Hunter S. Thompson quote: "Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict."

I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'T...
ZARA LARSSON

Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone bei...
KARIN SLAUGHTER

Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you'r...
BILL O'REILLY

I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hu...
COREY TAYLOR

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody...
KELLY CLARKSON

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I ...
SALLY PHILLIPS

I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy th...
ADAM OATES

I had never heard much about Nashville before coming out here, and that's why it's so surpri...
GARRETT HEDLUND

I'm so stupid because I refuse to think that I'm getting older. I get up in the morning, and...
CHARO

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.
DAVID JOHANSEN

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of ...
BILLY BRAGG

I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They ...
NAIMA ADEDAPO

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable wi...
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM

Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of th...
RACHAEL TAYLOR

Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I mak...
RICHARD FOREMAN

Please don't ask me for the actual answer to anything, because I don't have it. Because all ...
ANNIE LENNOX

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE

I think a woman's body is so much more sensual than a man's. I'm not saying strip off al...
LINDSAY LOHAN

So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ...
EMILY BLUNT

At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a rol...
AIMEE BENDER

It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh...
CLARENCE THOMAS

When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bull...
KAT GRAHAM

I remember when I did 'Mrityudand' there was this big hoo-ha, and people were asking me why ...
MADHURI DIXIT

I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I'm singing be...
JULIO IGLESIAS

I don't know how many parts I've lost because a lot of the politics in California are very c...
JAMES CROMWELL

I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live t...
AARON LAZAR

I've never been willing to lie about my age. Why on earth would I want to tell people I'm 35...
SHARON STONE

Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more cri...
HUNTER HAYES

Every actor is alive because of his/her fans. I'm glad that my fans love me so much. I have an i...
RANI MUKERJI

It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say....
MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out ab...
RUPERT EVERETT

It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places a...
DAN BROWN

I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.
ZOLA JESUS

'Veep' is definitely one of my favorite TV shows, and not because I'm in it. It's ju...
RANDALL PARK

Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people hav...
MARIO BALOTELLI

I like to think I'm fairly grounded, and I have friends who will very happily tell me if I'm...
FIONN WHITEHEAD

Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, ...
JASON PRIESTLEY

I go to Vegas now, and I'm in the casino, and I'm gambling, and there's a guy in a wet b...
SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO

And if people do like me, I think it's because I'm a stand-up guy.
DAVID DUVAL

I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau...
GREG BEHRENDT

I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when...
JOHN ROMERO

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I...
GIGI HADID

I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like ca...
DYLAN LAUREN

Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask ...
JOSE ANDRES

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I&#...
TRAVIS BARKER

I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I gue...
JARED PADALECKI

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I c...
BJORK

People are getting away from the whole album experience, it's true. I think that's sad. Mayb...
ALEX LIFESON

I am not saying that I'm happy about what's going on right now in our nation, but I am at pe...
BARBARA MANDRELL

It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i...
D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON

I do love Instagram, and my kids are with me, like, 24-7, so it's inevitable that they'll be...
BRITNEY SPEARS

I am so happy to be alive. That's the one thing I'd like for people to know. Sometimes peopl...
GEORGE FOREMAN

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience...
CHESTER BENNINGTON

I'm pretty consistently fit because I think it's an important part of my work, but I will ra...
ALEXANDRA DADDARIO

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is b...
ANDY GRIFFITH

Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened d...
JULIETTE BINOCHE

My favorite game is Madden. That's it. I'm a Madden addict. I go at it.
WILL.I.AM

So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I'...
CALISTA FLOCKHART

I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing ou...
ADAM SANDLER

I mean, a lot of the times I think I'm seen as a bad girl, and I think that's because I'...
AUBREY O'DAY

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent ch...
SELMA BLAIR

In some instances, I don't care what people think. In other instances, I do - especially because...
TERI POLO

I'm tired of playing people who are complete washouts and bums. I don't mind waiting for the...
HARRY DEAN STANTON

I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I...
GARY LINEKER

I haven't been brought down because people are focused on who I'm dating, what I'm eatin...
GARRETT CLAYTON

I'm an addict, I'm addicted to success. Thankfully, there's no rehab for success.
LIL WAYNE

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own lif...
ZHANG ZIYI

The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my rank...
VENUS WILLIAMS

People ask me what I'm writing. They think I'm Sandra Tsing Loh. Or they ask about stand-up....
SANDRA OH

People sometimes approach me tentatively or suspiciously because of my father's reputation as a ...
IVANKA TRUMP

The typical response from people when I tell them I'm diabetic is, 'Oh, I'm sorry to hea...
CHARLIE KIMBALL

I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, &...
FEFE DOBSON

I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with c...
GARY VAYNERCHUK

I've become President of the Author's Guild, and, in part because they thought I had to know...
SCOTT TUROW

It's hard for me to talk about Dom right now because I am Dom right now. So it's a really st...
VIN DIESEL

I'm sure I'm a schizophrenic. The problem is I can't tell the difference between which o...
NICK RHODES

I eat many different ice creams. I'm not an ice cream snob, although I do think Ben & Jerry&...
JERRY GREENFIELD

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus o...
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

I'm honest. If someone asks about my weight loss, I tell them I have five people working on me, ...
SONAM KAPOOR

If people recognize me from 'The Vampire Diaries,' they just give me that look that's li...
CASSIDY FREEMAN

I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
VALERIE BERTINELLI

As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

It's very hard to describe your own style. And I'm young, so I'm still experimenting. Bu...
EMMA WATSON

Once I've ascertained that I'm safe and I'm with a director who is taking care of me, th...
JULIANNE MOORE

I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I&...
KEVIN HART

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much t...
HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'...
HAYDEN PANETTIERE

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work tha...
GEORGE SOROS

I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no rea...
ZACK GREINKE

I'm living as an artist, and that's a staggering feeling, it's a total luxury. And becau...
CONOR MCPHERSON

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman a...
CINDY SHERMAN

I think Uber is just very different; there's no model to copy. It may be the reason why we'v...
TRAVIS KALANICK

I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. S...
RIVERS CUOMO

My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculou...
KATE WINSLET

It's always Canelo, and it's Mexican Independence Day, so I know that. But I am the champion...
LIAM SMITH

I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnie...
KURT VONNEGUT

I think if people ask, 'How is Marion Bartoli?', they will always respond, 'She's a ...
MARION BARTOLI

Well, now that I have a baby, I'm that person who's looking for all the parks. I'm also ...
JENNA FISCHER

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

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Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

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