Something happens to me when someone says, ‘You can’t.’ I’m generally not very competitive; unless someone tells me I can’t do something that should be done. – Jim DeMint
You know, I’m really not interested in someone telling me that something’s good or bad. – John Malkovich
Justin Smith was one of the most underrated players in the NFL for what he did. He would sacrifice and do the dirty work, then someone else would clean up off it. – John Madden
You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You’re doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing. – Josh Hartnett
Someone who is not a killer is not going to watch a TV show and decide to be a killer. – Jeff Lindsay
If you’re playing a character that someone doesn’t like, that’s okay, but if you’re voicing your own opinions, they actually don’t like you! – Jennifer Coolidge
I’m not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well. – Jai Courtney
Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who’s been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous. – Jennifer Grey
If what I have to do is share a sandwich to lift someone’s spirits, put a smile on their face – the worst thing that happens is I go broke! – Jose Andres
The whole idea of a spokesman is a joke and a fraud if you drop someone like a hot potato if there’s controversy. – Jerry Della Femina
You can’t give away points and games against someone like Murray. You’re not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort. – John McEnroe
I quite like the Queen. Now, this must come as a fairly amazing statement for someone who is avowedly left wing, pro-independence and anti-monarchy, but there you go. – John Niven
We shouldn’t be intimidated by someone else’s idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take. – Jonathan Safran Foer
I never wanted to be liked by the majority of people, but there were always some people that I desperately wanted to be liked by. And so you’ve got to behave in a way that… the way I put it is that if you want to be a real intellectual, you’ve got to have someone to save you. – James D. Watson
It’s hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he’s like, ‘You speak so well!’ I’m like, ‘What do you mean? Do you understand that’s an insult? – Jay-Z
The ’90s was a decade of mundane market-consumer nothingness where there was nothing coming up from the streets; you just had someone in an office deciding what was cool. – Irvine Welsh
If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me ‘Coach,’ but if they know me for the video game, they just call me ‘Madden.’ – John Madden
Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can’t take it with them. – Jon Huntsman, Sr.
I’m not sure my books would translate into movies very easily. So rather than have someone do a terrible job, I haven’t been willing to sell them. – Jasper Fforde
I’d always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone you never got to hear speak in films would never not speak in real life. – Harmony Korine
I don’t do press for the sake of press. I tend to only be in the press when I’m introducing something or collaborating on something or whatever it may be, as opposed to inviting someone into my home to photograph my closet for no particular reason. – Ivanka Trump
I used to be a person who just peaked for the big events, not doing too many competitions, but now you’ve got to go round chasing all the points because if you’re not taking them, someone else is. – Jade Jones
A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone’s written the story. He’s supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment. – Jack Vance
There’s so much more danger in someone where you really don’t know what they’re going to do, and you don’t know what they’re really capable of, rather than someone who’s trying to be physically tough. – Jason Statham
You never know what’s going on in someone’s life. You never know what’s really going on behind what they present. – Hill Harper