Larry Wilcox quote: "Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist."

My goal would be to make Frank Capra-type films about real people, how they define their reality.
LARRY WILCOX

I've been very selective in what I did and didn't do.
LARRY WILCOX

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take a...
LARRY WILCOX

Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person...
LARRY WILCOX

I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more ...
LARRY WILCOX

I guess I'm just a frustrated cowboy.
LARRY WILCOX

I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs'...
LARRY WILCOX

I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
LARRY WILCOX

I've always felt that children are the flowers of our future.
LARRY WILCOX

I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
LARRY WILCOX

I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret m...
LARRY WILCOX

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
LARRY WILCOX

I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
LARRY WILCOX

A lot of people in film run around with a facade and use the right vocabulary and think they're ...
LARRY WILCOX

It's like with a girl: it's more fun to meet and slowly, gradually learn things about each o...
LARRY WILCOX

Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
LARRY WILCOX

Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while...
LARRY WILCOX

Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in t...
LARRY WILCOX

I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity ...
LARRY WILCOX

I'm very candid.
LARRY WILCOX

I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as the...
LARRY WILCOX

Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their sin...
LARRY WILCOX

This is an example of the possible outcome of extreme prejudice and racism.
LARRY WILCOX

It's a very important part of the 20th century and World War II.
LARRY WILCOX

They were nice. They kept their yard clean.
LARRY WILCOX

We don't have as much practice time as some other schools have, and it won't be long before we have ...
LARRY WILCOX

I think to get better as a team there needs to be competition all over and we are trying to create t...
LARRY WILCOX

Our guys really responded and came to practice in good condition and did the things we asked them to...
LARRY WILCOX

To win the first game is always important, especially if you want to compete for the conference titl...
LARRY WILCOX

That is what changed the game right there. Field position can always change a game and that is what ...
LARRY WILCOX

Both sides played extremely good defensive football. It maybe wasn't a fan-friendly game with a lot ...
LARRY WILCOX

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism
COLLEEN WILCOX

I'm not trying to send any kind of message or anything like that. That kind of stuff doesn't matter ...
AARON WILCOX

Just winning my first match at states feels really good because it relieves a lot of pressure. This ...
AARON WILCOX

We would have liked to host this -- no one wants to travel -- but we came in with our heads up and w...
AARON WILCOX

We've got nothing to lose. They've been (on top) for forever, so we'll just go wrestle them tough --...
AARON WILCOX

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
FREDERICK WILCOX

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.
COLLEEN WILCOX

When voters go into the voting booth and they read what's being proposed, it's going to be like comm...
BEN WILCOX

The losers are the people of Florida. We were trying to get a chance to take some of the power away ...
BEN WILCOX

It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are g...
BEN WILCOX

The most realistic situation could be is that potential challengers don't see the possibility of win...
BEN WILCOX

The key requirement is that any plan that passes this commission has to pass by ten votes, so you're...
BEN WILCOX

This exceptional event will help fund research in the battle against cancer. Each year more than a h...
BEN WILCOX

It's going to come down to however much Senator Lee is willing to make this a top priority. It's a t...
BEN WILCOX

I think it would be significant campaign finance reform. It would be a serious attempt to deal with ...
BEN WILCOX

Consumers aren't able to make significant campaign contributions - and certainly not in that league.
BEN WILCOX

I just don't think businesses spend money like that just in the interest of good government and help...
BEN WILCOX

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
FREDERICK WILCOX

We were out there having fun, playing, executing, running the plays and everything else was falling ...
CHRIS WILCOX

People are still going to meet in restaurants. They may just have to pay their own way.
BEN WILCOX

Before you apply to a job, I'd suggest you check out the job you're applying to. Especially in this ...
KEVIN WILCOX

We're asking everybody to be aware of their surroundings,
JAMES WILCOX

Their immigration status is not our concern, ... Our concern is the crime itself.
JAMES WILCOX

We believe there might be some people who didn't call us because of their immigration status,
JAMES WILCOX

We want to make sure we're on the same page,
JAMES WILCOX

Give a man love, and he will be happy for a time. Teach a man how to love, and he will have joy thro...
JAMES WILCOX

You always have your procrastinators who are going to push the deadline no matter what.
CHERYL WILCOX

when your child is born, you know that of all the lives you might have lived, only this one was ever...
K WILCOX

Linux use doesn't go beyond file servers or print servers because the applications aren't there.
JOE WILCOX

This is phase 2. Phase 1 was withholding certain things, such as downloads. But that wasn't going to...
JOE WILCOX

There's long been concern about privacy on the Internet. What's different now is there is more crimi...
JOE WILCOX

That's going to mean that there's going to have to be some consensus across party lines and among in...
BEN WILCOX

It (the current system) is a question of who's in power and who is able to use the process for polit...
BEN WILCOX

The system has basically been rigged to protect incumbents and discourage competition.
BEN WILCOX

The whole idea behind public financing was to hold down the cost of campaigns and encourage more peo...
BEN WILCOX

It's kind of troublesome. They're getting around the intent of the law to require that parties and c...
BEN WILCOX

Bush raised money up to that level, then stopped and allowed the party to take over the funding of t...
BEN WILCOX

It's kind of troublesome. They're getting around the intent of the law to require that parties and c...
BEN WILCOX

Some people might speculate that Opera couldn't compete by charging when AOL, Apple, Microsoft, Mozi...
JOE WILCOX

Whoever writes the best grant may win. There's no systematic solution to this.
COLLEEN WILCOX

This is the first piece of potentially good news that I've heard in a very long time coming out of S...
COLLEEN WILCOX

What gets recognized, gets valued.
COLLEEN WILCOX

It is an infamy to die and not be missed
CARLOS WILCOX

Absent having a fuel delivery, we're going to have to look at alternatives as early as Tuesday. We'r...
CLAYTON WILCOX

If you run Windows on a Mac, it's another copy for Microsoft. Better yet, it's on a competitor's har...
JOE WILCOX

[The lesson both Microsoft and Linux supporters should take from the survey results?] Nobody buys an...
JOE WILCOX

This trial is the perfect intersection of sex, crime and celebrity. It makes it very much one-of-a-k...
JONATHAN WILCOX

If it's the expectation, why punish them?
JONATHAN WILCOX

I don't see why she couldn't make a contribution out of her own pocket. I don't know why she has to ...
BEN WILCOX

I would not say this is a sign of great openness. It's more like establishing diplomatic relations b...
JOE WILCOX

We normally have a rush right at the beginning of tax season, then it tapers off through March and t...
CHERYL WILCOX

The joke was that the only thing he couldn't cook was hamburgers. They were like cement.
CHERYL WILCOX

The response to Opera's free offer was probably a catalyst in this position. It may have confirmed a...
JOE WILCOX

It is meant to be an idea factory.
JOE WILCOX

I do believe there is a presumption, unfair or not, that celebrities misbehave.
JONATHAN WILCOX

It looks like Microsoft missed the major upgrade cycle from 2004 to early this year. Windows Vista w...
JOE WILCOX

We're going to go ahead and close the cafeteria ... until we're sure that there's nothing that's a p...
CLAYTON WILCOX

We know it's a big inconvenience. But our overriding concern is safety. We could not be sure what wo...
CLAYTON WILCOX

I'm going to use my 10 minutes to explain what's wrong with the contract.
DOUG WILCOX

But that will be removed once we begin laying the foundation for the new building. Our plan is to be...
DOUG WILCOX

We tell people it's good to have numbers on the back of the house, too. If you are in the back yard ...
DOUG WILCOX

It was kind of a shock when we first started talking about our finances. He was surprised that at my...
DAWN WILCOX

I thought Kyle did a great job defensively keeping in front of Jamie.
DICK WILCOX

We were able to get some key rebounds early on both ends of the court, and that was big. We thought ...
DICK WILCOX

We seem to do that, we're a rhythm team; a team of runs. In the beginning of the second quarter we d...
DICK WILCOX

We struggled for rhythm the whole game. That's to their credit. We didn't play great but again, cred...
DICK WILCOX

It was a good playoff-level game. For us to win in overtime is a tremendous boost. This is the bigge...
DICK WILCOX

When we did shoot it, we shot it well. We got a lot of second shots.
DICK WILCOX

Things are coming together well. While we're still raising funds for exhibits and program developmen...
SUZANNE WILCOX

Emulation is slower, sometimes much slower, than applications that run natively.
JOE WILCOX

With some applications you notice the emulation more than others. The applications may not be as res...
JOE WILCOX

Microsoft would certainly benefit if say a Comcast or some other broadband providers with popular po...
JOE WILCOX

It looks to me that Microsoft has added another layer of bureaucracy. At a time when startups are st...
JOE WILCOX

I think, generally, it's great news for us as a school system. All of the credit goes to our classro...
CLAYTON WILCOX

We did not make the kind of leapfrog improvement we need to. While I wasn't ecstatic, I'm pleased wi...
CLAYTON WILCOX

We have not given you anything that, while painful, we cannot live with.
CLAYTON WILCOX

I don't want to say it's sophomoric, but it's an oversimplification.
CLAYTON WILCOX

I just think they're flat out wrong. We literally have thousands of people working every day to impr...
CLAYTON WILCOX

At some point people are going to have to decide if we're going to keep addressing the failures of t...
CLAYTON WILCOX

You have to be able to tease those details out.
CLAYTON WILCOX

If you're counting on using it instead of going to class, it's a mistake.
GARY WILCOX

I've always tried to be involved with new technology and how it is involved in communication.
GARY WILCOX

We just didn't wrestle well. We gave up points. We gave up pins. If you're going to lose, you have t...
GARY WILCOX

They really earned that victory. I have nothing I can say. They came back and did it.
GARY WILCOX

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.
FREDERICK WILCOX

When a young pianist hits a wrong note, we don’t say he is not worthy to keep practicing. We don�...
BRAD WILCOX

I'm kind of skeptical about its ultimate usefulness.
JOE WILCOX

The real test for Microsoft is whether it can take search to the next level.
JOE WILCOX

There is a lot of developer and consumer interest around these applications.
JOE WILCOX

A number of developments are happening on the Internet that AOL couldn't ignore.
JOE WILCOX

It's not something I expected from AOL, but it's the right direction at the right time.
JOE WILCOX

It's a dramatic turnaround for AOL.
JOE WILCOX

Any company that offers a platform or pseudo-platform needs to be cautious when it begins to compete...
JOE WILCOX

Microsoft's best marketing for Vista will come from simplicity -- making the value of Vista as easy ...
JOE WILCOX

When I look at Linux, the playing field isn't level because Microsoft is the incumbent.
JOE WILCOX

Nobody's infrastructure is the same, so it's unrealistic that you could do a vanilla survey that fit...
JOE WILCOX

I went in to look at them, and what I decided to do was give them two or three changes in choreograp...
PATRICIA WILCOX

We made the type more readable.
VIRGINIA WILCOX

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

A mighty monarch in the days of old
Made offer of high honour, wealth and gold,
To one who sho...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood --no...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

In the long run all love is paid by love,
Though undervalued by the hosts of earth;
The grea...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

From reincarnated sources and through prenatal causes I was born with unquenchable hope and unfalter...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

To sin by silence, when we should protest,Makes cowards out of men. The human raceHas climbed on pro...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay,...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must al...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being ki...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in re...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice o...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Give us that grand word woman once again, and let's have done with lady; one's a term full of fine f...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the o...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

He who leads
Must then be strong and hopeful as the dawn
That rises unafraid and full of joy<...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

No fate could rob us of our own--
No circumstance can make it less;
What time removes was bu...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

A weed is but an unloved flower.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

I prayed for riches and achieved success,
All that I touched turned into gold. Alas!
My cares...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow it...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails an...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

You like buttercups, dewy sweet,
And crocuses, framed in snow;
I like roses, born of the heat,...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

One ship sails east and another sails west
With the self-same winds that blow.
Tis the set of...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Weep, and you weep alone;
For this brave old earth must...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

"Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the peop...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sai...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The worlds best progrss springs.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs the...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is a...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that blow. It's the set of the...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve o...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Let the dream go. Are there not other dreams
In vastness of clouds hid from thy sight
That yet...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve o...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Be not impatient in delay,But wait as one who understands;When spirit rises and commands,The gods ar...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest,And deal full many a thoughtless blow...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

"Conversation"

God and I in space alone . . .
and nobody else in view . . .
"And wh...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, an...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

A poor original is better than a good imitation.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

It is easy to tell the toiler
How best he can carry his pack
But no one can rate a burden...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

This is the way of it, sad earth over,
The heart that breaks is the heart of the lover,
And ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

I know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the heart's unrest,
And to grow means often to su...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

When the great universe was wrought
To might and majesty from naught,
The all creative force...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The life that neither grief nor burden knowsIs dwarfed in sympathy before its close.The life that gr...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

What can be said in New Year rhymes,That's not been said a thousand times?The new years come, the ol...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Waste no tearsUpon the blotted record of lost years,But turn the leaf, and smile, oh! smile, to seeT...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The splendid discontent of God With Chaos, made the world; And from the discontent of man The world'...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

And if pretension for a time deceive,And prove me one too ready to believe,Far less my shame, than i...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Such menial duties; but her wayOf looking at them lent a graceTo things the world deemed commonplace...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Who is the strong? Not he who puts to testHis sinews with the strong and proves the best;But he who ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The dark today leads into light tomorrow; There is no endless joy, ...and yet no endless sorrow.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.

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Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.

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