Brendan Conlon Quotes

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place. ~ Brendan Fraser

Good cops make their bosses look good, and Hector was a one-man beauty school. ~ Edward Conlon

I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops. ~ Brendan Gleeson

I send my friends e-mail messages about the progress of my garden, especially of my roses. It left them with the impression, I think, that I was concerned with nothing else. I felt no urgency in correcting that notion. People obsessed with their gardens have probably caused the least suffering in the world of any category of men. ~ David Brendan Hopes

I never asked you to take care of me! This? This is exactly what I didn't want. You promised me ... " I shook my head, my eyes burning as I turned my attention back to packing. I jerked the zipper of my suitcase so hard I'm surprised I didn't pull the damn tab off. "Let's be honest, hm? You're not trying to take care of me, you're trying to take care of you. You want to have your respectable, white-bread, married, straight family life as well as your faggy brown boy toy on the side, and seriously? Fuck that shit. I trusted you, Brendan! I trusted you to respect me enough not to pull something like this, not to try to keep me dangling along so you could have it both ways without giving up anything. ~ Amelia C. Gormley

In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. ~ Brendan Fraser

I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early on that I wasn't going to make the grade. Luckily I was told by the age of 13 that I wasn't good enough. That's not a bad thing. You see this 'X Factor' generation of kids now who don't accept that they're not good enough. ~ Brendan Coyle

And I could never show weakness in front of the others. They had to believe I was the scariest thing on the mountain. Or else why would they follow me? Who'd follow the Noah Livingston from life, a guy who never stood up for anything?
Min would. ~ Brendan Reichs

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll. ~ Brendan Fraser

A symptom," Brendan said, as if love were a disease only humans could catch. But there was something like fondness or respect in his voice. "You're both fools. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

There's a combination of things [to survive the road trip]. Humor would be key. If everyone has relatively the same sense of humor, then that helps. And things in common, like food, eating. ~ Brendan Benson

Display companies, many of them that we've spoken to, are really excited about virtual reality because they're actually running out of innovation opportunities in other markets. ~ Brendan Iribe

Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore ~ Brendan Rodgers

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? ~ Brendan Behan

Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results. ~ Brendan Behan

I find myself really privileged to be able to go in and look at a set that the likes of Hollywood can provide, and say, 'My God, look at the craftsmanship in this; look at the ambition in it, the scale of it.' ~ Brendan Gleeson

How long are you planning on us sitting up here, kid?" Brendan asked.
I looked over at him. He sat still, with his head leant back against the rooftop wall, his eyes closed, his hands resting on his lap.
"Sorry, is being here getting in the way of your beauty sleep?"
"I don't need beauty sleep, kid. I'm naturally this good-looking."
I snorted.
"Whatever makes you feel good, Shifter." No point boosting his ego. ~ Elizabeth Morgan

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. ~ Brendan Behan

Fine." Patrick muttered without confidence. "Anything is better than waiting around here." "Time for a little family reunion." Johnny remarked. At the agreement, the four trekked the rest of the way down the empty alley. As he passed the final building Patrick peered ~ Brendan Walsh

Every Christian in this generation MUST become a preacher, and every preacher MUST speak for CHRIST. ~ Carter Conlon

I can pretty much say all of us know when 'Downton' is going to end. This is a show with a finite life. ~ Brendan Coyle

Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail. ~ Brendan Gleeson

You've got to stay super focused on shipping product. There isn't a version two or three if there isn't a great version one. ~ Brendan Iribe

I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise. ~ Brendan Gleeson

If you want to serve the age, betray it. ~ Brendan Kennelly

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. ~ Brendan Behan

The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side. ~ Brendan Myers

All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired. ~ Brendan Foster

My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence. ~ Brendan Rodgers

I found myself drawn to the remote Kimberley region of Australia - in the far Northwest corner of the country - our last frontier. ~ Brendan Fletcher

When I had to work Shea Stadium for a Mets-Braves game – Atlanta pitcher John Rocker had recently given an interview in which he denounced New Yorkers of all Colors and preferences – I was assigned to a parking lot, where numerous drivers asked me for directions to various highways. When my first answer – "I have no idea" – seemed to invite denunciation and debate, I revised it to "Take the first left." For all I know, those people are still lost in Queens. ~ Edward Conlon

How far can the airlines go?" replied a clearly irritated TWA spokesman when asked whether his employer planned to make any changes to its boarding procedures. "Restrict everyone from the terminal except those who have a ticket? Stop everyone from entering the airport area except those who ~ Brendan I. Koerner

I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised. ~ Brendan Coyle

Once we start shooting, it's in there. You're trying to get into a place where you rise to the work, rather than make it manageable or make it work for you. ~ Brendan Gleeson

In any case, I was less unhappy than the teammate who wondered whether the purported tribute of being a "well-rounded detective" was a jibe around his weight. ~ Edward Conlon

I didn't play in the NFL, and I didn't play defensive line. But football, at the fundamental level, is football. It's about motivating people and getting the best out of them. ~ Brendan Daly