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I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
Benjamin Franklin
Morning
,
Name
,
Paper
I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
Audrey Hepburn
Often
,
Lucky
,
Along
I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
Mike Tyson
Dream
,
Stars
,
Star
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
Alan Watts
Faith
,
Trust
,
Yourself
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Samuel Goldwyn
Smile
,
Sense
,
Luck
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Zora Neale Hurston
Fear
,
Anger
,
Off
I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn.
Tom Stoppard
Waiting
,
Happen
,
Play
Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.
Sylvester Stallone
Life
,
Moment
,
Once
I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been offered to everyone else. It's the manners of being brought up by English parents.
Hugh Jackman
Parents
,
Else
,
Everyone
There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Story
,
Actually
,
Hand
And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.
John Frusciante
Life
,
Live
,
Try
Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Julie Andrews
Work
,
Yourself
,
Past
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
Vladimir Putin
Law
,
Special
,
Place
You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
Denzel Washington
Happen
,
Moments
,
Improvise
Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
Arthur Ransome
Sorry
,
Chance
,
Won
When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
Carol Burnett
Dream
Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.
Kristin Scott Thomas
Turn
,
Trap
,
Buy
Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.
Arthur Miller
Trying
,
Away
,
Rather
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that.
Harlan Coben
Love
,
Hope
,
Heart
Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.
Sylvester Stallone
Life
,
Moment
,
Once
Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
Natalie Clifford Barney
Men
,
Wise
,
Ignore
Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous.
LL Cool J
Sometimes
,
Healthy
,
Maybe
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night.
Harlan Coben
Love
,
Night
,
Living
This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.
Ed Wood
Crazy
,
Girl
,
Tell
I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
Vanessa Hudgens
Long
,
Healthy
,
Eating
Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.
Hugh Laurie
Travel
,
Guitar
,
Next
Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion.
George Michael
Time
,
Before
,
Place
If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level.
John le Carre
Laugh
,
Him
,
Down
When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.
Cat Cora
Family
,
Time
,
Home
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
Harold S. Geneen
Oar
,
Ordering
,
Row
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