Top 100 Ritter Quotes
#1. DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants, the theater. What am I missing? RITTER: If you hove to ask, believe me, you're missing it.
Doris Day
#2. I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter.
Will Friedle
#3. I have a, you know, a John Ritter-shaped hole in my heart. Nobody can replace that.
Amy Yasbeck
#4. There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.
Suzanne Somers
#5. Scott Ritter is a very well-known archetype of a certain U.S. military officer. Very hard talking, very ambitious, zealous, and completely consumed with carrying out his mission. He's a guy who, throughout his career, I would say, did not break rules, but he worked around road blocks.
Barton Gellman
#6. I certainly wouldn't want to be the man who was compared to John Ritter through my eyes.
Amy Yasbeck
#7. I can't say I'm happy to be talking about John Ritter and his passing. In my 21 years of Entertainment Tonight, this really was one of the most shocking and sad things to have happened.
Mary Hart
#8. Borrowing a line from Jim Croce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," Watts dubbed Ritter the Junkyard Dog - and, ever the literalist, gave him a dog collar and junk cart.
David Shoemaker
#9. I've started the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health. The big focus is helping people get the correct diagnoses.
Amy Yasbeck
#10. I have no plans to get an iPad. I know it will do more things than my Kindle, but I don't want more things. If I want other stuff - movies, TV shows, weather forecasts, the forthcoming Josh Ritter album - I have my Mac.
Stephen King
#11. The United States is the laughingstock of the world.
Scott Ritter
#12. I'm beginning to think a dictionary would have been a far more advantageous birthday gift for you."
"More advantageous than being eaten alive by a giant, carnivorous bunny? Yes, most things fall in that category, I think.
William Ritter
#13. There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#14. That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans.
Scott Ritter
#15. I think that's who you should be servicing as an actor is the fans. You don't wanna alienate new people from coming in, but you gotta first and foremost service your fans.
Krysten Ritter
#16. I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic.
Scott Ritter
#17. I whispered across the bars to Jackaby as I rose, "Shall I tell them the truth?"
"Have you killed anyone?" he asked, quietly.
"No, of course not!"
"Then I can't imagine why you shouldn't.
William Ritter
#18. Many species of wit are quite mechanical; these are the favorites of witlings, whose fame in words scarce outlives the remembrance of their funeral ceremonies.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#19. When I watch shows, what I gravitate to is serial. You need to come back, you need to know what's happening.
Krysten Ritter
#20. The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.
Scott Ritter
#21. Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids' table. Netflix is amazing. We're the biggest fans of not only working there, but of the company, in general.
Krysten Ritter
#22. I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?
Scott Ritter
#23. I'm a bit too much of a people pleaser and that can be frustrating for people in your life.
Jason Ritter
#24. If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'.
John Ritter
#25. Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up.
Josh Ritter
#26. It's not about the treasure - it's about the hunt. - Abigail
William Ritter
#27. I grew up - for a while, the only show I could watch if I hadn't finished my homework was 'The Simpsons,' because I think my parents saw that there was some real-life lessons to take from that.
Tyler Ritter
#28. Surmise is the gossamer that malice blows on fair reputations, the corroding dew that destroys the choice blossom. Surmise is primarily the squint of suspicion, and suspicion is established before it is confirmed.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#29. There has been no case made - based on anything other than speculation - that Iraq poses a threat.
Scott Ritter
#34. The strongest thing that baseball has going for it today are its yesterdays.
Lawrence Ritter
#37. Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.
Jason Ritter
#38. I wondered which was sadder, leaving someone to cry after you were gone, or not having anyone who would miss you in the first place
William Ritter
#39. Olivia to her foxhound:
You know what? The thing is, I needed taming, too.
Martha Ritter
#40. The portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder and things like that felt really big and important.
Krysten Ritter
#41. Truth lies in a small compass! The Aristotelians say, all truth is contained in Aristotle, in one place or another. Galileo makes Simplicius say so, but shows the absurdity of that speech by answering all truth is contained in a lesser compass, namely, in the alphabet.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#42. I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none.
Scott Ritter
#43. The greatest figures in history are never the ones who avoid failure, but those who march chin-up through countless failures, one after the next, until they come upon the occasional victory.
William Ritter
#44. When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.
Scott Ritter
#45. But trust me, men are never worth it. Behind every great man is a woman who gave up on greatness and tied herself into an apron. Romance is for saps, Abbie. You're sharp and you've got pluck. Don't waste it.
William Ritter
#46. The trick about falling is to catch yourself before you hit the dirt.
William Ritter
#47. It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis.
Scott Ritter
#48. It is a pro-U.N. movie. It's a pro-American movie. It's a pro-American movie. It's a movie people should be watching and not denigrating.
Scott Ritter
#49. There is something humbling about knowing that an entity capable of moving mountains and reshaping continents still takes the time to tend to the smallest patch of dirt. Little things matter. Footsteps matter.
William Ritter
#50. I'd like to think the best bunker buster is a diplomat.
Scott Ritter
#51. Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
Mary Ritter Beard
#54. I'm looking over rooftops, and I'm hoping it ain't true, that the same God looks out for them, looks out for me and you.
Josh Ritter
#55. News-hunters have great leisure, with little thought; much petty ambition to be considered intelligent, without any other pretension than being able to communicate what they have just learned.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#56. In matters pertaining to the care of life there has been no marked gain over Greek and Roman antiquity.
Mary Ritter Beard
#57. When soured by disappointment we must endeavor to pursue some fixed and pleasing course of study, that there may be no blank leaf in our book of life. Painful and disagreeable ideas vanish from the mind that can fix its attention upon any subject.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#58. Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in trees, and caves was a civilizing triumph.
Mary Ritter Beard
#60. Commissioner Marlowe stood on the platform with his arms crossed as we disembarked. He had the cheerful demeanor of someone who has been beaten about the face all night with a sock full of porridge--only even more so than usual.
William Ritter
#61. Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.
Mary Ritter Beard
#62. It's all about perspective, I suppose. As a rule, all of the various ogre breeds are on their best behavior here at the market." "This one looks as though he would like to break that rule." I swallowed. "He looks as though he would like to break it across my face.
William Ritter
#63. Iraq has not been disarmed 100 percent [but] in terms of what they [Iraqis] have accomplished there are no meaningful weapons or weapons production capability in Iraq today.
Scott Ritter
#64. I like to audition for good projects because if it's a good project, it's an opportunity to get in front of a casting director.
Krysten Ritter
#65. They say that Virginia is the mother of Texas. We never knew who the father was, but we kinda suspected Tennessee.
Tex Ritter
#66. Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile ...
Mary Ritter Beard
#67. The real desk isn't one with four legs and a filing cabinet. It's the space of time that you stake out every day and the will with which you defend it.
Josh Ritter
#68. Your fears never go away. You just get more comfortable ignoring them.
Jason Ritter
#69. Its been a long time coming but now the snow is gone
Josh Ritter
#70. He's quite mad, you know. But adventure can be very appealing.
William Ritter
#71. I consider myself to be a true friend of the Israeli people. But I define friendship as someone who takes care of a friend, who just doesn't use or exploit a friend. And, you know, there's that old adage: 'Friends don't let friends drive drunk'.
Scott Ritter
#72. The overall affect of the man was just a shade subtler than a sandwich board with the words BETTER THAN YOU written out in big block letters.
William Ritter
#73. I grew up in a household that was very close, very open, and always talking about what was going on with each other.
Tyler Ritter
#74. I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a while and then there would come a point where I would either have to stay in this place of darkness and anger, or I'd have to accept that it happened.
Jason Ritter
#75. I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.
Krysten Ritter
#76. That the battles are usually in her head does not lessen the bravery of it. The hardest ones always are.
William Ritter
#78. My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.
Scott Ritter
#79. Indolent people, whatever taste they may have for society, seek eagerly for pleasure, and find nothing. They have an empty head and seared hearts.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#80. I found a hat." "Your mind is both fascinating and infuriating, Miss Rook.
William Ritter
#81. Is it...Richard Frederic?"
"No, and I am not going to--"
"Russell Francis?"
"No. You're being--"
"Rumpelstiltskin Finnegan?"
Jackaby sighed. "Yes, Miss Rook. Rumpelstiltskin. You've found me out. I am the devious imp of the fairy tales.
William Ritter
#82. I might be better prepared to slay dragons, I decided, than to flirt with boys.
William Ritter
#84. batch. They were stones. She's always doing that sort of thing. Protecting the city from the demons in her head.
William Ritter
#85. I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history.
Scott Ritter
#86. I'm singing for the love of it/Have mercy on the man who sings to be adored.
Josh Ritter
#87. Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#88. Suicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense.
Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann
#89. Acceptance of the bit happens in the haunches, not in the mouth.
Thomas Ritter
#90. We were very grateful that the response [for Jessica Jones series] has been so positive. If we get a great review, then more people watch it. It's so exciting!
Krysten Ritter
#91. Kindness is an act of bravery, I think, just as hatred is an act of fear. I'm
William Ritter
#94. I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.
Jason Ritter
#95. I was always loud and obnoxious and giggly and funny.
Krysten Ritter
#96. Around mile 20 I was feeling so good, I wanted to kiss everyone.
Josh Ritter
#98. I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.
Jason Ritter
#99. It has been estimated that 80 percent of the oil illegally smuggled out of Iraq under oil for food ended up in the United States.
Scott Ritter
#100. Pavel. The pale man. The vampire. We talked. He didn't murder me horribly, no thanks to you. You were chasing after children at the time. - Abigail, to Jackaby
William Ritter
