I'm a diligent person, and that came directly from having hardworking parents. Votes: 0
Rebecca RomijnEverybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows. Votes: 0
Mitch HorowitzI came from Nebraska, a very middle class family with a progressive father. Votes: 0
Theodore C. SorensenThe closest I ever came to death was masturbating with a 104-degree temperature. Votes: 0
Larry DavidI'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know. Votes: 0
Cilla BlackWhen Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship. Votes: 0
Robert Louis StevensonI took anything that came across my doorstep. I started getting a reputation. Votes: 0
Lynne StewartCame out my mama's pussy, I'm on welfare. Twenty-six years old, still on welfare. Votes: 0
Ol' Dirty BastardI never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords. Votes: 0
Alberto ManguelI wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along. Votes: 0
Charles KuraltSchoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. Votes: 0
Trent ReznorGary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing. Votes: 0
Emerson Fittipaldi(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests. Votes: 0
Therese of LisieuxWhen I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser. Votes: 0
Emerson FittipaldiI'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from. Votes: 0
David CopperfieldI came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinI don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college. Votes: 0
Ellen OchoaI don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident. Votes: 0
Wole SoyinkaAs soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital. Votes: 0
Barry LevinsonI came from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. Votes: 0
Flannery O'ConnorWhat I have written-and how I came to write it-is most powerfully what I am. Votes: 0
Hortense CalisherWhen the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. Votes: 0
Martin NiemollerI have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early... Votes: 0
Thomas S. BuechnerIf the right job came along, absolutely with bells on I would work in Sweden. Votes: 0
MyAnna BuringI've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them. Votes: 0
Clint EastwoodConfidence came from people. I think I'm very confident in me, as a human being. Votes: 0
Benjamin ClementineI've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieI always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America. Votes: 0
Sofia VergaraI really never thought about the way I looked until boys came into the picture. Votes: 0
Georgia May JaggerI just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from. Votes: 0
George Lincoln RockwellI came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year. Votes: 0
Rachelle LefevreI came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown. Votes: 0
Luis FortunoMy only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been. Votes: 0
Quentin TarantinoI didn't know I was even supposed to HAVE issues until I came to America Votes: 0
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieI came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701. Votes: 0
Tanith LeeI've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that instilled in me. Votes: 0
John KrasinskiAs for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along. Votes: 0
Eleanor RooseveltOther clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me. Votes: 0
Dennis BergkampNever forget where you came from. That's what I think when I walk into a cave. Votes: 0
Demetri MartinI once asked him what came at the end of the sentence... and he said "parole". Votes: 0
Bobby HeenanWhen it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it Votes: 0
Art BuchwaldI came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city. Votes: 0
Emeril LagasseI was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with. Votes: 0
Louis ZamperiniAsk not from whence I came for the gravity of the future pulls me ever forward. Votes: 0
Jessica SimpsonI come from a small town in Maryland. I came to California in 1972 to begin Maude. Votes: 0
Bea ArthurWhen I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed. Votes: 0
Imran KhanRight before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year. Votes: 0
Matt DamonI made an album of healing music called 'Grace and Gratitude' that came from my soul. Votes: 0
Olivia Newton-JohnI'll never forget where I came from, and that my home is forever Sweet Home Alabama! Votes: 0
Paul BearerI'm real conscious about money still. That's how I came up and you can't shake that. Votes: 0
Chris BoshI came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. Votes: 0
Wes CravenI came to Vegas because I work 20 days a month here; I couldn't live anywhere else. Votes: 0
Pete RoseI tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it. Votes: 0
Drew CareyGoing to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally. Votes: 0
John MuirThen came Act II, you seemed to change and acted strange, and why I'll never know. Votes: 0
Elvis PresleyI knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. Votes: 0
Bob UeckerI first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford. Votes: 0
Aaron SwartzI came back after my surgery, throwing four to six miles harder than I did before. Votes: 0
Curt SchillingI had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States. Votes: 0
Helen ReddyMy first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous. Votes: 0
Will SmithI never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it. Votes: 0
Maud AdamsLeo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind! Votes: 0
Rick RiordanWhen we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas' Votes: 0
Paul MersonWomenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home Votes: 0
Gil Scott-HeronIf Donald Trump came to visit Britain I think he would unite us all against him. Votes: 0
David CameronI went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe. Votes: 0
Quincy JonesI came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it. Votes: 0
Kathleen WynneI came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do. Votes: 0
Babe Didrikson ZahariasI came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters. Votes: 0
Waka Flocka FlameHow many together with whom I came into the world are already gone out of it. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusI am very proud of the campaign we ran and the supporters that came on board. Votes: 0
Bernie SandersYou see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. Votes: 0
Imogen CunninghamSmall as a pea. Wider than the sea. This is where you and I came to be. Votes: 0
David Paul KirkpatrickI was lucky enough to be down at the studio the day John Paul Jones came down. Votes: 0
Chris ShiflettI saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn't recognize myself. Votes: 0
Amy WinehouseThe walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird. Votes: 0
Truman CapoteA lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out. Votes: 0
Donald GloverI've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. Votes: 0
Leonard CohenI think my father had a lot of anti-establishment in him. He came through the '60s. Votes: 0
Willie RobertsonI don't want to give the illusion that one day God came down and I was healed. Votes: 0
Cheryl JamesThe first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown. Votes: 0
Brigitte BardotI went into the world, threw myself into the world, and great things came out of it. Votes: 0
Fran DrescherIf a car came through a window anywhere near me, I'd be freaking out for three days! Votes: 0
Danny BonaduceI've done so many dramas in my life, and people don't even know I came from comedy. Votes: 0
Kim BasingerUntil I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much beauty water adds to a river. Votes: 0
Mark TwainDon't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more? Votes: 0
Brett DennenI feel like when I really did my research, I both came to hate Nancy Reagan more. Votes: 0
Cynthia NixonI waited and waited, and when no message came, I knew it must have been from you. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantI had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out. Votes: 0
Leslie CharterisWhen it came to the music that we produced, I am pretty happy with what we did. Votes: 0
Dave SchulthiseI went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar. Votes: 0
Nathan Bedford ForrestWhen I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York. Votes: 0
Marla MaplesA sense of peace came over me and I must have been smiling as I fell asleep. Votes: 0
Harry BernsteinI think my whole life, because of where I came from, I had a fear of failure. Votes: 0
Howard SchultzI never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from. Votes: 0
Billy JoelI didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage. Votes: 0
Catherine Zeta-JonesWhen I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame. Votes: 0
Justin VerlanderI came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast. Votes: 0
Rufus WainwrightYou can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can. Votes: 0
Viggo MortensenI love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. Votes: 0
Julie AndrewsAs I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me. Votes: 0
Peace PilgrimI write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs. Votes: 0
Violante PlacidoI came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. Votes: 0
Shirley JacksonFor years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from. Votes: 0
Nick ToschesEvery album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it. Votes: 0
Noel GallagherMy car broke down just the other day, I called triple A, they came and towed me away! Votes: 0
Rodney DangerfieldI am inspired by the success of those that came to LA around the time that I started. Votes: 0
Tone BellA lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. Votes: 0
Dolly PartonI like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place. Votes: 0
Harry CallahanI did no research on The Best Man. That was something that came out from my own head. Votes: 0
Malcolm D. LeeI wouldn't bet on a horse unless he came up to my house and told me to himself. Votes: 0
Eubie BlakeI never saw the man yet that came out of politics as clean as he went into 'em ... Votes: 0
Ellen GlasgowThe police came to me to say I had death threats and that I had to be careful! Votes: 0
Heather MillsTake it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world. Votes: 0
Barry WhiteRise, Luthiel, in the name of love you came and in the name of love I crown you! Votes: 0
Robert FanneyI was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home. Votes: 0
Paul O'GradyI was in New York and I walked into this pet store and came out with a dog. Votes: 0
Beverley MitchellI'm the guy who happened to be home the night Kat came to steal a Monet."- Hale Votes: 0
Ally CarterI tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me. Votes: 0
Stephenie MeyerI thought of betrayal and how it came so easily - in a word, a glance, a gesture. Votes: 0
Juliet MarillierBut at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second. Votes: 0
Thomas Haden ChurchI came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Votes: 0
Ayn RandI never knew I was a surrealist till Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was. Votes: 0
Frida KahloI was in Rent, for Gods sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table. Votes: 0
Jesse L. MartinI tell ya when I was a kid, all I knew was rejection. My yo-yo, it never came back. Votes: 0
Rodney DangerfieldI go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, thatâs all. Votes: 0
Albert HofmannI used to go to work and take heroin in the studio and then stop when I came home, Votes: 0
Damon AlbarnI came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not. Votes: 0
Byron KatieWe take in more a week now than we did in two years when I first came to the church. Votes: 0
Johnny HuntI feel like I came out of the womb and was punted - there you go, out in the world! Votes: 0
Drew BarrymoreI saw the rebound and when the puck came to me, I said, oh my God, puck, I must shoot.
Alexander OvechkinI came to realize that we donât raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women.
Don McPhersonI came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.
Klemens von MetternichI suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.
P. G. WodehouseSome chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her.
Avril Lavigne[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I've been friends with for many years.
Brent SpinerIf anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came.
Christa McAuliffeDiogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."
Diogenes LaertiusBut I couldn't ever make that dream happen. It just came on its own, the way dreams do.
Emily M. DanforthThen I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.
Jack PrelutskyI came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.
John BurroughsThe acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.
Julie LondonThe troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.
Leonard CohenI came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.
Nicholas SparksI love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
Rickey HendersonI guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.
Susan Beth PfefferI came into this life, looked all around. I saw just what I liked and took what I found.
Alice CooperI was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.
Francis Ford CoppolaI grew up like a boy, also because most of the children who came to our house were boys.
Indira GandhiI smoke so much. Three packs a day... I went to the bathroom, a camel came out of my ass.
Dave AttellI love cartoons. So when they came to me to make Ice Age and this sequel, I was so happy.
John LeguizamoI don't know who came up with this push present idea, but I think it's probably a female.
Josh DuhamelDonald Trump came out as a birther, which is Republican for, 'I'm running for president.'
Lewis BlackSince I came here I've been treated awesome, in all aspects. I really enjoy playing here.
Mats SundinRoy's wife of Aldivalloch, Wat ye how she cheated me, As I came o'er the braes of Balloch?
Anne GrantI came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerOne of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePlaying with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.
Creed BrattonAnd so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."
Eckhart TolleI came into an environment that was already grounded spiritually, so that helped me a lot.
Frances NewtonThe morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.
Karen MillsId never heard of a hall pass until I came to America. It sounds like something at school.
Nicky WhelanI was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.
Richard MealeAll the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago.
Barack ObamaI wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.
Gabby Douglas'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out.
Kimberly EliseAfter my first record came out, I read everything. I was so amazed that I was in the press.
Liz PhairWith the knowledge of her aloneness came a rush of self-declaration: I will not be nothing.
Robin McKinleyI know that when I get in there and I leave that cage I will leave with more than I came in.
Alex CaceresI came to teaching late - not until my forties - which is one reason why I'm not burned out.
Alison Hawthorne DemingIf I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.
Ann PatchettIf this is what you came for, then I didn't send for you. Kafka (note to himself in journal)
Franz KafkaWhen I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.
Helmut JahnI was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
Jack DeeI came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do.
Joe MortonI would take today's joy, and tomorrow's. I would take it with both hands, anywhere it came.
Joshilyn JacksonI soon came to the point where I didn't know whether my smiling face was a lie or not. -Lavi
Katsura HoshinoI wouldn't say it came easy, but I understood how to win and I determined how I could do it.
Kurt BuschSome nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it's, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.
Michael BayJust when they thought I was done for the winter, I came out stuntin I'm such a big spender.
Nicki MinajI don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.
Paloma FaithNine out of ten businesses fail; so I came up with a foolproof plan - create ten businesses.
Robert KiyosakiWhen it came to, like, appropriate behavior towards one another, it was - I was well-versed.
Seth RogenI think Bush came back because Colin Powell was there. Hey, I'm the brigadier general, baby.
Shaquille O'NealAs a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer.
Toni MorrisonThe minute I started addressing my feelings, I actually came out of very negative situations.
Mariah CareyThat's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!
Rick YuneI watched my head rolling on the floor. It landed face up and a big tear came out of one eye.
Shirley MacLaineIf true love came at a price, the price would be all worth while if i was spending it on you.
William Lane CraigI always made a living as an actor when I came to California. I never had to do anything else.
Bruce DernSo I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.
Dennis BergkampThat was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.
Les BaxterI lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
Pete MaravichI came from a real tough neighborhood. On my street, the kids take hubcaps - from moving cars.
Rodney DangerfieldI came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
Sam WaterstonI was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.
Sharon HorganI came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.
Byron KatieI drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst.
Edna St. Vincent MillayI married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along.
Groucho MarxEverything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.
Mandy PatinkinI came to accept in myself a long time ago that I really do like writing articulate sociopaths.
Matt NixI stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
Paul SimonI hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.
Ricky SkaggsI came to understand that the words executive and corporate never belong next to the word chef.
Thomas KellerWhen I came back to America, I realized that world music is no joke, it really has a lot to it.
Zach CondonI've been to Vancouver every year for the last four years, since 2011 when I came out with Murs.
Ab-SoulThe same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
Bode MillerConversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.
Eric Allin CornellI always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.
James Douglas, Lord of DouglasI came to Nantes two-years-ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.
Kevin KeeganYour whole vocabulary's played out, admit it. Still wack if it came out my mouth and I spit it.
RedmanI judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.
Rick MoodyHonestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.
Heather MatarazzoTreat my first like my last and the last like my first and my thirst is the same as- when I came.
Jay-ZIf an original piece of wardrobe came up from Star Wars, I'd probably spend a lot of money on it.
Johnny VegasI came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
Lev GrossmanThe library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings.
Pete HamillI sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds.
Peter MenzelI liked the place I came from. But a lot of what I liked about it was that I had come from there.
Peter StraubI've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon
Tom BerengerI mean [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt didn't - you know, when he came in, he didn't print any money.
Warren BuffettI came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.
Frances PerkinsWhile I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last?
G-EazyI came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.
Hank AaronThe poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.
Joan of ArcI was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.
Joe EszterhasI got a king-sized bed. I don't know any kings, but if one came over, I guess he'd be comfortable.
Mitch HedbergI know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near!
Abigail WilliamsBy the time I came down from Yale, I was already more radicalized and had begun to read New Masses.
Albert MaltzDrink up cause everyone here is good tonight. Except the niggas that I came wit, they good for life
DrakeIt was the first time that I came face to face with madness and feared it and was fascinated by it.
Edna O'BrienI can never forget suffering and I will never forget sunset. I came home with all of it in my mind.
HoraceThe year after I graduated from high school, they came to shoot Mr. and Mrs. Bridge in Kansas City.
Jason WilesI remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.
Norm DicksAlmost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio.
Paul NewmanLast week I was walking by a cemetery, two guys came after me with shovels. It was all about money.
Rodney DangerfieldThe whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.
Willie NelsonAfter I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
Ai WeiweiAnd when I first came out from New York, I hadn't driven in a long time. Now I'm like Joe Speedster.
Calista FlockhartI'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.
Courtney LoveWayne came over to the bench one day after seeing (Zdeno) Chara, and said 'That's why I'm quitting.'
John MucklerI said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.
Jose Luis Rodriguez ZapateroMisty May was looking for a partner, I was looking to stay at home, and the beach just came calling.
Kerri WalshSometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.
Patti SmithIt's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere"
Samantha BarksEven if you do make tons of new friends," I told him, "try not to forget where you came from, okay?
Sarah Dessen