Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso. – Guy Lafleur
Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost. – Harold Pinter
In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more, we witnessed the tremendous spirit of Americans. – Jane D. Hull
I don’t see myself as someone who’s ever going to be defined by one moment. It’s on to the next. – Justin Timberlake
I always feel like everything I shoot is a student project, and nobody else knows about it. I forget, in the moment, that other people will see it. – Holland Roden
I cannot recall any moment of clarity about becoming a writer. I always liked to read. That’s what did it. – James McBride
When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, ‘You are going to college.’ And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again. – Imelda May
I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do. – Imre Kertesz
The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037. – Jacob Lew
About every year or two, there is a moment of truth where there’s some new development in the marketplace, some new technology, some sort of existential crisis. You just have to be vigilant about looking out for those moments. – Jeremy Stoppelman
Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it’s coming, a common response is, ‘Oh no! Not again!’ – Joyce Meyer
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. – Joseph Addison
When you sit at your desk, if you’re lucky, there’s a moment when you feel empowered to be someone or something else, to leap into another skin. – John Updike
If I go into a studio and find my truth of the moment, there are a number of people in the world who can relate to what I’m saying and are going to buy into what I’m doing. Not because it’s the new thing of the moment, but because it’s genuine emotion. Its how I feel. This is how I articulate the world. – Jay-Z
Goats are the cable talk show panelists of the animal world, ready at a moment’s notice to interject, interrupt, and opine. They have something to say about everything, little of it complimentary. They are the most impertinent animals I have ever known. – Jon Katz
I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it’s consummated, the tension’s over. – Jane Campion
There’s something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live. – Gedde Watanabe
I’m very organic in nature with my creativity. It just kind of wraps around me, or it’s a moment I have, a click of inspiration. It’s never calculated. – Jeremy Scott
I’d much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip, instead of just a moment of fame for your pseudonym, you’ll get 50 bucks. The first time that happens, you’ll realise that you’re a full-class citizen. You have the potential to make money from the system. – Jaron Lanier
I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It’s not about a production number, it’s about a meaningful moment between two people that’s witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about. – Jane Seymour
What’s a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you’re just so excited to see anything – the moment the lights go down is often the best part. – J. J. Abrams
I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn’t get my mind around it at all. – Joyce Brothers
Everything is interconnected. The moment you take philosophy, psychology, religion and business and look at the underlying commonalities, that’s when you start looking at business in a different way. – Jochen Zeitz
With ‘That Awkward Moment’, you could argue I’m just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh. – Imogen Poots
My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion. – Johnny Bench
I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I’m not one of those actors. – Ioan Gruffudd
Now there are certain things you have to prepare – like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn’t need – for me, I don’t need to prepare that. – Idris Elba
