Top 100 Atkins's Quotes

#1. Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #8457
#2. My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched it to me.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #11132
#3. You know, they just don't make big movie stars the way they used to, maybe because the system has changed, the studio system, but it's sad to see people like Jimmy Stewart go, all the giants of the past.

Tom Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #14267
#4. I love Denver. There's not a better place to hit, better place to play. I'm a West Coast guy, so I like playing in the NL West.

Garrett Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #16102
#5. The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #18817
#6. Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research.

Chet Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #22671
#7. I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's time and I think that my songs don't do that. That's what I pray for. I want songs that really touch people's hearts.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #29623
#8. Love's language is imprecise,
fits more like mittens than gloves.

Jeannine Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #30274
#9. The only control you have is the amount of work you put into something. Never lose because someone else worked harder than you.

Candy Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #38164
#10. How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for it?

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #41786
#11. Your background has a lot to do with your approach to movement.

Cholly Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #42228
#12. After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.

Miranda Lambert

Atkins's Quotes #48233
#13. I started out singing covers. I've sung a lot of 'em and love a lot of 'em.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #50308
#14. I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #51410
#15. The emergence of consciousness, like the unfolding of a leaf, relies upon restraint.

Peter Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #62336
#16. I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #66277
#17. You don't have to prove yourself to me. You don't even have to prove yourself to you.

Susan Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #74573
#18. Vehicular Darwinism based on survival of the quickest.

Raymond L. Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #92471
#19. The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined by fear, tended to make him behave like a hero, as he did on the Ridge of Delhi and in the fog at Inkermann.

Esme Cecil Wingfield-Stratford

Atkins's Quotes #101026
#20. F you're making the scene as a director, you're looking for alternatives, once you've got to that place that's very much in Rowan's [Atkins] head, to see if you can take it further, in some places. Sometimes you do absolutely know there's something there. You just feel it in your bones.

Oliver Parker

Atkins's Quotes #120595
#21. I'm trying to put together quality at-bats and hit the ball hard somewhere.

Garrett Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #120698
#22. I have had cardiomyopathy, which is a non-coronary condition and is in no way related to diet.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #121499
#23. With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #134457
#24. I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

Brenda Lee

Atkins's Quotes #139317
#25. Don't fix what's not broken.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #142687
#26. The people in power have created an obesity epidemic.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #149463
#27. I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #150084
#28. I'm rarely wrong.

Eileen Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #166193
#29. Permanence was a illusion, and nothin really mattered but now.

Raymond L. Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #193401
#30. I like to make Arroz con Gandules, rice with pigeon peas. My husband loves it. It's a Puerto Rican dish my mother taught me.

Essence Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #212527
#31. Hey! D'you guys hear Dr. Atkins died? Slipped on some ice, hit his head, died on life support. The man who invented the all-meat diet ... died a vegetable. That's a damn good joke. But that joke's like a Toyota Camry - reliable, not inspiring.

Christopher Titus

Atkins's Quotes #215361
#32. I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #224567
#33. I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #253160
#34. I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #261904
#35. After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so great, but they weren't right partnerships.

Essence Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #265756
#36. [Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.

Peter Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #276636
#37. Every song you're trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that I'm really drawn to are inspirational, songs that lift you and that everybody can relate to no matter where you're from.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #278593
#38. Thank God for machines. They can make a dog sing!

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #280168
#39. that I wasn't going crazy. For a long time I thought that this story should begin with what happened to me at the church, when my life

Dani Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #286746
#40. As Maria Mitchell pointed out in 1875, 'Science needs women'.

Jeannine Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #292532
#41. If Raymond Chandler came from the South, his name would be Ace Atkins.

Kinky Friedman

Atkins's Quotes #300421
#42. I see the crowd singing 'Rock 'N Roll' or 'Back Road' at my concerts ... they are anthems and they lift up your life.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #308043
#43. Cate Blanchett and Eileen Atkins are definitely among my top five actresses whose work I aspire to.

Hattie Morahan

Atkins's Quotes #319744
#44. I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner ... And at the other end of the spectrum, I had Eric Clapton in a rock and blues sense, jazz guys such as Tal Farlow and Les Paul ... Then Chet Atkins-type stuff.

Brad Paisley

Atkins's Quotes #330451
#45. Everyone would be healthier if they didn't eat junk food.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #356203
#46. My diet is like Atkins, but with the carbs.

Phil Baroni

Atkins's Quotes #364095
#47. What online dating did was offer me the opportunity to go out with a bunch of different people from different industries; I really didn't want to limit myself with people who are in the entertainment industry.

Essence Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #365715
#48. If you're going through hell, Keep on going, don't slow down, If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #367199
#49. As my colleague, the physical chemist Peter Atkins, puts it, we must be equally agnostic about the theory that there is a teapot in orbrit around the planet Pluto. We can't disprove it. But that doesn't mean the theory that there is a teapot is on level terms with the theory that there isn't.

Richard Dawkins

Atkins's Quotes #378488
#50. I did every diet: Atkins. Cabbage-soup diet. Dean Ornish. But I couldn't live the rest of my life like a rabbit.

Mike Huckabee

Atkins's Quotes #380683
#51. When I did 'The Tonight Show' and Jay Leno was still there, he was very nice but it was surreal. It's like you can't believe you're standing there talking to that person. If you've seen them in a lot of movies or on TV you feel like you know them, just like my fans feel like they know me.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #385201
#52. It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #400924
#53. Where I'm fortunate and why I think I've thrived and survived, through the not having albums out every year-and-a-half, is not taking the songs lightly and trying to make sure I've got consistency.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #402136
#54. One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #402717
#55. My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #425957
#56. Focusing on what matters means saying no to things that don't matter. Otherwise, your life becomes cluttered with distractions.

Peter Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #430130
#57. Right now my favorite TV show - because it's too close to home - is 'My Name Is Earl.' That show kills me. There's some funny stuff in there.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #440891
#58. Hubris is when God screws you over for being a smartass.

Raymond L. Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #449600
#59. History was ignorant and had a mean streak, so it tended to repeat.

Raymond L. Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #460731
#60. The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.

Eileen Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #489048
#61. I don't take a second for granted of the honor of representing country music.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #492779
#62. I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one of the reasons they chose me.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #503074
#63. I am a big guy and happen to play a position that requires you to be relatively quick. I can't let up now. I have to work every day to be better next year.

Garrett Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #520032
#64. There's more in the earth than anyone knows. We'll find wonders.

Jeannine Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #526919
#65. You want a little talent on that?

Chet Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #551782
#66. Carbohydrate is the bad guy. You have to see that.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #553218
#67. Fame means absolutely nothing except a good table at a restaurant.

Eileen Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #553364
#68. Though this was all but a fiction of his own, yet it had its desired effect; Atkins fell upon his knees to beg the captain to intercede with the governor for his life; and all the rest begged of him, for God's sake, that they might not be sent to England.

Daniel Defoe

Atkins's Quotes #566357
#69. It's so logical and so simple. Fat is the backup fuel system. The role it plays in the body is that when there's no carbohydrate around, fat will become the primary energy fuel. That's pretty well known.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #620313
#70. Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities.

Essence Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #639325
#71. Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on.

Christopher Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #686878
#72. Her cupboards are crammed with Cappuccino mix. No one needs Cappuccino mix. It's not diginified. She watched 'Super Size Me' and went straight to McDonald's. She did the Atkins Diet, but with potatoes.

Anna Maxted

Atkins's Quotes #699986
#73. I get the fantasy league comment a couple of times a series ... that's pretty cool. They might be rooting for the other team, but if I do well it helps them out. It's kind of cool.

Garrett Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #783154
#74. It's still a trip for me to see somebody that I've only seen on television or in a movie. When they are there in real life, it's very different. When we played Detroit, Kevin Costner played before us.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #876448
#75. I don't believe in religion, but I do believe in God. There's a big difference between the two.

Raymond L. Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #890290
#76. How can it not be right when it's done with love?

Susan Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1028991
#77. I first got interested in music as a toddler by my childhood babysitter, Rosetta Atkins. She taught me how to sing by imitating the voices on the gospel radio station she listened to - both men and women's voices.

Wendy Starland

Atkins's Quotes #1033680
#78. There's a lot that goes into training, singers to eventually become performers. There's, projection, uh, which in many cases the artist was never concerned about.

Cholly Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1037791
#79. There's an intelligent redneck in all of us somewhere.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1038177
#80. Sarah's friendship was one of my most treasured possessions.

Dani Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1044195
#81. Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express your own ideas. It's much more difficult to do, but the rewards are there if you're good enough to pull it off ...

Chet Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1046631
#82. People do lose weight on an Atkins diet. The reason they lose weight is because of calorie reduction. If a person's caloric intake has not fallen, if they are really shoveling in the steak, they don't lose weight.

Neal Barnard

Atkins's Quotes #1113233
#83. There's no pain in packing up a life you don't remember.

Dani Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1125736
#84. It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time.

Chet Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1212339
#85. I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help you, that's a rural heart. Your car breaks down in the middle of Iowa or somewhere, or Tennessee where I'm from, people want to help each other. Given each opportunity, you see how people come together.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1223597
#86. There's a book called 'The Shack' - it had a lot to do with me coming full circle, meeting my birth mother. Awhile back, my birth mom and my adopted mom came to my show together, and it was pretty surreal.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1238346
#87. I saw an oxygen tank in the cluttered room - what had been Atkins's "study," as his son had explained, now converted for a deathwatch.

John Irving

Atkins's Quotes #1282152
#88. Ultimately, despite Atkins's wealth of practical knowledge in helping people lose weight and possibly avoid heart disease, he would not get a serious hearing from academic researchers until the twenty-first century.

Nina Teicholz

Atkins's Quotes #1289071
#89. Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

Chet Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1299156
#90. There's no great guitarist that doesn't sit down and listen to Chet Atkins and Eddie Van Halen, and all these other great players.

Lee Ann Womack

Atkins's Quotes #1408185
#91. I attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan because my ballet and modern dance schedules were intensive and had started to interfere with regular school hours.

Essence Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1437639
#92. It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?

Eileen Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1441899
#93. I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1477094
#94. It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1595397
#95. Fruit is definitely on the maintenance diet. It's on the lifestyle diet.

Robert Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1638966
#96. There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

Charley Pride

Atkins's Quotes #1645513
#97. Dr. Atkins continued, "Sometimes silence is a way to cover emotion or to hide true feelings. Sometimes the bridge between emotion and language is so vast or so scary that it's just easier not to cross it.

Melanie Dawn

Atkins's Quotes #1671329
#98. There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1791112
#99. Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is one, and so I don't believe that there is one. And I think that it is rather foolish that people do think that there is one.

Peter Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1846261
#100. Just when I thought it couldnt get no hotter
I fell in love with the farmer's daughter

Rodney Atkins

Atkins's Quotes #1850811

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