476 private quotes tagged attitude

“Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.” — Leon Panetta

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“Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else.” — Clarence Thomas

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“The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of national security.” — Dick Cheney

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“I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.” — Francois Hollande

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“I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously I find that a very tedious attitude.” — Joan Collins

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“My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!” — Harrison Birtwistle

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“Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.” — Lesley Gore

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“I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.” — Damian Lewis

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“I developed a nutty attitude where I'd think, If some guy really loves me he doesn't care if I'm fat. I'd come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.” — Kirstie Alley

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“There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.” — Yousuf Karsh

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“I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.” — Eric Davis

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“I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.” — Richard Fleeshman

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“Nothing. We're all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down, depending on the mood or the nature of the material we're dealing with, there's usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude that's floating around.” — Richard Dean Anderson

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“I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.” — Yani Tseng

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“I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.” — Christopher Nolan

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“I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.” — Amy Adams

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“Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best,' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government.” — Jack Kemp

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“The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.” — Jose Saramago

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“Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.” — Fritz Sauckel

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“There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.” — William J. Brennan, Jr.

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“The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.” — Alan Shepard

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“It was my father who instilled the 'never say no' attitude I carry around with me today, and who instilled in me a sense of wonder, always taking us on adventures in the car, never telling us the destination.” — Marlee Matlin

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“Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.” — Marilu Henner

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“For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” — Og Mandino

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