#figure

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#either #evidence #figures #longer #own

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#because #call #chance #fail #figure

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis. ↗

— Maria Callas

#first #i #lost #onassis #then

I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds. ↗

— John Candy

#few #figured #free #here #i

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#happy #helping #helping people #i #learn

I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#come #figure #figured #go #going

Follow up the interview with a phone call. If Carrot Top can figure out how to use a phone, so can you. ↗

— Tom Cole

#carrot #carrot top #figure #follow #how

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already. ↗

— Cy Coleman

#artist #credits #enough #figured #had

In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#america #be patient #enough #figure #learn

Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#audience #better #every #figure #how