Brian Cox quote: "I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work."

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.
BRIAN COX

Even the Australians don't know how beautiful their own country is. Particularly where we were s...
BRIAN COX

The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opin...
BRIAN COX

The (Justin) Upton kid that they signed, their first-round draft pick last year, he is one of those ...
BRIAN COX

Dell is a supply chain driven, keep it simple, keep it high volume supplier and anything else doesn'...
BRIAN COX

In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater ...
BRIAN COX

I was very inspired by people like Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. I just thought, if they could do it, I ...
BRIAN COX

It's always different working with a different director because he brings his own thing to it. He br...
BRIAN COX

I was living in London and I thought, 'there's nothing here for me anymore'. I don't want to become ...
BRIAN COX

Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incr...
BRIAN COX

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and ge...
BRIAN COX

There's so much light in Broughty Ferry. I think the humour in Glasgow is darker, because it'...
BRIAN COX

I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so I'm...
BRIAN COX

The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.
BRIAN COX

Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies cre...
BRIAN COX

The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema ...
BRIAN COX

I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Le...
BRIAN COX

My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous m...
BRIAN COX

You have to get old because of the geometry of spacetime.
BRIAN COX

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland,...
BRIAN COX

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started...
BRIAN COX

I'm comfortable with the unknown -- that's the point of science. There are places out there, billion...
BRIAN COX

The trouble with New York today is that it's lost its balance. I love the new, greener New York,...
BRIAN COX

Unlike New Zealand, which has nothing especially predatory, Australia is full of spiders and crocodi...
BRIAN COX

There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I p...
BRIAN COX

You are exporting disorder [in the form of heat into the Universe] now as you read this book. You ar...
BRIAN COX

There are three known planets in the PSR B1257 system, which have been named Draugr, Poltergeist and...
BRIAN COX

I loved Alessandra Torre's 'Black Lies.'
ZARA COX

Ninety percent of my ideas come to me either when I'm reading or watching a show.
ZARA COX

I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
ZARA COX

I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one...
ZARA COX

The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become a...
NIKKI COX

Brexit doesn't guarantee that migration will come down.
JO COX

For [customers] it means that they can shop for 'Linux applications' without having to worry about w...
ALAN COX

I do enjoy grinning manically at passing people while waving an axe around attempting to kill off un...
ALAN COX

What matters are the applications.
ALAN COX

I'm going to Disneyland!
ALAN COX

It's all right to cry. It's all right to hurt. It's all right to be confused, ... Hope will rebuild ...
ALAN COX

He's a great kid.
ALAN COX

They put over 100 million gates/transistors on a tiny piece of silicon. On that piece of silicon the...
ALAN COX

I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the re...
ALAN COX

Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.
ALAN COX

I'm really grateful for the opportunity I had on 'Boardwalk Empire,' just because it was...
CHARLIE COX

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an oppo...
MARCELENE COX

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parentho...
MARCELENE COX

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; c...
MARCELENE COX

It is the growling man who lives a dog's life.
COLEMAN COX

Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in ...
ARCHIBALD COX

I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain h...
ARCHIBALD COX

Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk ba...
HARVEY COX

Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean...
COLEMAN COX

When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year o...
COURTENEY COX

Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
COLEMAN COX

We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is...
NIKKI COX

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.
MARCELENE COX

There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters.
COURTENEY COX

Claire Danes is lovely and a really great actress.
CHARLIE COX

The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in clo...
DEBORAH COX

When you plan ahead, shit never goes wrong, just in different directions. - Welliver.
JAMES COX

I've done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would d...
DEBORAH COX

I'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be sayi...
NIKKI COX

I will say that this year has been our best. Our events and group have had more coverage and people ...
ANGIE COX

The show has been held for over ten years now but each year it is getting bigger and bigger.
ANGIE COX

Last year we gave six scholarships of $1,000 each. This year we would like to give four scholarships...
ANGIE COX

The goal of the show is to raise money for scholarships for seniors soon to graduate and for those w...
ANGIE COX

The boundaries of this world are forever shifting – from day to night, joy to sorrow, love to hate...
MICHAEL COX

I don't think about Hollywood at all.
ALEX COX

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.
ALEX COX

I did a television series in Japan this year, which was really fun, even though it's working with a ...
ALEX COX

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, b...
ALEX COX

But I never saw any review that actually analysed the shooting style of Goodfellas appropriately and...
ALEX COX

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film change...
ALEX COX

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.
ALEX COX

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars abroad but w...
ALEX COX

And I also figured out that way I can do a film in black and white because I've never been able to d...
ALEX COX

Spielberg isn't a filmmaker, he's a confectioner.
ALEX COX

She works extremely hard and she's also a great kid.
BILL COX

I rode out to the lake at 7 a.m. and one brave (cold) fellow was fishing but had no luck yet.
BILL COX

I'm sitting here in my office and it's freezing and we've got the heat on full blast.
BILL COX

I was a little surprised we found that much so quickly, ... I think most of the contractors in Loudo...
BILL COX

Of course, we don't know exactly all the facts and circumstances. But apparently, there had been a d...
BILL COX

At this point, we have gone to a number of folks that we hope can come up with the money, ... The pr...
BILL COX

They knocked the woods down in a matter of four days.
BILL COX

Citizens of Loudon county need some assurance their homes are being constructed properly,
BILL COX

When she was a senior, she blew her knee (ACL) out on Friday, Dec. 13. On Saturday, Dec. 13, the nex...
BILL COX

Thirty states are already allowing some form of baiting, including Arkansas. I'm not ready to say th...
BILL COX

Everybody in the real world will agree - the moment a project is behind deadline, quality assurance ...
ALAN COX

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the ...
MARCELENE COX

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an ...
MARCELENE COX

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.
MARCELENE COX

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinki...
MARCELENE COX

When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when...
DEBORAH COX

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking ...
MARCELENE COX

I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something i...
COURTENEY COX

He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though t...
DEBORAH COX

I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me...
LAVERNE COX

We are optimistic about the future of the plant, and we believe that we are going to be here for a l...
BRUCE COX

This is becoming a more urgent matter. As we deplete domestic stocks and inshore fisheries worldwide...
BRUCE COX

The earnings look good from a balance sheet perspective. They pretty much kept it even and took thei...
BRUCE COX

The fact of the matter is all countries are going to have to wake up to the fact that this is destro...
BRUCE COX

They only talked about microevolution, not macroevolution. If they do this again, they should allow ...
BRYAN COX

I think both of them are kind of slow-footed, but they know how to shuffle out of trouble in the poc...
BRYAN COX

She later recanted. It was investigated and documented that she lied.
BRYAN COX

Regardless ... if you think the war is right wrong or otherwise, we have people over here battling f...
BRYAN COX

That was a game-changing, life-changing play.
BRYAN COX

Daredevil was known as 'The Man Without Fear,' and I just thought, 'Well, I don't th...
CHARLIE COX

Daredevil's religion makes him unique. He's a vigilante, but he's also a lawyer - and al...
CHARLIE COX

This results in an enormous spending gap in our community's support for education. Currently, Northw...
BOB COX

I'm proud of him. What's not to be proud of?
BOB COX

Throughout the season safety remains the number one priority for Vail Mountain. National Safety Awar...
BOB COX

This has been a tax of legendary volatility, making predictions especially confounding.
BOB COX

My main goal is to make sure that the American Indian people are remembered and are treated right. I...
BRENT COX

Even if students have no [American Indian] heritage, they can still come. The door is always open. I...
BRENT COX

Some students need this because it is part of their makeup.
BRENT COX

Many African-American students are half American Indian as well.
BRENT COX

I was nervous at first, ... But the snapper and the holder had been good all night and nobody had be...
BRAD COX

We are proud to have Comerica, one of the nation's leading financial services firms, at 2000 Avenue ...
BRAD COX

We are aware of the charges, but it is a personnel matter, so I will not comment on details, ... Mr....
BRAD COX

We are aware of the charges, but it is a personnel matter so I will not comment on details, ... Mr. ...
BRAD COX

The damage from Katrina was far worse than I think anyone expected.
BRAD COX

We lost 37 of our 90 rental properties. Well, 38 if you include the one that burned.
BRAD COX

I'm 100 percent better. It would have been nice to go out there and have a little fun, but Blake cam...
BRANDON COX

Blake went out and got some experience, which I think he needed in case something happens. That's on...
BRANDON COX

I didn't throw the ball well. I had a couple of bad plays I should have made.
BRANDON COX

I didn't throw the ball well. I had a couple of bad plays I should have made. We all made some plays...
BRANDON COX

We came out to run the ball, no matter what. Coach Borges wanted to make both sides of the ball play...
BRANDON COX

I'd never really been in the spotlight with rumors like that. That's part of being in the SEC and pa...
BRANDON COX

To have that first drive end like it did is disappointing. I take the blame. I shouldn't have made t...
BRANDON COX

It was a bad throw. I had a lot of bad throws.
BRANDON COX

We've been doing them twice a week and kept our timing down and our arms in shape. It really paid of...
BRANDON COX

I've enjoyed this spring. No pressure at all. It's been a lot different spring. Last year I was the ...
BRANDON COX

We're a band of Gypsies, we come from everywhere.
BILLY COX

I'd hate to see the area lose another business. We all have to work together.
BILLY COX

There's enough business in this area for everyone. If you can help someone in their time of need, th...
BILLY COX

I told her, whatever she needs, to just come and take it, ... We'll catch up sometime.
BILLY COX

This is the Beethoven of that time.
BILLY COX

(Jimi) was so into it -- if you listen closely you will see that I stayed on him, ... And when he st...
BILLY COX

great. We went and played with the attitude of, 'Look at all those people, everybody's doing somethi...
BILLY COX

[The performance crystallized a new period of musical exploration for Hendrix.] In the earlier times...
BILLY COX

[Talking for an hour with Clem Labine, it was obvious how much he loves baseball and its players, bo...
BILLY COX

He's got to feel pretty good about himself coming right out of college, pitching in the playoffs and...
BOBBY COX

We are absolutely thrilled to add Roger to our staff. Roger was a great competitor as a player ? he ...
BOBBY COX

He just gave up a ton of ground balls tonight that were infield hits and ones that got through. He j...
BOBBY COX

It's good to see Joey do so well. That's the best I've ever seen his breaking ball break.
BOBBY COX

Son of a [gun], it would have been nice tonight.
BOBBY COX

He's pitching as well as anyone we have this spring. He's throwing harder than he did when we got hi...
BOBBY COX

You go to Spring Training every year expecting to win,
BOBBY COX

I think once he's able to pinpoint his fastball a little bit better, he's going to be awesome.
BOBBY COX

If we start on Tuesday, the starting pitcher could be this guy; if we start on Wednesday, it could b...
BOBBY COX

His totals seem to go up one or two every game. He's totally a star now. Andruw is putting a lot of ...
BOBBY COX

Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes i...
ARCHIBALD COX

I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more ex...
DEBORAH COX

Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941 The dual role of pers...
HARVEY COX

Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve The thing thou lovest, though the body starve-- ...
KENYON COX

I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every di...
DEBORAH COX

The American people who have it in their power to elect presidents have decided they don't want to h...
CAROL COX

We need to meet with (Roche). We need to see their manufacturing process.
CAROL COX

They're doing a fine job.
CAROL COX

We asked for an apology or a censure of the city attorney, but we never got anything from the city.
CAROL COX

We definitely realize that in order to build infrastructure for the local party, we need to start at...
CAROL COX

While we're disappointed that the F.D.A. has not approved Plan B for over-the-counter use, we contin...
CAROL COX

We will spend less money next year than we did two years ago -- not very much less, ... The administ...
CAROL COX

They (FFA members) have been a great help to us, and it's good to see them in their blue jackets.
CAROL COX

Three-fourths of the state legislatures would have to say yes to that. Opponents are trying to convi...
CAROL COX

We believe the suit is frivolous, and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously,
CAROL COX

Christmas Eve The soft light from a stable door Lies on the midnight lands; The wise men's star...
LILLIAN COX

The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in...
HARVEY COX

Intel engineering seem to have misheard Intel marketing strategy. The phrase was "Divide and conque...
ALAN COX

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.
MARCELENE COX

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis, we do decide things and that even our decisi...
HARVEY COX

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisio...
HARVEY COX

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking h...
MARCELENE COX

The spirit of non-conformity is as prevalent now in my part of west Yorkshire as it was in the time ...
JO COX

A number of years ago, I was unfaithful to my wife, Laura. I am completely responsible for what happ...
MIKE COX

I only have to do three things to look halfway decent, curl my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and pu...
COURTENEY COX

I'm a Gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have moved six times in the last eight years.
COURTENEY COX

Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories.
COURTENEY COX

I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was...
NIKKI COX

I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist,...
DEBORAH COX

You can have the most emotional moment as an actor, ever, and many people would be like, 'Okay, ...
CHARLIE COX

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.
COURTENEY COX

[Trying to rob Livingston of the remaining votes are Reps. Christopher Cox (R-California) and Jim Ta...
CHRISTOPHER COX

I'm a gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have moved six times in the last eight yea...
COURTENEY COX

The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.
DEBORAH COX

It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these ...
DEBORAH COX

One of the great things about playing a fallible superhero, one who doesn't necessarily have sup...
CHARLIE COX

We were so impressed with him, with his sincerity, his compassion and especially his passion for hea...
CAROL COX

We're looking forward to getting our eighth year of coverage on SPEED Channel underway. We had great...
TONY COX

They've got guys who can score. According to the coaches in the league, they've got a better big guy...
JEREMY COX

I don't feel comfortable with the glorification of violence. But, as an actor who has had long p...
CHARLIE COX

Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessori...
COURTENEY COX

superb leadership at a critical time.
CHRISTOPHER COX

We try to set them up, maybe with a kid with the same area geography-wise, or similar academic inter...
MIKE COX

Nobody's going to be perfect. There's very few [Eric] Gagnes and [Mariano] Riveras around.
BOBBY COX

One of the city officers noticed that the inspection sticker on Mom's car was expired and gave her a...
DEAN COX

I think I look very healthy. You've already seen what I've eaten, so I couldn't be anorexic, and I w...
COURTENEY COX

What we are seeking so frantically elsewhere may turn out to be the horse we have been riding all al...
HARVEY COX

She's an all-round friend and she's incredibly loyal.
COURTENEY COX

I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superfic...
COURTENEY COX

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is p...
COURTENEY COX

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work.

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Brian Cox

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work.

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