Olsen Quotes

There was a photo of me with weird sunglasses on and a green sweatshirt, some striped thing, with tights and cowboy boots ... I just saw that photo and thought, 'God, I look crazy.' ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves. ~ Susan Olsen

But there is more – to rebel against what will not let life be. ~ Tillie Olsen

That's why I should drive the bulldozer," Desi said. "Brains, beauty, and pizza. ~ Nora Olsen

Let me howl and die. ~ Ursula Andkjaer Olsen

A warm smile, and some serious electricity passed between us. I felt it. I didn't know if she did or didn't. Hasn't everyone experienced that moment when there's a charge in the air between you and another person? ~ Gregg Olsen

Chloe Carlson: But don't think I'm all alone without Lennon. Oh, no. I'll be perfectly fine. I still have my friends, Ben and Jerry.
Riley Carlson: They're my friends too! ~ Megan Stine

"All I really need is my bed and my art around me. " ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

At the end of the day, trust is everything. ~ Gregg Olsen

If you don't work hard today, you will work hard to find a work tomorrow. ~ Aiza Olsen

I think she by this point has learned that Stark's not specifically responsible for her parents' death - that it's more something that has to do with him stopping ... I think there's even a reference to him stopping his selling of weapons because they cause damage. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience. ~ Angel Olsen

I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

We've always been fans of a good mystery; we think all kids are, and there weren't any good mysteries out there these days for kids, so that's why we decided to do them. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer. ~ Susan Olsen

Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

Compared to men writers of like distinction and years of life, few women writers have had lives of unbroken productivity, or leave behind a 'body of work.' Early beginnings, then silence; or clogged late ones (foreground silences); long periods between books (hidden silences); characterize most of us. ~ Tillie Olsen

If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree. ~ Susan Olsen

She was only fifteen! What is the matter with these kids today? Can't they wait to have sex until they get their driver's license and can go somewhere? ~ Gregg Olsen

Life isn't fair. That's just how it is. It doesn't mean you stop trying to be a good person. Because when you're a good person, you make life a little more fair for everyone else. ~ Miranda Olsen

My Gram said that I would get the role in whichever show God thought was right but it wouldn't hurt to express a preference. I told her that I would like to do 'The Brady Bunch' because I'd have five other kids on the set to play with. God was listening. ~ Susan Olsen

Why you need a reason for everything? Reason is something people say to make sense of things that don't make sense. ~ Gregg Olsen

When we have a government that tortures people," continued Kennedy, "that suspends our Bill of Rights, suspends habeas corpus, that says the Bill of Rights is a luxury we can't afford anymore, that does extraordinary renditions and whisks American citizens out of the country to places that torture them and eavesdrops illegally on hundreds of thousands of people, as our government is now doing, that is a threat to democracy. ~ Brad Olsen

I feel really good about the future and working with people. ~ Angel Olsen

This was what Ditlev loved: ceaseless gunfire, ceaseless killing, flapping specks in the sky terminated in an orgy of color. The slow drizzle of birds' bodies falling from above. The eagerness of the men to reload their weapons. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

I'm definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, it's easier to live in New York than in L.A. I feel like people respect other people's space a bit more here. Everyone has the right to that freedom, right? Everyone has that right. It's freezing in New York right now. In L.A., it's sunny. But I would choose freezing over being followed. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time. ~ Merlin Olsen

When we were growing up, our mother taught us never to have your belly button exposed. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

What in me demanded that goodness in her? And what was the cost, the cost to her of such goodness? ~ Tillie Olsen

According to Life & Style, Lance Armstrong was seen canoodling with fitness model Kim Strother, and the night before, he was with Ashley Olsen. He's going from bar to bar picking up women - how does he get them home? Does he put them on the handlebars, or does he have a banana seat? ~ Chelsea Handler

I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

But then one morning when I'd been on night shift, she miscarried suddenly and severely. The doctor said it seemed as though she had provoked it herself. I found that hard to believe, given how much she'd been looking forward to having the baby. At any rate, there were large blue bruises on her abdomen. But it's impossible to know about these things. There are a lot of mixed feelings involved when a woman faces raising an unplanned child on her own. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

We have been roommates our entire lives. We just bought a place together. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

Wasn't this the way it was for most people? The time they lived in was an open invitation to a cocktail of self-denial and self-glorification. And if you didn't like the situation you were stuck in, there was always the option of running away from yourself; running away from opinions, from your marriage, from old values, from trends that had otherwise meant so much yesterday. The problem was just that out there, among all the new, you found nothing of what you were looking for deep down inside, because tomorrow it would all be meaningless again. It had become an eternal and fruitless hunt for your own shadow, and the was pitiful. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

I really actually enjoy auditioning. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

A twin knows exactly when the other one is spitting up, but that's all they know about anything. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

I'm a very social person and I love being out in the world, and the feeling of not having that is the scariest thing to me. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character. ~ Tillie Olsen

We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

But promises based on ignorance always prove disappointing. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

Our marriage is quietly rocky. Silently in shambles. I love her without a scintilla of doubt. ~ Gregg Olsen

Writer's block comes from one's wanting only to write good stuff. Well, the good stuff and the bad stuff are all part of the stuff. No good stuff without bad stuff. ~ Eric Olsen

But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

One time my mom tried to send me to my room for a time-out when I was 5 or 6, and I was like, "Fine! I like my room! All my imagination and toys are in my room!" I will never forget that. And she will never forget that. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important. ~ Merlin Olsen

You cannot starve a man who is feeding on God's promises. ~ Eric Christian Olsen

No one looks up at the sky anymore. ~ Megan K. Olsen

He'd make her work so hard that a job as a cardboard-box presser at the margerine factory would seem like paradise. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

Thank you for making a web site for me. I was so surprised when I found it. ~ Susan Olsen

I drive a taxi and a car and a truck and a T-55 tank and also a T-62 and armored cars and the motorcycles with and without sidecars. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

Better mankind born without mouths and stomachs than always to worry about money to buy, to shop, to fix, to cook, to wash, to clean. ~ Tillie Olsen

If you're having a bad hair day or a bad boy day, he'll whip up one of his yummy mango smoothies for you, sit you down, and say, "Little one, remember what's really important in life: a family that loves you, good friends, and not putting too much garlic in the pesto."
- Chloe Carlson ~ Nancy Butcher

Never say never - in fashion and life ~ Ashley Olsen

I do not believe that there is any secret or single formula for success, but there are common threads of thought and action that characterize the successful people that I have been fortunate enough to know and observe. I do know, from my own experience, that our chance of succeeding is much greater when we organize and take charge of our lives. When we are willing to make decisions, we aggressively pursue those things in life that are important to us. ~ Merlin Olsen

Sigma Chi was a learning experience for me in personal growth, in finding out more about myself, in shaping my life more effectively, and in directing my energies more efficiently. All of those things were heavily influenced by my Sigma Chi experience. There is no question that that has had a tremendous impact on my career, profesionally and on my life. ~ Merlin Olsen

Carl sent a message from his brain to his hands that it was still illegal to strangle people. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

It's unbelievable how many things I've learned from Merlin Olsen. ~ Jack Youngblood

Egil Olsen should have gone six games ago. He was totally useless. I'd like to give him a right-hander! ~ Vinnie Jones

I still read scripts, and if something great comes along, that's great ... but this is my day job. The Row is where I go every day. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

I'm the curvy one of the family. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

Paranoia plays into all of us. Trust is a terrifying idea of not knowing who we can rely on. ~ Eric Christian Olsen

I realized that no one ever really dies. We always live on. I had experienced a God as real and tangible as we are. He knows our every heartache, yet allows us to experience and endure them for our growth. His is the highest form of love; He allows us to become what we will. He watches as we create who we are. He allows us to experience life in a way that makes us more like Him, divine creators of our own destiny. ~ Jeff Olsen

But in late March in the Pacific Northwest, a cease-fire on precipitation only meant the clouds were taking a coffee break. ~ Gregg Olsen

Riley Carlson: So I guess I know what you wanted to tell me. I mean, you made it pretty clear that you don't want to go out with an average girl.
Marc Hudson: That's right, I don't. I want to go out with YOU. There's nothing average about you, Riley. ~ Megan Stine

I just think my family is so normal, but no one wants to accept that. I find my family to be normal because there's an understanding of what every job entails. And it is a job. It's not this fantasy that Hollywood and movies are all glitter and stardust. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

I'm not trying to prove that I'm capable of doing many things. ~ Angel Olsen

I'd tell my mother to, you know, go you-know-what herself and I would go help those children. They're in an orphanage and they've got family! That's sickening. What does John do? Nothing. His kids are in an orphanage... and he does nothing.
~ Michelle Jarvis ~ Gregg Olsen

A mysterious object, a good book. It did that to you; made it almost painful turning the last page. Then it clung in your mind, like static, refusing to let go until another good book came along and gently weaved its undoing spell. ~ Cara Rosalie Olsen

The focus of my life begins at home with family, loved ones and friends. I want to use my resources to create a secure environment that fosters love, learning, laughter and mutual success. I will protect and value integrity. I will admit and quickly correct my mistakes. I will be a self-starter. I will be a caring person. I will be a good listener with an open mind. I will continue to grow and learn. I will facilitate and celebrate the success of others. ~ Merlin Olsen

I would rather be at Reggae Sunsplash, which happens once a year, than doing some horrible Brady Bunch reunion. ~ Susan Olsen

I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

I just want to scream: "I'm being honest, I swear!" Maybe it's embarrassing, but I don't care anymore. ~ Angel Olsen

Maybe it was more than that. Maybe some things shouldn't be explained. ~ Gregg Olsen

I pride myself on being able to read whole chapters into a single syllable, you know? What girl doesn't? So when Lennon said "Hi", I ran through a whole list of possibilities. Was it, "Hi, I wish you were Chloe instead of Riley so I could make up with you"? Or did he mean, "You look exactly like the girl I'm totally over, so get out of my sight"? Or was it just, "Hi, I hope you're not as down on me as your sister is and, by the way, could you be careful not to spill anything, either"? But none of those sounded right. Finally I had to admit that he might have just been trying to say hello. Call me crazy, but it could be true! ~ Megan Stine

There's a lot of expectation after you do something that seems to have been well received. It's kind of unfair. ~ Angel Olsen

I usually do get the tomboy parts in the movies, which is kind of like me, but not totally. I like to shop as much as Ashley, but she is a little more of a girlie-girl than me. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

I played 15 years of hockey, and I got more injured doing two weeks of cheer camp. ~ Eric Christian Olsen

You can take the best team and the worst team and line them up and you would find very little physical difference. You would find an emotional difference. The wining team has a dedication. It will have a core group of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat. ~ Merlin Olsen

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park. ~ Merlin Olsen

Gossip sometimes becomes a reality for some. ~ Gregg Olsen

Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar. ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

I wear weird things sometimes. I like to drink coffee. Neither of those things have anything to do with who I am. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

I'm ready to take on different selves and experiment and see what happens. ~ Angel Olsen

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn. ~ Merlin Olsen

Art is not so much talent as character ... it's what you are, the qualities of the person. ~ John Olsen

The psychopath [or sociopath] makes a mockery not only of the truth but also of all authority and institutions. - Arnold Buss, M.D." Psychopathology ~ Jack Olsen

My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten. ~ Elizabeth Olsen

Literary history and the present are dark with silences ... I have had special need to learn all I could of this over the years, myself so nearly remaining mute and having to let writing die over and over again in me. These are not natural silences
what Keats called agonie ennuyeuse (the tedious agony)
that necessary time for renewal, lying fallow, gestation, in the natural cycle of creation. The silences I speak of here are unnatural: the unnatural thwarting of what struggles to come into being, but cannot. ~ Tillie Olsen

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total? ~ Tillie Olsen

I'll live to be one year younger, because I can't stand the idea of a world without you in it, and die buried beneath an avalanche of my own books. ~ Lance Olsen

I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

He dropped his pile of papers onto the desk and indicated the sheet on top. "Here is the common I nominate in all the fires, Carl." "You what?" "The common I nominate." "Common denominator, Assad. A compound noun. What common denominator? ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

'Sweet Dreams' is such a dark-sounding song, but it's about not taking anything for granted; share yourself with others after you have first spent some time with yourself. ~ Angel Olsen

You are the land. The land is you. ~ Merlin Olsen

I was never challenged when it came to acting as a youngster. I sort of just did whatever was given to me without asking questions. I didn't really understand why I enjoyed it or why I did it. ~ Mary-Kate Olsen

We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights! ~ Mary-Kate Olsen