What we decide to do in the face of adversity is perhaps the truest measure of character.
IAN USHER Very little of significance has ever been achieved without a goal first being set.
IAN USHER Learn to listen, then listen to learn
IAN USHER Life will blindside you. That is almost certain. How you respond is up to you.
IAN USHER Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and ma...
USHER The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.
USHER It isn't hard to be in a relationship because I've always loved to be in a relationship, and...
USHER Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone el...
USHER As a kid, looking at Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, New Edition, the Temptations, Motown, people who ...
USHER In life, you have to go through something to get to something. From that, the inspiration comes havi...
USHER Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfrie...
USHER I still believe in love. I believe in marriage.
USHER My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
USHER Down time is not the name of the game.
USHER Artistic development made me who I am. Somebody took the time to help me find what it is that works ...
USHER I'm more for the style than the brand. I don't go brand shopping; I go detail shopping.
USHER I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.
USHER I went through a soul-searching period. I went to a place that was a little bit more reflective and ...
USHER Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
USHER In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm...
USHER The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
USHER I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one w...
USHER Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're w...
USHER Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
USHER I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.
USHER You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.
USHER I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.
USHER Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you&...
USHER I like to wear things that are daring but also not seem too avant-garde.
USHER My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
USHER I'm a go-hard type. It's in my DNA. I physically prepare my body as if I'm a trained ath...
USHER I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
USHER I'm a younger Morgan Freeman,
USHER 'I was so nervous...I just had to go shopping'
USHER I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, a...
USHER I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
USHER The Bush administration has run out of options when it comes to the economy, ... Clearly they don't ...
USHER I didn't want to take all the light,
USHER We are keenly aware that our shareholders are anxious to receive accurate financial information on t...
USHER It is uncertain at this time how soon the export crisis will be resolved, ... With current world con...
USHER Bring it, smell it, live it, love it, yeah.
USHER Middle-class parents are paying more and people from lower incomes have slightly higher debts than t...
USHER Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend c...
USHER ''I was so nervous...I just had to go shopping''
USHER You'll be in my heart..No matter what they say..You'll be right here in my heart .Always
USHER I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is m...
USHER We've had a successful working relationship with the state of Florida for 25 years. All of a sudden,...
USHER This album has longevity. One reason is versatility. There's a record for every situation from the c...
USHER I've gone through a lot of trial and error to find what works and what doesn't, ... With that comes ...
USHER I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Pu...
USHER My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lo...
USHER If somebody steps on your shoes and ruins them, don't freak out.. get a new pair of shoes. If you mi...
USHER I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because ...
USHER You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
USHER In my opinion the world is in need of real soul music.
USHER He feels it's important that we embrace it for the next generation. ... Beyond passing along musical...
USHER I'm going to change cars, ... I'm getting the new Lexus hybrid.
USHER I'm not embarrassed by any of my music. I'll even own up to the old Backstreet Boys albums.
JESSIE USHER It's better for me to let it go now, than hold on and hurt you.
USHER RAYMOND I'm twisted cause one side of me is telling me that I need to move on the other side I just wanna br...
USHER RAYMOND Our guys worked extremely hard, we thought well enough to win the game. We just made mental mistakes...
LARRY USHER We want to continue to play well coming into the playoffs.
LARRY USHER We just weren't as assertive as we were against the man defense. We really didn't get that swagger b...
LARRY USHER We had about a three-week stretch where we weren't playing very well at all. We thought we played we...
LARRY USHER Sam didn't play like a sophomore tonight. He played a lot like a seasoned senior.
LARRY USHER We just keep making so many mental mistakes. I think the kids are tired. It's a long season, and we ...
LARRY USHER It was really a dull, walk-the-ball-up-and-down-the-floor kind of game. When you do that and turn th...
LARRY USHER We can't think about anything but the next game in order to win a championship. We need to win this ...
LARRY USHER Any time you go to Central Oregon, you aren't terribly unhappy with a split. What we are disappointe...
LARRY USHER I think Sam was a bit awe-struck at the start of the game, but he settled down well. He settled down...
LARRY USHER I broke my ring finger in a trampoline accident.
JESSIE USHER The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She was who she was - she'd been born this wa...
S. USHER EVANS I have found the more fantastic the setting, the more truthful the confessions.
S. USHER EVANS A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember s...
IAN FRAZIER Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
IAN FLEMING There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
IAN WILLIAMS Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
IAN MCSHANE Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
IAN DUNBAR Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
JANIS IAN I'm still swimming.
IAN THORPE For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have do...
IAN THORPE I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on sw...
IAN THORPE Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an ...
IAN SOMERHALDER I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
IAN SOMERHALDER You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an act...
IAN SOMERHALDER The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide sprea...
IAN SOMERHALDER I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be...
IAN SOMERHALDER Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their commun...
IAN SOMERHALDER They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or...
IAN SOMERHALDER Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat ...
IAN SOMERHALDER I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolut...
IAN SOMERHALDER Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.
IAN SOMERHALDER I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major pro...
IAN SOMERHALDER I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho...
IAN SOMERHALDER A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
IAN SOMERHALDER You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
IAN SOMERHALDER There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
IAN SOMERHALDER I always try to be reasonable and effective.
IAN SMITH Every human being makes mistakes.
IAN SMITH Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
IAN SMITH Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
IAN SMITH Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.
IAN SCHRAGER My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast,...
IAN SCHRAGER I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.
IAN SCHRAGER The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents'...
IAN SCHRAGER I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,...
IAN SCHRAGER Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.
IAN SCHRAGER I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
IAN SCHRAGER Good design is good business.
IAN SCHRAGER People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's ...
IAN RUSH I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
IAN RUSH I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back...
IAN RUSH I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to...
IAN RUSH I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I...
IAN RUSH The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
IAN RUSH There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football clu...
IAN RUSH This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it&...
IAN RUSH I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.
IAN RUSH You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.
IAN RUSH It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
IAN RUSH I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
IAN RUSH Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ...
IAN RUSH Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
IAN RUSH I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia...
IAN RUSH I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
IAN RUSH In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and ot...
IAN RUSH You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.
IAN RUSH I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ...
IAN RANKIN A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ...
IAN RANKIN Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
IAN RANKIN No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'...
IAN RANKIN My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or s...
IAN RANKIN You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ...
IAN RANKIN I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and...
IAN RANKIN I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I...
IAN RANKIN The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo...
IAN RANKIN I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think...
IAN RANKIN I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i...
IAN RANKIN At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide...
IAN RANKIN I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in...
IAN RANKIN I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me...
IAN MILLAR It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the...
IAN MILLAR I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic...
IAN MILLAR I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I...
IAN MILLAR When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye...
IAN MILLAR The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th...
IAN MILLAR Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and...
IAN MILLAR If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.
IAN MILLAR I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m...
IAN MCSHANE Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for...
IAN MCSHANE Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
IAN MCSHANE People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
IAN MCSHANE Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
IAN MCSHANE My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
IAN MCSHANE The bad boys get all the best lines.
IAN MCSHANE When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge y...
IAN MCSHANE Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
IAN MCSHANE I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
IAN MCSHANE Acting's boring.
IAN MCSHANE I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill g...
IAN MCSHANE I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.
IAN MCSHANE My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for tw...
IAN MCSHANE Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.
IAN MCSHANE If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footba...
IAN MCSHANE You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
IAN MCSHANE There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
IAN MCSHANE You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
IAN MCSHANE When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play...
IAN MCSHANE I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to ...
IAN MCSHANE What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.
IAN MCSHANE My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football...
IAN MCSHANE It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
IAN MCLAGAN I only seem to date younger women.
IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces are thought to be a one-hit wonder in America because we only had 'Itchycoo Park...
IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when ...
IAN MCLAGAN When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm...
IAN MCLAGAN Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; tha...
IAN MCLAGAN We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
IAN MCLAGAN I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and...
IAN MCLAGAN What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.
IAN MCLAGAN You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know...
IAN MCLAGAN I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis...
IAN MCLAGAN Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth...
IAN MCKELLEN You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'...
IAN MCKELLEN What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you...
IAN MCKELLEN Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I...
IAN MCKELLEN I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separa...
IAN MCKELLEN I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of the...
IAN MCKELLEN If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Adm...
IAN MCKELLEN I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusi...
IAN MCKELLEN Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shou...
IAN MCKELLEN It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and re...
IAN MCKELLEN I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of puttin...
IAN MCKELLEN There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender ov...
IAN MCKELLEN You mustn't upstage the bride.
IAN MCKELLEN What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in oth...
IAN MCKELLEN So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for m...
IAN MCKELLEN I like sleeping a lot.
IAN MCKELLEN Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, some...
IAN MCKELLEN My friends are my family.
IAN MCKELLEN