Top 100 Kerr's Quotes
#1. In the beginning, we made the usual mistake of looking at houses we could afford. I am working on a proposition, hereafter to be known as Kerr's law, which states in essence: All the houses you can afford to buy are depressing.
Jean Kerr
#2. Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God Save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General. The proclamation you have just heard was countersigned Malcolm Fraser, who will go down in history as Kerr's cur.
Gough Whitlam
#3. This is the country for cruel experiments - it's where idealists are sent to die, my friend. Killing people who believe in things is our national sport." With
Philip Kerr
#4. When you're making TV, the last thing you want to do is watch TV. It's too much.
Kerr Smith
#5. I saw that a tender feeling was blossoming in her heart, like a rose in spring and I could not help recalling Petrarch's saying, "Innocence is often but a hair's breadth from ruin.
M.E. Kerr
#6. When you can, it's good to make healthy choices. But, I also believe in balance. It's not about being 100 percent this way or that way. It's about making healthy choices when you can.
Miranda Kerr
#7. These things take time. If it's rushed then where's the good in goodbye?
P.B. Kerr
#8. There's something so comforting to me about having a cup of tea, and it really needs to be made with love - I can taste the difference.
Miranda Kerr
#9. It's one of those records that will stand forever. I really can't imagine anyone touching it.
Steve Kerr
#10. One day I hoped some thoughtful historian would point out the close connection between the Mercedes-Benz motor car and Germany's favorite dictator and that the Lord would find a way to pay these bastards back for their help in bringing the Nazis to power and keeping them there.
Philip Kerr
#11. I'm very direct. It's part of my personality. I've actually grown into that.
Miranda Kerr
#12. If I weren't a writer, I think I might have thrown myself more enthusiastically into advertising. But, it's difficult to imagine being a diligent copywriter. It would be quite exasperating for me.
Philip Kerr
#13. I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.
Miranda Kerr
#14. It's not easy being the world's policeman. No one thanks you for it.
Philip Kerr
#15. Eli Lilly had decided not to sell in Japan in the 80's because of a lack of demand, but with the introduction of the new diagnosis kokoro no kaze (which translates to "your soul has a cold"), mild depression became a "real" illness, treatable with medication.
Margee Kerr
#16. There's a great tradition among the English of writing about Berlin. It's kind of a state of mind, almost. That even translates in terms of music. A lot of people go to Berlin with the idea that it's a state of mind.
Philip Kerr
#17. A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too. I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness.
Miranda Kerr
#18. I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.
Philip Kerr
#19. That smelled strongly of misery, which, as anyone will tell you, is a subtle mixture of hope, despair, rancid cooking fat, and men's piss.
Philip Kerr
#20. To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.
P.B. Kerr
#21. Being British, we tend to think of ourselves as America's best friend. And as your best friend, that gives us a little bit of license to point out things that could have been handled better.
Philip Kerr
#22. I consider myself a good person. And I think people perceive me to be, 'Oh, she's nice,' but being a good person, knowing your strengths and working towards those strengths, and encouraging those around you to do the same, that's a good person.
Miranda Kerr
#23. Yoga is at the core of my health and wellness routine; even if it's only for 10 to 15 minutes I find it helps me to re-center and to focus as well as improve my overall core strength.
Miranda Kerr
#24. A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas
P.B. Kerr
#25. My mistake in my relationships has been to feel that I can do it all on my own: 'I don't need a man.' That is definitely a mistake. Women generally want to feel loved and appreciated. It's something that I am working on every day, trust me! It's a challenge for me to do that.
Miranda Kerr
#26. I can always make up my mind better when there's a man around, because I know the thing to do is just the opposite to what he says.
Sophie Kerr
#27. Be Bold. It's just canvas, just paint. If it doesn't work for you, paint over it and start again. Don't be afraid that you are wasting supplies. Every failure teaches something, if only what not to do.
Tiko Kerr
#28. I don't really like heroes who always behave heroically. That's not interesting to me.
Philip Kerr
#29. I'm going to miss everybody but unfortunately ... it's time to go
Kerr Smith
#30. I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.
Miranda Kerr
#32. I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.
Deborah Kerr
#33. While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world ... what makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.
Miranda Kerr
#34. A sense of humor isn't about being funny. It's about being human.
Michael Kerr
#35. The concierge was a snapper who was over the hill and down a disused mine-shaft. Her hair was every bit as natural as a parade goose-stepping down the Wilhelmstrasse, and she'd evidently been wearing a boxing-glove when she's applied the crimson lipstick to her paperclip of a mouth.
Philip Kerr
#36. Yeah, I know there's been all this talk this year especially about the 3-point shot and can you win shooting it. There's a lot of different styles that can work. You have to base it on your own personnel.
Steve Kerr
#37. The bone won't come to the dog. It's the dog that goes to the bone.
P.B. Kerr
#38. Tatemae is a charming attitude when it means that everyone should look at the other way at a guest's faux pas in the tearoom; it has dangerous and unpredictable results when applied to corporate balance sheets, drug testing, and nuclear-power safety reports.
Alex Kerr
#39. I think if you can write a play, or produce a play, the first step toward success [is] if people don't want to kill themselves in the lobby. Now there must be four or five other steps, but that's the first.
Jean Kerr
#40. I'm really into rooibos tea with goat's milk and a little bit of honey. I also drink dandelion tea, Earl Grey, and sometimes a green tea. I'm very into tea.
Miranda Kerr
#41. I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.
Steve Kerr
#42. Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky.
Deborah Kerr
#43. So that's when he leaned over to me [in the timeout] and said, 'Stockton is probably going to double team, so be ready.' [Stockton did double, leaving Kerr open].
Sam Smith
#44. As an actor, it's a very strange adjustment to start playing the father. I was used to playing a kid my whole life, and then all of a sudden, it's like, boom. I guess when I let my hair go grey, things changed.
Kerr Smith
#45. What I like about modelling is that it has given me that opportunity to travel and experience different cultures, work with creative people, and now it's given me a voice, and with that voice hopefully I can do good things with it.
Miranda Kerr
#46. I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.
Jean Kerr
#47. I don't much like opera, either. Especially Wagner. There's something about Wagner that's just too piss-German, too fucking Bavarian for a Prussian like me. I like my music to be every bit as vulgar as I am myself. I like a bit of innuendo and stocking-top when a woman's singing a song.
Philip Kerr
#48. I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That's the way my brain is wired. If someone says to me, 'Well, that's not possible. It can't happen,' I say, 'Yes it is. I'm going to sit here and show you that it can.'
Miranda Kerr
#49. I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
Jean Kerr
#50. It hasn't been until the last couple years that I've started playing close to my age. But it's fun playing the younger roles because it takes you back to the teen years.
Kerr Smith
#51. On the whole it's not wise to remind the devil that he's the devil, especially when we were getting on so well.
Philip Kerr
#52. But there is always creative destruction in markets: there are always new winners taking the place of those that are. So if you only look at the market's surface, it may appear flat, but there's always huge turbulence taking place within.
Kerr Neilson
#53. Women, I think we can feel like we need to do it all and be it all. What's important is that we do the best we can, and just make time for yourself because when you do make time for yourself, you give back more as a mother; you give back more to your work.
Miranda Kerr
#54. For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work.
Miranda Kerr
#55. It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.
Steve Kerr
#56. That was my first real experience at feeling set apart. Not only did I not knock them dead, but rather it was I that died...acutely aware of being mutton dressed up as lamb. I exchanged my white tie and tails for a white waiter's jacket and got back to my proper calling!
Graham Kerr
#57. All successful marriages are based on some necessary hypocrisies. It's only the unsuccessful ones where people always tell the truth to each other. The
Philip Kerr
#58. The people who watched 'Dawson's Creek' when it originally aired aren't too old to enjoy 'Life Unexpected.' And then you've got the whole next generation that's hooked on the 'Dawson's reruns seeing this show, so it's perfect for them.
Kerr Smith
#59. One good man, one good man, it ain't much - it's only everything.
Deborah Kerr
#60. For me it's all about keeping things simple and feeling comfortable in what I am wearing. I prefer investing in classic well-tailored pieces.
Miranda Kerr
#61. The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.
Jean Kerr
#62. She walked toward me, her high heels perforating the polished wooden air of the Richmond's quiet basement like the slow beat of a tall clock.
Philip Kerr
#63. Sport crosses party lines and ethnic lines. It occupies a greater realm, and it's all the more disappointing when sports figures turn out to be like everyone else.
Philip Kerr
#64. I love sitting at my desk and facing a quiet day with a pen in my hand, and putting myself into a story. It's kind of weird, isn't it? I mean, to absent myself from real life and make up stories is strange, but I started doing this when I was ten years old. It was all I wanted to do.
Philip Kerr
#65. I think LPGA players for a long time were afraid to say what's on their minds. But we're doing all the right things and there's nothing wrong with having some great personalities and rivalries and some friction. I think that's really good for the sport.
Cristie Kerr
#66. I love handbags. And shoes. Investing in like a great handbag or a pair of shoes can really make or break an outfit. It's fun to mix and match high street with luxury brands and throw in a bit of vintage as well.
Miranda Kerr
#68. Nothing perplexes us quite like our best pal's choice in a partner.
P.B. Kerr
#69. The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.
Jean Kerr
#70. It's been an amazing year of individual performances.
Steve Kerr
#71. I'm quite tactile, so I like fabrics that feel good. I try to avoid fabrics that crease - especially with my son. When you have a child, that's important. A great pair of a jeans, a t-shirt and some loafers, that's what I always wear.
Miranda Kerr
#72. Me and Schopenhauer. Sometimes being German seems to come with some serious disadvantages.
Philip Kerr
#73. Miranda Kerr is absolutely lovely.
Luke Evans
#74. Fantasy is the oldest form of literature and science fiction is just a new twist on it.
Katharine Kerr
#75. Years ago when a man began to notice that if he stood up on the subway he was immediately replaced by two people, he figured he was getting too fat.
Jean Kerr
#76. Footnoting references, signalling quotations, and so on were no part of a 13th-century scholar's duty. He could recycle his own and his predecessor's work without a qualm. He knew nothing of copyright and plagiarism, which are 17th-century inventions.
Fergus Kerr
#77. No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off, I thought; there's nothing else to do in a place like this but cut your ear off.
Philip Kerr
#78. I try my best to eat healthy the majority of the time so that I feel good and have more energy. I am so passionate about eating healthily, I am actually certified in nutrition. I try my best to eat organic whenever possible, but it's important not to be too strict about it. Just do the best you can.
Miranda Kerr
#79. The living always get over the dead. That's what the dead never realize. If ever the dead did come back, they'd only have been sore that somehow you managed to get over their dying at all.
Philip Kerr
#80. Believe me, I know a lot about harm's way. It turns sharp left off the road to Shitsville when you're least expecting it.
Philip Kerr
#81. I'm not so sure it's so civilized to be civilized all the time.
Jean Kerr
#82. A man's bookseller should keep his confidence, like his physician. What can become of a world where every man knows what another man reads? Why, sir, books would become like quacks' potions, with every mountebank in the newspapers claiming one volume's superiority over another.
Philip Kerr
#83. It's impossible to register any emotion without using some muscle which, in time, will produce a wrinkle ... By the time she is thirty, a starlet has been carefully taught to smile like a dead halibut. The eyes widen, the mouth drops open, but the eye muscles are never involved.
Jean Kerr
#84. I work really, really hard and it's challenging going through all of those time zones and having to be awake when you're supposed to be asleep. I literally fly more than a pilot.
Miranda Kerr
#85. I feel like life is really short, and it's important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever comes your way, whether it's a challenging day or a great day, just welcome it with open arms. No matter who you are, you can't escape challenges; they are part of life.
Miranda Kerr
#86. To wake up to the sound of my son saying 'Mama, mama!' It's the best sound ever.
Miranda Kerr
#87. Pink champagne
that's the kind of life we've both been used to. It might be a little difficult to
do you like beer?
Deborah Kerr
#88. There's something weird about the Scots. We are a troubled, slightly tortured race - the sense of the respectable outward character and, inside, the turmoil of something darker.
Philip Kerr
#89. [Autobiographies] are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that.
Deborah Kerr
#90. Hmm. That's what I suspected, you mad bastard.
Philip Kerr
#91. Looking at him I felt as if I had just met a powerful gorilla while at the same time being in possession of the world's last banana.
Philip Kerr
#92. I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.
Steve Kerr
#93. I do enjoy wearing a little heel when I'm at work, but when I'm running around with my son, it's a different story!
Miranda Kerr
#94. that's the thing about urgent paperwork: the longer you leave it the less urgent it becomes.
Philip Kerr
#95. I follow the Dr. Peter D'Adamo Blood Type Diet as best I can. It's an eating and living guideline that understands you as a biochemical individual ... and I find it really works for me. I eat vegetables, ocean caught fish, and small amounts of organic free range chicken.
Miranda Kerr
#96. History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it's a very different situation when you're in that period and faced with those situations.
Philip Kerr
#97. If there's one thing history has taught me to believe it is that it's dangerous to believe in anything very much.
Philip Kerr
#98. Hulagu Khan's Mongol forces burn Baghdad to the ground, killing 1,000,000 citizens.
Gordon Kerr
#99. I pray that we will treat each and every one of our Heavenly Father's children lovingly, tenderly, and individually, as He would have us treat them. I also pray that we will always be mindful of the power each one of us has to make a difference and to influence the world in which we live.
W. Rolfe Kerr
#100. And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.
P.B. Kerr
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