Elliott Gould Quotes

#1. You cannot, for instance, sustainably protect the environment if the majority of the people are still in primitive agriculture leading to the encroachment of forest reserves.

Yoweri Museveni

#2. A message came on the wireless for me. It said: '. So the time had come, I thought, Eighth Army was taking the offensive. The date was, I think, May18th,1942.

Vladimir Peniakoff

#3. Some of the most popular discos in America and Europe were started as gay establishments, which began to open their doors to anyone who wanted to dance.

Jamake Highwater

#4. My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.

Elliott Gould

#5. When I was asked to do something good, I often say yes, I'll try, yes, I'll do my best. And part of that is believing, if God loves me, if God made everything from leaves to seals and oak trees, then what is it I can't do?

Maya Angelou

#6. His stride was long, tall, and proud. He wore a mask of proprietary disinterest, as though everything before his eyes belonged to him and his whimsy. He looked arrogant.
He fit right in.

S.G. Night

#7. Those times when I couldn't stand what I was, and I didn't know how I could possibly be something else.

Kate Bornstein

#8. I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the fundamentals of business, I don't think that ever changes. I think the idea of change is an illusion, but in nature it's necessary to change and perhaps business is a part of nature. I'm not totally sure.

Elliott Gould

#9. He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

Benjamin Franklin

#10. He forestalls death with an orange pill bottle, just a few more weeks, fifty pills at a time.

Thomm Quackenbush

#11. There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

George Santayana

#12. Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

John Shirley

#13. The true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection.

George Eliot

#14. I was a tap dancer as a child, so I understand precision and repetition.

Elliott Gould

#15. Go to the devil, I'm busy.

Leo Tolstoy

#16. I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

Elliott Gould

#17. My greatest fear is to be misunderstood.

Elliott Gould

#18. Quitters don't win and winners don't quit.

Elliott Gould

#19. Like a silly amateur sailor I have drifted into very deep water.

Anonymous

#20. I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'

Elliott Gould

#21. There's so many people dependent on our work for their living or their livelihood. You do something whether it works or whether it doesn't. Once you're committed and you do it, it becomes a part of your life. I wouldn't be sorry about it. I'd learn from it.

Elliott Gould

#22. I thoroughly believe in evolution, and how we evolve and how our physical being is affected by time and use and by the environment ... it's more than just challenging, it can be terrifying. We all struggle, but I think it's important to be there for one another.

Elliott Gould

#23. My take on celebrity is simply that some of us have to make a bigger fool of ourselves than others.

Elliott Gould

#24. I've got a tip." "Me, too. Let a smile be your umbrella and you're gonna get your dumb ass wet.

J.D. Robb

#25. Once I thought I found love, but then I realized I was just out
of cigarettes.

Jeffrey McDaniel

#26. There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.

Elliott Gould

#27. Groucho Marx, in his later days, gave me the best review I've ever had and probably will ever have. I changed a light bulb over his bed, and when I came off of his bed with the used one after putting the new one in, Groucho said, 'That's the best acting I've ever seen you do.'

Elliott Gould