "let the club do the work," you'd just say, "Driver, wedge to the green, one-putt," and walk to the next tee.

He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.

Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms; our world is made of language.

…he glanced over his shoulder at her, regarding her, as he often did before they made love, as if she were a lost continent about to be rediscovered.

We could have made peace with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad a long time ago. It didn't happen, because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't want to give up the Golan (Heights).

Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.

It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard part - made up a story, provided the characters.

I’ve never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I’ve got all three, and it’s never helped me.

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.

Getting married in four days was the biggest... mistake I've ever made. I have two beautiful kids, but... how can you know somebody in four days? Bonehead.

I had only one desire: to dismember it. To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me.

We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.

Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I do it, it always feels like the first time.

I originally wanted to be a singer, but I was average. I made 18 records, but none were that great. I was in a dance band at Bournemouth Pavilion for three years, and I played guitar too.