Quotes tagged ‘Orphan’

“I think it’s because I didn’t have a mother. I really wanted to have a mother. Every child, I think, wants to have that one person who’s going to be your forever person. I used to take my friends’ moms and totally be the kiss-ass nice. My friends were like, 'Will you stop talking to my mom?' You’re…”

— Rosie O'Donnell, amazon.com

“M: Is this where you grew up? James Bond: Mm. M: How old were you when they died? James Bond: You know the answer to that. You know the whole story. M: Orphans always make the best recruits.”

— John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, M, Judi Dench, imdb.com

“True. But this one overcompensates by wearing slightly masculine clothing. Being more aggressive than her female colleagues. Which gives her a somewhat prickly demeanor, and ironically enough, makes it less likely for her to be accepted and promoted by her male superiors, who mistake her insecuritie…”

— Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, James Bond, Daniel Craig, imdb.com

“See, downtown, at my internship, or at Yale, I’m the lucky orphan child whose fate depends on being one of the good negroes, and never losing my cool or saying what I actually think, or, God forbid, being me. On the mic, I’m the master of my destiny. And I love it.”

— Nelson George, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“Poor little orphan. Haven’t you learned anything this year? Week? Season?”

— Tatiana Suarez-Pico, Daniel Handler, Count Olaf, Neil Patrick Harris, imdb.com

“You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow or a widower. If you're a child and you lose your parents, then you're an orphan. But what's the word to describe a parent who loses a child? I guess that's just too fucking awful to even have a name.”

— Alan Ball, Christian Taylor, Brenda Chenowith, Rachel Griffiths, imdb.com

“Fate decreed two pains for me. I was both an orphan and a captive.”

— Saparmurat Niyazov, newyorker.com

“Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.”

— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com

“Treat not the orphan with harshness, nor repulse the petitioner unheard.”

— Surah ad-Dhuha, amazon.com