Proud famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I was brought up by a really proud, supportive family, so I have that sort of grounding.
-- Aaron Taylor-Johnson -
It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.
-- Abigail Tarttelin -
If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
-- Abraham Cahan -
We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.
-- Abu Bakar Bashir -
In moments of uncertainty...i mmerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.
-- Adam Braun -
I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.
-- Adam Lambert -
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
-- Adam Weishaupt -
I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States. I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
-- Adam Weishaupt -
We are all proud that through God's powerful aid, we have become once more true Germans
-- Adolf Hitler -
Be proud of your people when you don't have to be ashamed of any it's social class
-- Adolf Hitler -
I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
-- Adriana Trigiani -
Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.
-- Aeschylus -
I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture.
-- Alan Sugar -
I am proud that [I was] , , , enabled to guide this great talent . . . towards the superb fulfillment of its individual potentialities, towards the greatest independence.
-- Alban Berg -
I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.
-- Albert Brooks -
It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.
-- Albert Brooks -
The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be developed we have tried law , compulsion and authoritarianism of various kinds, and the result is nothing to be proud of.
-- Albert J. Nock -
People can expect to see a lot of me - I'm not too proud to stand on corners and hold my campaign signs.
-- Albert Wynn -
I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me
-- Alec Issigonis -
When I see 'Sunshine,' I see a film that part of me is kind of very proud of and another part of me is very sad about, so it's a really complicated film for me. And I've never been really able to resolve all that in myself.
-- Alex Garland -
This is really a pretty good system you have here. What do you call it? "Due process". We're very proud of it.
-- Alex Kozinski -
I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
-- Alexander McQueen -
The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they say we are proud; if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.
-- Alexander Pope -
Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools and pageant of a day; So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others' good, or melt at others' woe.
-- Alexander Pope -
Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.
-- Alexander Pope -
To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.
-- Alexander Smith -
I've got nothing against big-budget values. I mean, I was very proud of 'The Avengers,' the part that I played in it, albeit a small one. It was thrilling to be part of it. But it's so huge that you can never really wrap your mind around it.
-- Alexis Denisof -
Outlawed, but not alone, for Love Is outlawed, too. You cannot banish us, proud world: We banish you.
-- Alfred Noyes -
I don’t want to accidentally end up looking back on my life to find that I’m ashamed of myself, I want to live a life I can be proud of.
-- Alice Bag -
I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
-- Allison Janney -
All the gifts and talents we have are from God, but they are also for God...for His glory and for His pleasure. Don't waste them, make great use of them and make Him proud.
-- Amari Cooper -
Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture
-- America Ferrera -
Art is whatever makes you proud to be human.
-- Amiri Baraka -
Be careful when choosing what you're proud of--because the world has every intention of using it against you
-- Amor Towles -
I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.
-- Anderson Cooper -
To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are. All human beings deserve equal treatment no matter their gender identity or sexuality. To be perceived as what you say you are is a basic human right,
-- Andrej Pejic -
As natural and easy as it has been to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.
-- Andrew Murray -
I am so proud of 'Top Chef' - I think it's got great cred.
-- Andy Cohen -
I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.
-- Andy Griffith -
I would lie, because no one would know me anyway. My grandmother convinced me to be proud of what I do.
-- Andy Hallett -
Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.
-- Angelina Jolie -
I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.
-- Anish Kapoor -
I'm very proud of my breasts, as every woman should be. It's not cellular obesity. It's womanliness.
-- Anita Ekberg -
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.
-- Anne Sweeney -
I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
-- Annie Leibovitz -
I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food.
-- Anthony Bourdain -
Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in ... you're up and down, all of a sudden, it just clicks. And I think that's what's happened to me since I got to Montreal. And I'm proud of the things we've been able to accomplish ... we've all made each other great.
-- Anthony Calvillo -
I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I'm proud of the work, playing Gates.
-- Anthony Michael Hall -
I have a garden in my backyard that's completely organic, which I'm very proud of.
-- Ariana Grande -
If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
-- Arlen Specter -
I’m particularly proud of anything the House and the Senate agree on,
-- Arnold Palmer -
I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot deny that I have learned this directly from Mozart. And I am proud of it!
-- Arnold Schoenberg -
Apple is always focused on out-innovating itself... and that is something I am very proud to be a part of.
-- Arthur D. Levinson -
Looking back on my achievements, it is fair to say that I am extremely proud of what I have done and accomplished so far.
-- Arthur Godfrey -
Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer -
Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.
-- Bainbridge Colby -
I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.
-- Banana Yoshimoto -
Legislatively, the thing I'm most proud of is healthcare, and I will continue to be most proud of it because not only do we have 30 million people who are going to get healthcare, we've got six million young people who are able to stay on their parents' plan until they're 26.
-- Barack Obama -
Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
-- Barack Obama -
I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources
-- Barbara Mikulski -
There are a lot of things I'm proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.
-- Barry Harris -
I still perform it in all my shows. I'll do it as long as I'm breathing. I'm so proud it has stood the test of time.
-- Ben E. King -
If you're gonna live, then live it up. If you're gonna give, then give it up. If you're gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you're gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
-- Ben Harper -
To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
-- Benjamin Franklin -
It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.
-- Bert McCracken -
I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous nominations. This pride is due to the fact it was the result of voters from the members of my own profession. This, of course, is a great compliment for one's work. I hope each winner of an Oscar is as thrilled as I was when I received mine.
-- Bette Davis -
I'm mostly concentrating now on continuing to make history in Hip-Hop, making everybody proud of me, I'm not just a rapper now, I'm in history now.
-- Big Pun -
I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.
-- Bill Ford -
Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses.
-- Bill James -
When you are in something that you're proud of and it's funny and it's a good night out and all of those things, there's nothing quite like it. The rewards are proportionate to the amount of alarm and distress it causes you.
-- Bill Nighy -
I generally do things I'm proud to be in and generally I'm in things people like.
-- Bill Nighy -
Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
-- Bill Shankly -
There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.
-- Bill Wyman -
I'm proud to acknowledge my debt to the 'Reverend Satchelmouth' ... He is the beginning and the end of music in America
-- Bing Crosby -
I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also entertaining, but I don't feel bad about it. I'm a proud woman.
-- Bipasha Basu -
I asked Stu Hart earlier. I said, 'Stu, you gotta be proud of your boys.' He said, 'I have boys?'
-- Bobby Heenan -
I am very proud to be a part of '3 Idiots,' and happy that the character has worked in a big way.
-- Boman Irani -
Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.
-- Boris Pasternak -
I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.
-- Brady Anderson -
Superman is there to unite us all, I think. I'm proud of Bryan for respecting that and not making it just about us.
-- Brandon Routh -
There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my Son though some days I'm louder about other stuff so it's easy to miss that.
-- Brian Andreas -
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.
-- Brian Molko -
I feel very fortunate to go surrounded by love. I'm proud of the life I lived.
-- Brittany Maynard -
Lots of people come up to me and call me Sir Bruce now. Interviewers call me Sir with every question, but I never make a point of making people call me Sir. It doesn't matter to me, though; it was a great honour to be knighted. I'm very proud of it.
-- Bruce Forsyth -
Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.
-- Bruce Jenner -
I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.
-- Bruce Willis
