Jackie Earle Haley quote: "I bite the hell out of my fingernails. I can't stop. I should stop. It would be nice to grow my fingernails out. It would be healthier. I could pick up dimes."

I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different thi...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, '...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

I do a lot of working out, but I haven't been kicking for a while, so one time I was rehearsing ...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

Robert Englund's done an amazing job over the years playing Freddy. Everybody that's a fan o...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

I've never been a big horror genre fan, but I did go see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in th...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, an...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I ge...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

'Alien' is one of my all-time favorite horror films - that has a great monster.
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

Playing Willie Loomis was really fun for me because it was something nice and different to embody. I...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

I'd always avoided stuff like 'Where are they now?' or 'Whatever happened to?' J...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem a...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

That transition from child to adult actor is so incredibly elusive. The roles that were coming to me...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

When you're talking about Tim Burton, you're talking about a guy that has such a visual sens...
JACKIE EARLE HALEY

No water, no life. No blue, no green.
SYLVIA EARLE

I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not thi...
EARLE COMBS

I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.
EARLE COMBS

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that mu...
EARLE BROWN

Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to cons...
EARLE BROWN

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between...
EARLE BROWN

It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to s...
EARLE BROWN

We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I...
STEVE EARLE

As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar p...
STEVE EARLE

If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.
BILL EARLE

In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live ...
STEVE EARLE

The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In...
STEVE EARLE

I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it...
SYLVIA EARLE

Ocean acidification - the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increas...
SYLVIA EARLE

I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the ...
SYLVIA EARLE

We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
SYLVIA EARLE

Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? B...
SYLVIA EARLE

People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructi...
SYLVIA EARLE

They say death and taxes are the only things that are inevitable. The truth is, you can not pay your...
STEVE EARLE

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as ...
STEVE EARLE

The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is so...
STEVE EARLE

Truman Capote is really an interesting cat.
STEVE EARLE

The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy...
SYLVIA EARLE

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matte...
SYLVIA EARLE

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of...
SYLVIA EARLE

For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist e...
SYLVIA EARLE

'Green' issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links...
SYLVIA EARLE

Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send in...
SYLVIA EARLE

The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a cha...
SYLVIA EARLE

For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what ...
SYLVIA EARLE

We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are lim...
SYLVIA EARLE

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy ...
STEVE EARLE

The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million ga...
SYLVIA EARLE

It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that ar...
STEVE EARLE

Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss...
SYLVIA EARLE

Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some kri...
SYLVIA EARLE

Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. ...
SYLVIA EARLE

As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we c...
SYLVIA EARLE

I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, b...
SYLVIA EARLE

By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, ...
SYLVIA EARLE

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
SYLVIA EARLE

My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual...
SYLVIA EARLE

Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value enc...
SYLVIA EARLE

Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It's agriculture. It's golf ...
SYLVIA EARLE

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's co...
STEVE EARLE

The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.
EARLE BIRNEY

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
STEVE EARLE

Lions of the Deep.
SYLVIA EARLE

Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad star...
SYLVIA EARLE

We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 ...
SYLVIA EARLE

We all have to take responsibility for the direction we are going. In our schools we are focusing on...
SYLVIA EARLE

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oc...
SYLVIA EARLE

It is the worst of times but it is the best of times because we still have a chance.
SYLVIA EARLE

You have to love it before you are moved to save it.
SYLVIA EARLE

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now,
SYLVIA EARLE

Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction th...
SYLVIA EARLE

I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a ...
SYLVIA EARLE

The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the ...
STEVE EARLE

Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the m...
STEVE EARLE

I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laugh...
SYLVIA EARLE

When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic'...
SYLVIA EARLE

Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.
STEVE EARLE

Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into...
SYLVIA EARLE

I am connected to the past in a way that keeps me going forward. Every leap forward that I make is b...
STEVE EARLE

Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.
SYLVIA EARLE

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.
STEVE EARLE

Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 It was the experience of the disci...
NICK EARLE

Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691 It is sometimes said that ev...
NICK EARLE

There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what m...
SYLVIA EARLE

I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
SYLVIA EARLE

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. The...
SYLVIA EARLE

My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knock...
SYLVIA EARLE

I've been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now, and I never get ti...
STEVE EARLE

She mentioned someone in New Jersey that threatened to kill her,
EARLE CALDWELL

Humankind has turned to world into a cruel and inhospitable place. The thing that makes it all beara...
CHRISTOPHER EARLE

Humankind has turned the world into a cruel and at times inhospitable place. The thing that makes it...
CHRISTOPHER EARLE

Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify o...
SYLVIA EARLE

From my side, we'll have the best field ever. The response has been tremendous. When the event was t...
STEVE EARLE

On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and ...
SYLVIA EARLE

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.
STEVE EARLE

It's mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It's ...
SYLVIA EARLE

When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity t...
SYLVIA EARLE

Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about...
SYLVIA EARLE

Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do s...
SYLVIA EARLE

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.
STEVE EARLE

Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee tabl...
STEVE EARLE

To me, this is about sticking to my guns and keeping my word to the artists involved.
STEVE EARLE

The Revolution Starts Now
STEVE EARLE

I've had more people come up and thank me and say they never thought they'd see these cars again,
STEVE EARLE

pushing the edge of the envelope to attract attention, but it's the wrong subject at the wrong time....
STEVE EARLE

We might set up house on Mars but ... we do very little exploring the blue part of the planet. We ha...
SYLVIA EARLE

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world bet...
SYLVIA EARLE

It's a tragic accident. Unfortunately, it's the kind of thing that every researcher, every veterinar...
EARLE HOLLAND

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue govern...
SYLVIA EARLE

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-o...
STEVE EARLE

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the wo...
STEVE EARLE

When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less ...
SYLVIA EARLE

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It&...
STEVE EARLE

Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that&#...
STEVE EARLE

It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, ...
SYLVIA EARLE

Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store va...
SYLVIA EARLE

Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natu...
SYLVIA EARLE

The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, a...
SYLVIA EARLE

There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet - as if ...
SYLVIA EARLE

Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that yo...
SYLVIA EARLE

You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to...
STEVE EARLE

Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that...
SYLVIA EARLE

I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florid...
STEVE EARLE

Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because ac...
SYLVIA EARLE

Our concerns are the same as they were back in 1999 when the NEOS proposal first came forward.
EARLE MCCURDY

If that's what you get for screwing up the company, imagine the bonus you'd get if you were successf...
EARLE MCCURDY

I don't know where this goes from here, but this is the most ridiculous way I've seen to conduct bus...
EARLE MCCURDY

Last night I had the strangest dream ~~ I ever dreamed before ~~ I dreamed the world had all agreed ...
EARLE MCCURDY

The money just goes around in circles anyway. We'd like to have it all untangled, particularly the r...
EARLE MCCURDY

Get him out of there.
EARLE MCCURDY

So far, it's at the level of an expression of interest, as opposed to something you can really sink ...
EARLE MCCURDY

There's a very hot job market in Alberta and some people boat owners, crew and all packed up l...
EARLE MCCURDY

Last year, and again this year, there are other options for people.
EARLE MCCURDY

I love words,
EARLE HYMAN

With Herbert Berghof's direction, I fell in love with the play. I do believe it's the greatest play ...
EARLE HYMAN

[Moss Hart wrote and directed the 1952 comedy The Climate of Eden ,] which was wonderful, ... but di...
EARLE HYMAN

I think the tuition can be easily justified. It's a very responsible increase for higher education t...
EARLE HOLLEY

The budget is going to be OK. We're not going to have a windfall of money, but we have resources.
EARLE HOLLEY

The building is unique because there will be a rooftop garden.
EARLE HOLLEY

It is the largest building on campus. The building will be labeled a 'green building' because it wil...
EARLE HOLLEY

Local legislatures, politicians, friends of the university and students will be able to come see the...
EARLE HOLLEY

Much too early to raise alarms.
EARLE HOLLAND

I and everybody else understand her being upset about this because, in the past, she's had unlimited...
EARLE HOLLAND

They were in the middle of the process of getting him out and they realized he had stopped breathing...
EARLE HOLLAND

I hope you die, -- -- .
EARLE FOSTER

They shouldn't have arrested her! If she doesn't want to be here, she shouldn't be here! -- -- -- th...
EARLE FOSTER

Newport is not happy about it. Newport will never be happy about it.
EARLE COHEN

We look at the sky, we watch the birds, we don't talk about it.
EARLE CALDWELL

never even crossed my mind.
EARLE CALDWELL

services were no longer needed.
EARLE CALDWELL

And excuse me for not being able to deal with your problems, but I was busy saving someone's life .....
EARLE CALDWELL

When you turn the lights on, it's not dark anymore,
EARLE CALDWELL

Robert offered up any place for her to live and she chose the back house,
EARLE CALDWELL

She would want me to go in ahead of her,
EARLE CALDWELL

It's a ridiculous question.
EARLE CALDWELL

Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciou...
EARLE BROWN

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music ...
EARLE BROWN

Some sleep in their studios so they can wake and work.
LINDA EARLE

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'
SYLVIA EARLE

These claims have no merit. Because of the laws protecting grand-jury secrecy, no other comments can...
RONNIE EARLE

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means wel...
NIKKI HALEY

I work like a dog, really. I go over scripts like a mad man and just want to make sure I have my hou...
HALEY WEBB

I'm currently working on a romantic comedy between me and Philip Seymour Hoffman. So my next ste...
HALEY WEBB

If there's a pool I love to hangout there and layout and get some sun. If I can ever find a seco...
HALEY REINHART

Performing on stage is what I've done since I was a kid and it's where the passion that has ...
HALEY REINHART

It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.
HALEY REINHART

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.
HALEY REINHART

I'm going for something very raw and organic.
HALEY REINHART

The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
HALEY REINHART

I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vi...
HALEY REINHART

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought an...
HALEY REINHART

Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their mate...
HALEY REINHART

I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that'...
HALEY REINHART

I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
HALEY REINHART

First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I...
HALEY REINHART

If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from ba...
HALEY REINHART

Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
HALEY REINHART

My parents have been with me every step of the way.
HALEY REINHART

If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', b...
HALEY REINHART

Music is not just a part of my everday life, I'm surrounded by it every minute.
HALEY REINHART

I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at m...
HALEY REINHART

I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not som...
HALEY BENNETT

I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
HALEY BENNETT

I love to dress up and create a narrative with my look.
HALEY BENNETT

I prefer clean silhouettes that are almost utilitarian, but I'm not afraid to take risks on the ...
HALEY BENNETT

I want to have a long career.
HALEY BENNETT

I have a thousands wants; it's hard to really hone in on just a few.
HALEY BENNETT

I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. ...
HALEY BENNETT

I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent st...
HALEY BENNETT

I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives ...
HALEY BENNETT

I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's li...
HALEY BENNETT

When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrenc...
HALEY BENNETT

I'm attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic - classic and effortless with an edge.
HALEY BENNETT

I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
HALEY BENNETT

I never imagined what it would be like to spend a 12-hour day crying and covered in blood.
HALEY BENNETT

I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way t...
HALEY BENNETT

Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and ...
HALEY BENNETT

We all have fears, especially when we're younger. I was afraid of clowns.
HALEY BENNETT

I used to be a night owl. I no longer am a night owl.
HALEY BENNETT

I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
HALEY BENNETT

I think it's important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.
HALEY BENNETT

I bite the hell out of my fingernails. I can't stop. I should stop. It would be nice to grow my fingernails out. It would be healthier. I could pick up dimes.

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I bite the hell out of my fingernails. I can't stop. I should stop. It would be nice to grow my fingernails out. It would be healthier. I could pick up dimes.

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