(about the friends who have given him a hard time about his rope-swinging scenes in "Bridge to Terabithia") One of my friends said to me, "Dude, maybe sometime, do you want to go rope swinging or something?" And I didn`t get it at first, so I was like, "What?" And he said, "You know, go rope swinging," I was like, "Where?" and he was like, "Oh, just any old river valley type of thing," and I was like, "Oh, shut up!"
- Josh HutchersonAbout Madonna: "We went to a club once. The doorman opened the rope for me but closed it on Madonna - he didn`t recognize her. She wouldn`t have gotten in, but I put in a good word for her." (In Style magazine, Sept/2006)
- Jennifer TillyWe`re all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can`t. Well, there`s also a velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings. In this album I`m trying to expose and explore thsoe feelings. I`m inviting you inside my barrier. During my life I`ve been on both sides of the rope. At times, especially during my childhood, I felt left out and alone. At times I felt misunderstood....But no human heard those feelings expressed. They stayed buried in the past. But now the truth has to come out, and for me, the truth takes the form of a song. - on her 1997 recording "The Velvet Rope".
- Janet JacksonI`m not trying to be malicious. The only thing that Rene actually did with Velvet Rope is the production of the opening of the show.
- Janet JacksonI`m a musician who`s at the end of his rope who`s been addicted to coke for a while,
- Jeremy PivenWell one of the times I did a stunt was in the devil`s snare room and they lifted me up on a harness and a safety rope really, really high, and they just dropped me down into the devil`s snare.
- Rupert GrintI mean, I grew up riding. I can`t ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.
- Tim McGrawI think there`s not enough made about the chemistry of a team and the ability of everybody to pull on the same end of the rope and worry about what matters, and that`s wins.
- Aaron RowandHe said, `I`m flying off like an eagle off the top rope. I`m going to fly like a bird. I`m flying like an eagle, Terry ... and when you go down, 1-2-3, they`re going to shower me with flowers.
- Dusty RhodesI think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It`s not like you`re Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It`s like - there`s plenty of help.
- Michael McKeanWhen you`re at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That`s all there is to it.
- Samuel FullerThe present is a rope stretched over the past. The secret to walking it is, you never look down.
- Sean StewartGuilt is a rope that wears thin.
- Ayn RandBy the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.
- Taylor DayneThe last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.
- Karl MarxWhy not? This is what I was born to do. Danger is my middle name. (on a helicopter rope ladder challenge!)
- Joe PasqualeCommunication is always a challenge in every district, ... Canton has a marvelous school district, and if we can get everyone to pull on the rope in the same direction we can do nothing but improve.
- James LewisThe conditions are not bad. The water`s just a little cool. We went in a circular rope pattern, and all I hit today was a couple of stumps and two or three trees, but other than that, it`s a clean bottom.
- Scott AllenA person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
- Nikos KazantzakisI`m still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel.
- Stephen LewisWhen you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Abdul JalilGod can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
- Admiral Timothy KeatingWe cannot swing up on a rope that is attached only to our own belt.
- Agim HaskuIt was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
- Al CopenhaverOwing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
- Alex ZissonWe learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
- Ali ibn Abi TalibI would love a skipping rope. My body wants to play sport.
- Andrew WeissmannThe soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.
- Ann KjeraThey got a rope around him and they just couldn`t haul him in. The water there is awfully cold.
- Anouk Van DijkThe Bank of England is walking on a tight rope as the data this week has been quite weak, pointing to downside risks in the economy. We see sterling coming down from their lift last week, going lower against the euro from here.
- Augie OjedaFatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.
- Bill CosbyA person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free
- Nikos KazantzakisGive a man enough rope and he`ll hang himself.
- American Proverb