Reserved Quotes

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"Humor has been the balm of my life, but it`s been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana."

- Lana Turner

(About shooting nude scenes for The Dreamers) "I am a very shy person in life, very reserved, but you know, it`s Bertolucci. I`ve seen Last Tango and it`s not pornographic, it`s not vulgar, it`s not sick, so I trusted him. He`s a master of love and eroticism, but it`s good because I stopped being self-conscious. I felt like I was on drugs or anaesthetised because you have to be. You have to let yourself slip away and forget everything, forget the sound guy and all that."

- Eva Green

"Falling in love for the first time, and then the heart break of having it end, is difficult, but I don`t think it would ever hurt as much as when my mother was killed in the boating accident. I feel a part of my heart has already been broken, and that place is reserved for mother."

- Natasha Gregson Wagner

(on Cary Grant) A completely private person, totally reserved, and there is no way into him.

- Doris Day

(on Henry Fonda) I have never known an actor with such craft, with such professional seriousness; such a pleasant man, full of humor, so reserved and so keenly quick-witted.

- Sergio Leone

When I was a young guy, none of the people I liked got Grammys. That`s just the way it was. They honored a lot of great people, but they just weren`t in my musical universe. Then something changed 15, 20 years ago, where they started kind of getting a little hipper, honoring rock and pop and even rap. It seems to be not just reserved for old, gray white men anymore, kind of like our politics.

- John Fogerty

I`d like to think that the boring lady who`s talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who`s doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you`re a lot of fun at a party.

- Gene Simmons

(about shooting nude scenes for The Dreamers (2003):) "I am a very shy person in life, very reserved, but you know, it`s Bertolucci. I`ve seen Last Tango and it`s not pornographic, it`s not vulgar, it`s not sick, so I trusted him. He`s a master of love and eroticism, but it`s good because I stopped being self-conscious. I felt like I was on drugs or anaesthetised because you have to be. You have to let yourself slip away and forget everything, forget the sound guy and all that." (February 5, 2004)

- Eva Green

I was surprised to be so crazy about Joe. I expected a flashy New York sports type, and instead I met this reserved guy who didn`t make a pass at me right away! He treated me like something special. Joe is a very decent man, and he makes other people feel decent too. - on meeting Joe DiMaggio for the first time

- Marilyn Monroe

I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn`t shy. I can be like a general. But I`ve got a shy side. I`m also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don`t let people in too much.`

- Michael Bay

I`m six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It`s reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I`ll become a madman.

- Tim Robbins

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life`s greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

- Anthony Robbins

Sometimes I receive strange letters, and occasionally people come up to me in the street and say odd things. They want to be deceived, so it is difficult to disabuse them. At times it is tiring not to be allowed to be a private person. If you are really marked out as a film star in the United States, then it must be absolutely exhausting and hard to maintain your integrity. Fortunately, Swedes are very reserved as a people and seldom show their emotions or feelings in public, so one is not subject to that kind of pressure in the country where I come from.

- Max von Sydow

(on Ralph Richardson) Ralph is a remarkable man, shrewd, observant, warm and generous-hearted, once you get to know him. He is also reserved and cautious, never making a swift decision about anything.

- John Gielgud

Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But, both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players.

- Franco Harris

(Bachelet) wasn`t perfect ... her smile was reserved, she was firm on one or two basic points. Nothing more. It was just enough -- right at the edge -- so as not to break the spell.

- Carlos Pena

I like America to some extent. Take the Japanese for instance. They are complicated and tend to be reserved in expressing themselves. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to understand them. Americans are simple and clear. They are charming people. You will understand how good an individual American is. What I am not satisfied with America is that the nation cannot control the government and economy. Only a handful of people have the power to control the country.

- Michael Moore

I think maybe the English don`t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

- Alain Prost

I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren`t dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are immediately reserved for sleep.

- Brad Bird

If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life . . .

- Charles Krauthammer

He wasn`t the bumptious guy we had seen on the telly. You couldn`t sit down and have a right good conversation with him because he was reserved, you know? He was great, but I got the impression that he was looking over his shoulder all the time.

- John Quinn

When an AOL client connects, the AOL server sends back more information than they expect, ... The buffer that they reserved was 256 bytes. For that buffer, what AOL sends is 256 bytes and then 24 bytes extra ... to overflow it.

- Robert Graham

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

- Dante Alighieri

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

- Edna O'Brien

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

- Al Snyder

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

- Alice Raine

The routers get involved in this and they know that on the path between this router and that router a certain percentage of the bandwidth is reserved to these things and a certain percentage of it is allowed on a first come first served basis.

- Allan Milbradt

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel.

- Aly Byorick

In America, however, the authority to grant legal status to a marriage has been a function reserved for the states, and different states have different laws regarding issues ranging from blood-testing to waiting periods before marriage.

- Andre Heard

My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.

- Andrew Leach

I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature has good reason for exacting her own special sacrifices from those determined to witness them.

- Andy Pomeroy

I think the way NOW characterized Smith Barney is disgraceful. I am appalled that an organization like that would not have reserved judgment (until) making their own investigation.

- Angie Cunningham

Some final decisions, like pricing, should always be reserved for the seller.

- B.L. Ochman

To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do.

- Barbara Kracht

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

- Dante Alighieri

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

- Martin Luther King