In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.
ELIJAH WOOD I'm not a star!!! A star is nothing but a ball of gas!!!
ELIJAH WOOD If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.
ELIJAH WOOD I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their ...
ELIJAH WOOD I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.
ELIJAH WOOD You just assume that you have some anan, ana, ananonimity, anonymity? Yeah, anonimity.
ELIJAH WOOD There's a real purity in New Zealand that doesn't exist in the states. It's actually not...
ELIJAH WOOD I don't know that I necessarily feel more comfortable in the context of smaller films, but I tend to...
ELIJAH WOOD I'm not a star!!! A star is notthing but a ball of gas!!!
ELIJAH WOOD On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.
ELIJAH WOOD Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
ELIJAH WOOD I'm gonna keep it in the fridge. You know. Its a food item.
ELIJAH WOOD That's all right. You can call me Frodo. Go on, Dave, it's okay.
ELIJAH WOOD So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.
ELIJAH WOOD Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.
ELIJAH WOOD I think there were a few things that really interested me. One was that I didn't know a lot about ho...
ELIJAH WOOD The idea of developing something from the ground up and ultimately seeing it through to production a...
ELIJAH WOOD Green Street Hooligans,
ELIJAH WOOD It's a film called 'Bobby,' ... It's about the day that Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Ho...
ELIJAH WOOD Of all the films I've worked on, that is among my favorites. It's an incredibly beautiful film. (Lev...
ELIJAH WOOD He's kind of this empty vessel of a character, ... His awkward sensibilities, his neuroses, I loved ...
ELIJAH WOOD But everybody there knew 'Lord of the Rings,' ... It's really amazing.
ELIJAH WOOD Getting away from Frodo comes up a lot,
ELIJAH WOOD 'LOTR' was a landmark experience in my career, ... And it's where I helped to define myself as a hum...
ELIJAH WOOD I'm proud of Dominic. We're good friends.
ELIJAH WOOD This festival is amazing. I've wanted to come here for so long, and to be here for just a night is t...
ELIJAH WOOD 'Those eyes!' ... I've heard that my whole life. I'm actually quite blind. I wear contacts.
ELIJAH WOOD [Watching a fellow actor direct for the first time was] an education ... I feel that for the past 16...
ELIJAH WOOD The story ends up being a journey of self-discovery.
ELIJAH WOOD I actually got a crush on Anne Heche when I worked with her on Huckleberry Finn. It didn't work out.
ELIJAH WOOD You know, it's been a long time since that dance,
ELIJAH WOOD At the base, it's about a man from America who doesn't quite fit in, with the comedy that entails. E...
ELIJAH WOOD It was kind of unique and great to have two films coming out within a week. It certainly was a diffe...
ELIJAH WOOD In some ways that's more gratifying, it requires more of your own energy and your own input, and eve...
ELIJAH WOOD If you cut off your arm instead of going 'spurt, spurt, spurt' wouldn't it, like, go nuts? Or would ...
ELIJAH WOOD There's a real purity in New Zealand that doesn't exist in the states. It's actually not an easy thi...
ELIJAH WOOD I talk to Dom all the time, but he still won't tell me any of the good plot twists for next season's...
ELIJAH WOOD There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to...
ELIJAH WOOD I'm a fruit.
ELIJAH WOOD It had a profound impact on me as a human being, and I did a lot of growing within that, so that wil...
ELIJAH WOOD Hello! I'm Elijah Wood, and i'm a looser!
ELIJAH WOOD Wink, wink! Nudge, nudge!
ELIJAH WOOD I definitely don't look my age, ... So I actively look for roles that will help people change their ...
ELIJAH WOOD I do think there was an active choice to do something small, as simple as it may sound, just so I di...
ELIJAH WOOD Lord of the Rings ... Bobby.
ELIJAH WOOD It was a wonderful project to work on, and a very different character for me.
ELIJAH WOOD I loved the story of these three characters [Wood's American Jonathan, his Ukrainian interpreter Ale...
ELIJAH WOOD I really have the greatest time at these events because I am a fan first, I am a gamer, I am a film ...
ELIJAH WOOD Oh, it's pretty consistent,
ELIJAH WOOD The Good Son.
ELIJAH WOOD I credit my mom [Debbie] for creating a solid family base, ... She gave me a strong sense of reality...
ELIJAH WOOD He had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do artistically, visually, ... I wanted to be part o...
ELIJAH WOOD Not just a benchmark in my career, but a benchmark in my life,
ELIJAH WOOD I'm scared to death of doing it, because I love him (Iggy Pop) so much and I respect the music so mu...
ELIJAH WOOD I watched the Lost series in the US and it's great.
ELIJAH WOOD I loved the story, the comedy and how emotional it becomes. It was also an opportunity to do somethi...
ELIJAH WOOD I'll play a character who is getting married to a woman to avoid the draft. Ultimately they fall in ...
ELIJAH WOOD an amazing thing to . . . have that kind of impact on people.
ELIJAH WOOD I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately...
ELIJAH WOOD My God! Middle Earth does exist!
ELIJAH WOOD I'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.
ELIJAH WOOD It's fantastic, are you kidding? To sort of be part of this project from the ground up, from the scr...
ELIJAH WOOD The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people.
ELIJAH WOOD The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degr...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.
ELIJAH CUMMINGS By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutc...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS The biggest difference between L.A. and my hometown in Georgia is when Georgia goes to sleep, L.A. w...
ELIJAH KELLEY Anything is possible with the power of positive thinking
ELIJAH FARMER Without the darkness the light would be lonely, without hate, true love could never be tangible, wit...
ELIJAH GERMAIN Why be two faced when you only have one
ELIJAH JONES You're saying to the people of the United States that you all made no mistakes. I've got to go back ...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS We need to act as fast as we can to create that diplomatic resolution so that we will not have this ...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS We cannot win this race by doing the same things we've been doing, ... I thank Howard Dean for makin...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS I had expected an expression of regret or apology from Congressman Watt in the subsequent days after...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS Men, women and children, our fellow countrymen have now gone days - days - without food and far too ...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS To the president of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response,
ELIJAH CUMMINGS Many of these Americans who now are struggling to survive are Americans of color. We cannot allow it...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS [Two members who have seen the records, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Elijah Cummings, D-Md., sa...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS [Fueling momentum for the legislation has been a feeling that Palmeiro's suspension was an affront t...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS I heard him say that. I remember that a number of people got kind of upset and kind of just drifted ...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS The picture was being painted that things were not as bad as they appeared to be
ELIJAH CUMMINGS I'm very concerned and very upset that anybody who would issue such a statement would be in the lead...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS It seems as if there are some police who believe that it is their job to not only arrest, but to con...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS If I'm a regular citizen and I'm looking at this and I've got the top flight people in the drug war ...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS though many may disagree with the war, ... Toccara was pursing her dream.
ELIJAH CUMMINGS We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and those who d...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS I'd love to do Broadway. It's funny. I love it, but I've never actually seen an actual B...
ELIJAH KELLEY The Relationship Between God And I Is Beyond Human Comprehension, Therefore, Pay No Attention To Any...
ELIJAH ONYENMERIOGU Blues was the rap of the 1920s and 1930s. It was a new popular style that so-called respectable peop...
ELIJAH WALD Feature the good culture to never be like the vulture that doesn't have a good posture in the pictur...
ELIJAH ONYENMERIOGU Those who foresee a dull,dark future, foresee a duller, darker self.
ELIJAH VAUGHT Normally, my first impression would have been this is not good. But I've come around.
ELIJAH CUMMINGS We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and those who d...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS The Congressional Black Caucus is deeply disappointed that the president's actions this week with re...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS We believe 300 to 400 troops going in there, along with our allies, could bring about the peace. The...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS a distinguished leader who championed the rights of all Americans.
ELIJAH CUMMINGS You can build a tree, if you plant a seed.
ELIJAH VAUGHT It is right to write and say what is right at the right time
ELIJAH ONYENMERIOGU The moment you cross the border of your country to another, nature will blow you the breeze of revol...
ELIJAH ONYENMERIOGU It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil ...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS Understanding is the antidote against antagonism in every relationship.
ELIJAH ONYENMERIOGU Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS After disco, there really was a change. Generally, there were no more straight-up-Southern blues-roo...
ELIJAH WALD Nowadays in the black community, you'll find older people interested in the blues simply because it'...
ELIJAH WALD We're urging governments to stop getting these old aircraft.
ELIJAH HINGOSSO We've witnessed accidents in countries with conflict, like Congo, Angola and Sudan. Many of these fl...
ELIJAH HINGOSSO It's just like home down there [at Pitt]. It's like a home away from home. They treat me like family...
ELIJAH FIELDS It didn't really matter what position. I'm open to anything, but I want to mainly play wide receiver...
ELIJAH FIELDS Pitt was a home away from home. I felt comfortable there. I've got a good relationship with all the ...
ELIJAH FIELDS I took advantage of it. I expected to come here and show what I could do. I just have to keep workin...
ELIJAH DUKES See, the thing is, I'm not only training for the Devil Rays, I'm training for the other teams, too. ...
ELIJAH DUKES You watch [the ball] out of their hand and you pretty much tell whether it's going to be a good pitc...
ELIJAH DUKES My first three years, I'm swinging at anything regardless of where it's at -- inside, outside, [it] ...
ELIJAH DUKES I mean it's just like all the hard work is starting to pay off now. I'm taking pitches and I'm looki...
ELIJAH DUKES I don't carry over. Like if I drop a ball in the outfield, I won't carry it over to the plate. Or if...
ELIJAH DUKES I just go out there and try to do my job every day. [I] just try to work hard and do the little thin...
ELIJAH DUKES I learned that you can be a good ballplayer but if the spot is occupied and everybody comes out and ...
ELIJAH DUKES I expected to come here and show what I could do. I took advantage of it.
ELIJAH DUKES That's real important, because I need to get my body going to get ready to play every day. I'd rathe...
ELIJAH DUKES The young black man is on a dangerous trajectory. We need to come up with ideas on how to resolve th...
ELIJAH ANDERSON We are trying to put this demographic in the national spotlight. This conference will address the pr...
ELIJAH ANDERSON The young men we're talking about have been affected by all kinds of sources including historical ra...
ELIJAH ANDERSON We came together. We had been playing as individuals and coach (Blair) Albright was getting mad at u...
ELIJAH ALLEN Coach Hill built a relationship with me from an early age. He taught me things that went beyond the ...
ELIJAH ALLEN I want to be known as a triple threat. I have aspirations to win an Oscar and a Grammy, and I also w...
ELIJAH KELLEY In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how mu...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS Typically diagnosed during childhood and adolescent years, juvenile diabetes, also referred to as Ty...
ELIJAH CUMMINGS I saw 'Hairspray' at the Pantages in L.A. It came to the Pantages right before I did the mov...
ELIJAH KELLEY John Travolta, I don't think anybody would not jump at a chance to work with a guy like him beca...
ELIJAH KELLEY Growing up in Georgia, it was sort of the last place to jump on the bandwagon of the integrated fron...
ELIJAH KELLEY 'Party Up' is like 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' crossed with 'House Party.'...
ELIJAH KELLEY I did everything in high school - I played tennis, I played basketball, I was in chorus, I was in th...
ELIJAH KELLEY I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in m...
ELIJAH KELLEY I can dance - I can dance a little bit. I can move. I don't - I'm not a - I don't procla...
ELIJAH KELLEY When I graduated from high school, my mom and dad were saying I needed to go to college, but I said ...
ELIJAH KELLEY I grew up in a really small town: LaGrange, Georgia. There weren't a lot of creative outlets the...
ELIJAH KELLEY While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY As long as I am an American citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Abolitionists believe that, as all men are born free, so all who are now held as slaves in this coun...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY If the civil authorities refuse to protect me, I must look to God, and if I die, I have determined t...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I have appealed to the constitution and laws of my country; if they fail to protect me, I appeal to ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY As the Bible inculcates upon man but one duty in respect to sin, and that is immediate repentance, a...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY If I have been guilty of no violation of law, why am I hunted up and down continually like a partrid...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY The very flag of freedom that waves over our heads is formed from material cultivated by slaves, on ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Truth is eternal, unchanging, though circumstances may and do operate to give a different colour to ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I most earnestly advise you, again and again, love, honor, and obey your parents. Friends like them,...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I have concluded, after consultation with my friends and earnestly seeking counsel of God, to remain...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY It is the easiest thing in the world to become a Christian - ten thousand times easier than it is to...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY It is not possible that one man can convert another into a piece of property, thus at once annihilat...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY The eternal God - the infinite Jehovah - has done all he could do - even to the sacrificing his own ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Fortune has, in the main, hitherto looked unfavourably upon me since I left home, but I begin to hop...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Emancipation - what is meant by it? Simply that the slaves shall cease to be held as property and sh...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Emancipation, to be of any value to the slave, must be the free, voluntary act of the master, perfor...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I have been beset night and day at Alton. And now, if I leave here and go elsewhere, violence may ov...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY Nothing but a miracle of sovereign mercy could have arrested and saved me from eternal perdition. Ho...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY If I know my own heart, I do now feel the necessity of resigning myself into the hands of my God, to...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back.
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I am sure I ought not to be, but I have great reason to tremble lest Satan and my own wicked heart g...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY I was, by divine grace, enabled to bring all my sins and all my sorrows and lay them at the feet of ...
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY If I am not safe in Alton, I shall not be safe anywhere.
ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic ...
SAM WOOD Todd and I have a very complementary working style .
SAM WOOD We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for ch...
SAM WOOD While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, To...
SAM WOOD Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sand...
VICTORIA WOOD Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason...
NATALIE WOOD The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol ...
RON WOOD No, I never ever considered myself attractive.
LANA WOOD I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep trac...
LANA WOOD I still have never met Harry Saltzman, and was told he is quite unpleasant.
LANA WOOD When I get married it will be for keeps.
NATALIE WOOD A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
NATALIE WOOD I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish an...
NATALIE WOOD I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done.
NATALIE WOOD Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting marri...
NATALIE WOOD I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.
NATALIE WOOD There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.
NATALIE WOOD Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human ...
NATALIE WOOD For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life r...
NATALIE WOOD I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, ...
NATALIE WOOD I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
NATALIE WOOD I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.
NATALIE WOOD The constant attention is what is so difficult.
NATALIE WOOD If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
NATALIE WOOD My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.
NATALIE WOOD I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie t...
NATALIE WOOD I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
NATALIE WOOD I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.
NATALIE WOOD My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the tr...
NATALIE WOOD Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.
NATALIE WOOD Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
NATALIE WOOD The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.
NATALIE WOOD I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
NATALIE WOOD We were descended from royalty.
NATALIE WOOD By not burning their poppy fields to the ground but instead maintaining a security umbrella that int...
JAKE WOOD You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
BEATRICE WOOD You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and...
BEATRICE WOOD You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrate...
BEATRICE WOOD