Getting Out Quotes

#1. I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

Harvey Fierstein

#2. The nation state is a relatively modern idea, and I don't think we're getting a lot out of it except for flags and World Cups.

Russell Brand

#3. Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

Tara Brach

#4. The NSA is looking for terrorists. They're not getting psychosexual pleasure out of their schadenfreude about you. -

Jon Ronson

#5. I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.

Denzel Washington

#6. I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.

Denzel Washington

#7. I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people.

Tom Petty

#8. Information wants to be free,because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time.

Stewart Brand

#9. If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.

Henry Rollins

#10. I must break out ...
... start a new life ...
been here for years ...
might be getting into a rut ...
something a bit more exciting ...
more adventurous ...
something with more of a challenge ...
There's not much opportunity for self-advancement in toilets ...

Raymond Briggs

#11. The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the "Watchtower" itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.

Charles Bukowski

#12. You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Justin Trudeau

#13. I loathe hair salons. People have always told me I am in the wrong business because I can't stand getting my hair cut or having it messed around with. Hairdressers feel as if they've got to be your shrinks. I just want them to do my hair so I can get out of there.

Erin Wasson

#14. The actual time you're acting is miniscule compared to the time you're getting ready to do the work. The big difference on series television is, there's not a lot of hanging-out time. You're pumping those pages out, you're doing six, seven, eight pages a day. And I like that pace.

Joe Mantegna

#15. I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.

Earl Scruggs

#16. That our popular art forms have become so obsessed with sex has turned the U.S.A into a nation of hobbledehoys; as if grown people don't have more vital concerns, such as taxes, inflation, dirty politics, earning a living, getting an education, or keeping out of jail.

Anita Loos

#17. Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting.

Liv Tyler

#18. I didn't get to hear the rest, as the skipper poked a red, peeling face out of the wheelhouse and told Billy Lee to get back to work or he wasn't getting paid. The guy looked to be a hundred years old and four feet tall, but when he opened his mouth, even I jumped.

Vincent H. O'Neil

#19. I was the real winner of Dom Wars. I'd won the treasure of a lifetime in Tara. Nothing else mattered except getting us both out of here alive.

Lucian Bane

#20. Are you a house-wife, Mrs Silvers?' he asked. 'What would you recommend for getting burger relish out of a white shirt?'

The seething woman cranked the venom-level of her gaze up to eleven, and Raven smiled pleasantly back.

A. Ashley Straker

#21. But then there she is, on her own, chewing gum, pulling her hair back with one hand and getting her MetroCard out with the other. Girls can do so much at once.

Alyssa B. Sheinmel

#22. Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.

Lucinda Williams

#23. The idea that Google, Yahoo, and eBay are getting a free ride is absolutely unfair criticism. We have to build out our own infrastructure. And we have to inter-connect to the public Internet.

Vint Cerf

#24. There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.

Edward Norton

#25. She breathes in the cold air; pellets of blown ice whip against her face. The wind's getting up, as the TV said it would. Nonetheless there's something brisk about being out in the storm, something energizing: it whisks away the cobwebs, it makes you inhale. The

Margaret Atwood

#26. Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.

Jonathan Stroud

#27. Because I was crazy and because my parents wanted me out of their hair, they put me in an all-day acting class ... so they wouldn't have to deal with me, probably. And it just so happened there agents auditing the class, and I ended up getting signed.

Liana Liberato

#28. Martha Stewart is getting out of prison so today the terror alert was raised from orange to pesto.

David Letterman

#29. I have been very afraid of writing about other cultures and countries. I've been worried about getting the research wrong. I ask a lot of questions. I try to visit the area. If I'm not able to do that, I search out people from that country who live elsewhere and ask questions.

Uwem Akpan

#30. That was clearly a tackle aimed at getting revenge - or maybe it was just out-and-out retribution.

Joe Royle

#31. I think some people do want to die, and they will get a disease. There are people who know their lives are so troubled, and their bodies are getting them out of here.

Bernie Siegel

#32. After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

Ryan Lochte

#33. You can't stay fucked up forever, can you? You need to start putting yourself out there and getting humiliated like the rest of us. Only then will you be a Real Boy

J.C. Lillis

#34. Turns out, that's how it is with weddings. You just keep getting in deeper and deeper until you want to throw up.

Janet Evanovich

#35. Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.

Billie Whitelaw

#36. I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying.

Kristanna Loken

#37. Walking around a slum in a third world country quickly puts into perspective what really matters in life. It grounds you in a way that you can't experience without getting out of your bubble at home.

Katherine Schwarzenegger

#38. Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it.

Armand Salacrou

#39. I always dreamed of the stars. Getting as high as I could so I could reach out and touch them. I didn't realize, not until I'd seen the Earth from orbit, that I'd been dreaming the wrong dreams. Everything that matters, everything that's important, is right down here.

Jeremy Pack

#40. I swear to God, I went in to buy bikinis, and the lady's like, 'You're not getting out of this store 'til you get down there and show me what you do for those abs and the arms.' She wouldn't sell me my bikinis! I had to get on the floor and do the stomach thing.

Sharon Stone

#41. I'm getting out of acting.

John Corbett

#42. I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music ... It's getting borderline absurd out there.

Kaskade

#43. It's weird because music is this thing that you love doing, and it comes completely from a place of creativity, and then that transfers into having to manage a business and make decisions and figure out what is the best route to go in terms of getting your product to as many people as possible.

Macklemore

#44. I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music.

Katy Perry

#45. And besides, I'm so in Dutch with my neighbors here that I thought that was better than getting them all upset with what might be a fake bomb scare where they'd have to clear out the whole neighborhood.

Ernst Zundel

#46. Accepting a situation doesn't mean you have to be okay with it. You can take steps to change things, but then you need to detach from the outcome & accept how things turn out. You keep doing your best & accept reality. If you keep getting upset over things you have no control over, you have no peace

Brenda Wilhelmson

#47. I'd advise all you songwriters out there, if you're getting into it for the business, go home and get a job digging ditches or something. Get a life. You'll learn a lot more, and you won't write a lot of rotten poetry.

Butch Hancock

#48. Julia follows the beach, the sand that is so white it makes her doubt the beaches in Heaven could possibly be any whiter, the water like peacock feathers lapping at the shore, vivid green blue going hyacinth out where the sea starts getting deep.

Caitlin R. Kiernan

#49. The problem with the Moodies is not what to play, it's what to leave out! That's always difficult. We stopped having support acts many years ago just because of that. We needed getting on to two hours; there's such a big catalog to call on.

Justin Hayward

#50. Getting annoyed with his inability to make a decision, I fight the impulse to walk out by reminding myself of my end-goal.

Ella Dominguez

#51. The universe could be a wondrous thing. The universe had out did herself. The universe would be getting flowers.

Cassandra Clare

#52. [I]f one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't curse them. I will praise them. It will mean we are finally getting somewhere.

David Suzuki

#53. We have CBS, we have our stuff on iTunes. We feel the wave of the future is getting as much distribution as we can. We feel that we should be nonexclusive and get our content out there.

Leslie Moonves

#54. My campaign is about getting pets to be more active, and exercise with your animal is a great way for people to exercise. When you're out with your pet, it becomes fun. You don't think of it as a chore. For me, taking my dog out for a walk is very relaxing.

Misty May-Treanor

#55. Our entire brand is about transparency. We want that data out there because you know what? If you are only getting one in three messages replied to, you're normal. You're right there in the middle of everything with everyone else.

Sam Yagan

#56. It would be hard to go to your neighbor and say the things people say on the Internet without getting punched out or having your tires slashed.

Alex Gibney

#57. It's not rocking the boat, Dad. It's called communication. You're allowed to ask questions. Other people do it all the time. Other people don't live in fear of someone else's reactions. They don't relentlessly stress out about getting into trouble.

Koren Zailckas

#58. I was inspired to write (Life Continues) to tell people dealing with MS or any other illness that if opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.

Carmen Ambrosio

#59. Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again.

Benjamin Franklin

#60. I always polish my shoes and clean the bottom of them before I go out. I also wipe my handbags. I keep them in little bags to stop them getting dusty. You have to keep your accessories looking smart and clean.

Jerry Hall

#61. The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.

Michael K. Williams

#62. When we don't get acknowledgment or feel that we are giving more than we are getting out of conversations or feel talked down to, we become anxious, disrespected, and humiliated. Humble

Edgar H Schein

#63. If I find a great idea, I work on it at the beginning, then bring in other people to make things work. Actually, I've always been good at getting out of work.

Paul Orfalea

#64. Getting rich, or becoming outstanding at anything is all a matter of attitude. You must make up your mind once and for all - you commit yourself - and then just stay with it until you finally have what you set out to get.

Earl Nightingale

#65. No other frontier has ever inspired so many of its people to write. The scenes of California, and the experiences of getting there an dliving there, were so often extraordinary and dramatic that they cried out for description.

Walton Bean

#66. Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

James Dyson

#67. I felt myself getting teary eyed. And I was like, 'Wait a second. You can't do that. You're the WWE Champion.' Then I went out of the ring, Alex Riley was there and we both celebrated together. Feeling his excitement made me feel even more excited.

The Miz

#68. I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.

Roald Dahl

#69. You guys didn't try to do anything to me," I say honestly. "You brought me to a house because you wanted to freak me out. You didn't know that your friend would wind up getting torn in half and disemboweled.

Kendare Blake

#70. I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night.

Kim Cattrall

#71. As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is ... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road.

Trish Stratus

#72. I'm always trying to figure out what's really going on. Always having to fill in the gaps, but never getting all the details. It's like trying to do a jigsaw when I don't even know what the picture is, and I'm missing one of the vital middle pieces.

Chrissie Perry

#73. I think for a while now people have been scared to be out of TMT the commonly used acronym for technology-media-telecom stocks, which have tended to rise in tandem recently and the feeling has really been you have to be there ... but now we're getting a dose of reality.

Peter Oppenheimer

#74. Stuck in speed bump city/Where the only thing that's pretty/Is the thought of getting out,

Jake Bugg

#75. Defensive players kind of have that two-faced kind of way of being able to be very aggressive on the football field and going out there and getting there job done. At the same time, from my own incidents and my own personality, I'm much a person that's very likable and lovable.

Ndamukong Suh

#76. The only way we find out what we're capable of is by getting into a little trouble.

Penelope Douglas

#77. But I can't stay here for a week!"
"You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.

A.A. Milne

#78. The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

Joshua Bell

#79. The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

Winston S. Churchill

#80. Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it.

Frank Muir

#81. You're damn right I do. I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the s*** knocked out of me

Willie Pastrano

#82. Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

David Hare

#83. I learned that I was just getting too consumed by racing. That's all I used to do was think about it. You have to be able to turn it off. You have to make yourself stop, or you'll get burned out.

Tony Stewart

#84. I hate hearing about actors who don't like the show. There are so many actors out there who'd give their right arm for what I'm getting to do.

Victoria Pratt

#85. Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.

Richard Branson

#86. If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

Diablo Cody

#87. I've always been into computers. When I was getting out of high school and forming my identity musically, all of it was really coming into the fold, computers and drum machines. It felt like, you know, I'm in the right place at the right time. I liked the collision.

Trent Reznor

#88. Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

Burt Bacharach

#89. I am capable of opening my own door," I said, getting out of the car. "Why do today's women think it's important to open a door themselves?" he said sharply.

Deborah Harkness

#90. Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile as if nothing is happening while the poor folks are getting poorer and their pharmaceutical bills rise.

Hal Holbrook

#91. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.

Amy Poehler

#92. One thing I've noticed about getting older, it takes twice as much work to get half the results one formerly achieved by falling out of bed.

Josh Lanyon

#93. I wait for my dad to walk away before pulling back the covers and getting out of bed. Not exactly a Hallmark father-daughter moment.

Alecia Whitaker

#94. Your parents' views are, by current standards, out there. Getting in their faces about it would be needlessly disrespectful, but there's no reason for you to tiptoe through their delusional little terrarium as if you can't bend even one blade of grass.

Carolyn Hax

#95. I feel like, If I would have lived in my hometown, I probably would have gotten in a lot more trouble. I was just in places where I could have gotten in trouble. I skateboarded a lot, just getting into the wrong stuff. I could've just hung out with the wrong friends.

Justin Bieber

#96. Too many whites are getting away with drug use ... Too many whites are getting away with drug sales ... The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them, and send them up the river, too.

Rush Limbaugh

#97. Older actors, and women in particular, are getting more opportunities. It pleases me, its very good news for us. They say that people are living longer, and maybe it's just that there's more of us out there.

Christopher Walken

#98. If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.

Olivier Theyskens

#99. The people of Baltimore are great. I love Baltimore. What I looked forward to, every year, was getting a new apartment in a different part of town and hanging out. People started to see you in the character that you were, so everyone thought I was real police.

Wendell Pierce

#100. It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world ... by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.

Ken Kesey