„The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that's what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.“

„Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.“

—  Jonas Salk Inventor of polio vaccine 1914 - 1995

Academy of Achievement interview (1991)

„I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing — and make a lot of money doing it. The least I can do is help pay for all that.“

—  Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930

To Barack Obama, as quoted in The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006), Ch. 5
Kontext: I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent on the society I was born into. If I’d been born into a tribe of hunters, this talent of mine would be pretty worthless. I can’t run very fast. I’m not particularly strong. I’d probably end up as some wild animal’s dinner.
But I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing — and make a lot of money doing it. The least I can do is help pay for all that.

„If a studio offered to pay me as much to sweep the floor as it did to act, I'd sweep the floor. There isn't anything that pays you as well as acting while you decide what the hell you're going to do with yourself. Who cares about the applause? Do I need applause to feel good about myself?“

—  Marlon Brando American screen and stage actor 1924 - 2004

New York Times (July 2, 2004)

„It took me a long time but I finally figured it out: when it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple: just ignore everything they say, and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy.“

—  Randy Pausch, buch The Last Lecture

Quoting a CMU secretary
The Last Lecture (2007)

„Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.“

—  Neal Shusterman American novelist 1962

Quelle: UnWholly

„All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills“

—  Edie Falco American actress 1963

Interview with Robin Finn for the New York Times (April 24, 2001).http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1999043105.htm

„I’m not particularly fond of watching myself act. I think because my roots are in the stage that the joy for me is the act of doing it. The joy for me is not sitting down and watching me do it. I’m so critical of myself. I’d sit and watch myself in a scene, maybe one in which I’m just in the background, and think, “What are you doing back there, Rene? Why are you doing that? Why didn’t you just stand still? Shut up. What’s the matter with you?”“

—  René Auberjonois

Catching Up with DS9’s Rene Auberjonois http://www.startrek.com/article/catching-up-with-ds9undefineds-rene-auberjonois-part-1 (June 7, 2011)

„You sit around and you go, “Oh, I hope people like me, and I hope they friend me, and I hope they do all this superficial stuff that doesn't cost anything.” But what you really want is to not suck enough that people that you really admire wouldn't mind doing something with you.“

—  Merlin Mann American blogger 1966

“Back to Work” podcast, Episode 1 (at 5:58) http://5by5.tv/b2w/1
Podcasts, 5by5 Studios podcasts

„There’s always a choice. That’s God’s way, always will be. Your will is still free. Do as you will. There’s no set of leg-irons on you. But… this is what God wants of you.“

—  Stephen King, buch The Stand

Quelle: The Stand

„What I do know is that when I was sitting with you that night, I felt like God was telling me that I was doing the right thing.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, buch The Longest Ride

Quelle: The Longest Ride

„There is this lie floating around that says I am supposed to be able to do life alone, without any help, without stopping to worship something bigger than myself. But I actually believe there is something bigger than me, and I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.“

—  Donald Miller, buch Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality

Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)

„Why did you pay twenty dollars to sit in the front row and tell me I suck? And you're a girl. That's stupid.“

—  Courtney Love American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist 1964

At the Paradiso, Amsterdam; April 24, 1995
Stage banter

„I've always been so apathetic. I figured okay, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I feel… maybe that's motherhood, too. I want to make a better world, I want to make sure she has some place to walk around.“

—  Cass Elliot American singer 1941 - 1974

Rolling Stone interview (1968)

„When what I believe is the truth, I must act on it. But, I consider that you have every right to think what you think is the truth. I pay a price for adhering to my truth. I pay and do it cheerfully.“

—  Morarji Desai Former Indian Finance Minister, Freedom Fighters, Former prime minister 1896 - 1995

„Her talking about the Obama Administration has done a great job and deserves an A on the economy. I mean, please, let's talk to American families and sit around the dinner table at night figuring how to pay their bills. The American economy is not in good shape; productivity is failing.“

—  Paul Manafort American political consultant 1949

Interview on NBC News' Meet The Press (July 31, 2016)

„I do not often attribute motives to audience members, nor do I try to read their minds, but the people who were sitting around me on Monday morning made it easy for me to know what they were thinking. They talked out loud. And if they seriously believed the things they were saying, they were vicarious sex criminals.“

—  Roger Ebert American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter 1942 - 2013

Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-spit-on-your-grave-1980 of I Spit on Your Grave (16 July 1980)
Reviews, Zero star reviews

„Oh, sometimes I sit around and think, what would you do if you were up a dark alley and there was Caesar Borgia,
And he was coming torgia…“

—  Ogden Nash American poet 1902 - 1971

"How Now, Sirrah? Oh, Anyhow"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)

„I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.“

—  Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

Quelle: The Sparrow

„And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.“

—  Stephen Chbosky, buch Vielleicht lieber morgen

Quelle: The Perks of Being a Wallflower