Government shutdowns are so stupid. From my perspective, somebody who's been in government, been in the military, worked with federal government workers in the State Department, in USAID and in the Department of Defense - you're hurting them.

Amy McGrath

There must be a story within him/her that wants to come out. That's the reason why 'Dil Chahta Hai,' 'Lagaan,' and 'Rang De Basanti' worked so well: Ashutosh, Farhan, and Rakesh had a story inside them. It's very important that the director should have the fire in the belly to tell the story.

Aamir Khan

Work Worked Within

I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.

Aaron Tveit

You Would Will

It's my theory that one of the big reasons clinics have shut down - and will continue to shut down - is that former abortion workers have spoken out about their experiences in public and worked to testify against their former employers.

Abby Johnson

Work Experience Workers

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.

Abu Bakr

Will Who T

In high school, I was so obsessed with the movie that I started an actual 'Highlander' club with my two best friends, Mike Levy and David Sirota. What began as a few geeks hitting each other with swords we made in woodshop soon became a school-wide game with 20 people playing. It became so disruptive that the administration had to shut it down.

Adam F. Goldberg

Art Yin Words

In L.A., I love the L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills. Also, the Beverly Wilshire, where they make great huevos rancheros. I also love Shutters on the Beach, where I walk around everywhere in a bathrobe.

Adam Richman

Love Great Age

God is waiting to be gracious, and is willing to make us happy in religion, if we would not run away from him. We refuse to open the window shutters, and complain that it is dark.

Adoniram Judson

Religion God Would

When I was younger, my mother tried to get me an agent because I was always singing and dancing, but whenever she took me to an audition, I would just shut down.

Aja Naomi King

Age Younger Young

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

Alan Dershowitz

Good Won Up

My job during the EVAs, the spacewalks, is to act as the inside coordinator. I remain on the aft flight deck of the shuttle, and I act in a manner to help the gentlemen outside, my fellow crewmates, who are performing the EVA tasks.

Alan G. Poindexter

Space Men Who

We're a democratic society. Shutting down the government should not be on the agenda.

Alan Greenspan

Society Men Government

I've been on 26 space missions; they range from suborbital to orbital to shuttle experiments to planetary missions.

Alan Stern

Space Men T

My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.

Alan Sugar

Age You Years

Throughout my career I have done it my way and used my stubborn streak. I thought the best way to captain was to shut out all the noise - I did it with my batting and thought 'that has served me well, so why change it?'

Alastair Cook

Change Car Wit

The big, defining feature of Palmares Tres government is its system of summer kings. The idea is that women 'Aunties' rule, led by a queen with a term limit of 10 years. Men aren't entirely shut out from this system - in fact, they have one of the most important roles in the government - but it's strictly delimited.

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Women Men Government

Bolsonaro must relax, I do not plan to shut down the economy. It's silly.

Alberto Fernandez

Us T Son

If people say to me, 'So, what were you doing in Dubai in that song?' or they spend ages comparing me to some other singer, I just shut down, I guess.

Aldous Harding

Age You Were

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

Aldous Huxley

Time Art Words

I'd like to shut off all the noise and allow people to be creative without all the judgments and standards that we think we have to follow.

Alessia Cara

Men Without Wit

My dad, since I was growing up, has always taught me that I need to keep my mouth shut and just play baseball.

Alex Bregman

Wing Win Ways

I speak in relatable terms, without too much car lingo, so more and more people can engage with the car world. And I'm not afraid to ask questions on behalf of a whole community of people who want to learn but are afraid they'll be shut down.

Alex Hirschi

Do you know who takes weekday shuttle flights between Washington and New York? People who think they are too important for the train, let alone the bus.

Alex Pareene

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

Alex Trebek

I'm one of the few people who really like Eyes Wide Shut.

Alex Winter

When police are shutting down cameras, it is a sign that they know the truth is not going to be kind to them.

Alexandra Petri

The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.

Alexis Carrel

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

Alfred Eisenstaedt

You're not tapping into the widest possible pool of talent if you're shutting some people out of particular careers.

Alice Roberts

Where the foreign exchange is not available, we are cutting down our operations. For example, we had a vegetable oil refinery; we have shut it down. We had a tomato-based processing plant; we have shut it down.

Aliko Dangote

As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that particular thing, and we shut out the surrounding world. The classic metaphor is that attention is like a spotlight, illuminating one part of the world and leaving the rest in darkness.

Alison Gopnik

I can't talk on the radio at all. When the red light comes on, my hands go up in the air: I think they're trying to get to my face, to shut me up. I don't talk on stage for the same reason.

Alison Mosshart

The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK.

Allan Sloan

I walked into an international economics tutorial, and the professor said, 'I don't know how to teach a woman.' I said, 'It's the same as teaching a man.' I just sat down, and he had no choice but to start teaching. When I handed in my first paper, I think that shut him up.

Allison Schroeder

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

Alvin Dark

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

Amber Heard

For me, when I went through my depression, I always felt like I was alone, and because people never understood me, I had to shut myself out from the world. Art and music was the only thing that could ever help me get over that.

Amber Liu

It's so English to hate L.A. I'd like to say I love it, but I don't. It's such a weird place. If it were my choice, I wouldn't spend a day there. Everything shuts at 11. And everyone thinks they're so crazy and wild and liberal, and they're not!

Amelia Warner

My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

Amy Adams

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

Amy Bloom

Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing.

Amy Bloom

Government shutdowns are so stupid. From my perspective, somebody who's been in government, been in the military, worked with federal government workers in the State Department, in USAID and in the Department of Defense - you're hurting them.

Amy McGrath

I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But because I'm such a homebody, it's important to be surrounded by things I love.

Amy Sedaris

A lot of crafters, they're shut-ins.

Amy Sedaris

You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already.

Ana Gasteyer

People want me to shut up, but I won't. I believe social change is possible; that's why I'm an activist.

Andrea Dworkin

I remember as a kid, my mom had to trade canned food to buy my brother and me chocolate because we were living in Serbia at the time, and there were sanctions. If I catch myself complaining about going to a red carpet event, I say, 'Shut up.'

Andreja Pejic

I'm fighting back against years and years and years of the cultural and the political left telling people to sit down and shut up.

Andrew Breitbart

I've thrived on people writing me off. Because if you write me off, I'll shut you up.

Andrew Flintoff

Charles Blow's memoir 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' was a breathtaking piece of writing.

Andrew Rosenthal

I will withhold federal funding from universities that shut down debate and can't stand different points of view.

Andrew Scheer