Famous Quotes

Quotes by Adele

• Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.
• Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents.
• No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
• People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look.
• Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
• The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
• The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
• The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
• The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
• The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.
• There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let them run it, then. Don't you give them ammunition.'
• This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.
• We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about what they care about is the picture.
• We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
• Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
• When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
• While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
• Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
• Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
• Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.
• You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of the sadness in your life.