Inspiration quotes

“Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor

“I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
Man Ray

“You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal

- Loretta Lynn: It goes like this "It'll be over my dead body, so get out while you can", then it drops down to "Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man!"
- Doolittle Lynn: Where'd you come up with the idea for that song, Loretta?

Sissy Spacek - Loretta Lynn
Tommy Lee Jones - Doolittle Lynn

“We each need to find our own inspiration, Kiki. Sometimes it's not easy.”
Minami Takayama - Ursula

“Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration, and 2% attention to detail.”
Ty Burrell - Phil Dunphy

“- Mrs. Fernandez: Things that matter are hard.
- Pete: Now I know where Brenda gets her inspiring speech thing.”
Rosemary Dominguez - Mrs. Fernandez
Mark Wahlberg - Pete

“Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.”
James Ransone

“Patrick Swayze is a fantastic man and an inspiration to work with. He is a fearless cowboy type and a movie icon.”
Travis Fimmel On Patrick Swayze

“Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.”
Zoe Kazan

“Once in his lifetime, every artist feels the hand of God, and creates something that comes alive.”
Vincent Price - Prof. Henry Jarrod

“The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves. Me, I'm for wasting sportswriters' time.”

James Gammon - Lou Brown

“The CIA has taken some hits. Some deserved. We've been down on the canvas, but we're on our feet again, because we've got no choice, and because our country needs us, and because we've got what? Values.”

Nicolas Cage - Evan Lake

“- Mary Katherine Gallagher: Okay, I just wanna say one thing to all of you. Don't listen to the names that people call you. If you believe in yourself, then nobody can hurt you. You are your own rainbow.
- Maria: Wow. That's really insightful.
- Mary Katherine Gallagher: That's from 'The Initiation Of Sarah' starring Miss Shelley Winters.”
Molly Shannon - Mary Katherine Gallagher
Jennifer Irwin - Maria

“- B-Rad: And If I work hard, I can be the biggest rapper there ever was?
- Ronnie Rizzat: Rapper? Hell, no, you stink.
- B-Rad: Don't be hatin'.
- Ronnie Rizzat: I'd rather eat garbage then listen to your tired-ass rhymes. ”
Jamie Kennedy - Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman
Snoop Dogg - Ronnie Rizzat

“Even as a little kid I wanted to be a movie star. What made up my mind was seeing Jon Hall do that high dive in 'The Hurricane' to rescue Dorothy Lamour. I was a swimmer, and at that time I was sure I has scales instead of skin.”
Rock Hudson

“- Lex Luthor: You both stood your ground and are doing what you want. I caved. You two have inspired me.
- Clark Kent: Oh yeah. Joining the football team and pouring some coffee. We're a couple of real rebels.
- Lana Lang: Long live the revolution.”

Michael Rosenbaum - Lex Luthor
Tom Welling - Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk - Lana Lang

“- Saito: If you can steal an idea, why can't you plant one there instead?
- Arthur: Okay, this is me, planting an idea in your mind. I say: don't think about elephants. What are you thinking about?
- Saito: Elephants?
- Arthur: Right, but it's not your idea. The dreamer can always remember the genesis of the idea. True inspiration is impossible...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ken Watanabe - Saito
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Arthur

“We all borrow and steal and copy from each other, and that's the way I think people get inspired.”
Tom Greening

“- Agnes: I don't think I should do this.
- Gru: Well, what do you mean? Why not?
- Agnes: I don't even have a mom.
- Gru: Well, you don't need one to do the show. I mean, you did the Veteran's Day pageant and you haven't been in combat.”

Elsie Fisher - Agnes
Steve Carrell - Gru

“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther and one fine morning. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Tobey Maguire - Nick Carraway

“- Abe: Um, I'm blocked, I can't write.
- Rita: Why?
- Abe: I can't write 'cause I can't breathe.
- Rita: What would get you breathing again?
- Abe: The will to breathe, inspiration.
- Rita: You need a muse.
- Abe: I've never needed a muse before.
- Rita: I hope you're not going to send me back out into the rain after sleeping with me.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Abe
Parker Posey - Rita

“We need inspiration Francois. Because in order to build our nation we must exceed our own expectations.”
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“I think Lou is inspiring all of us to reach a little higher.”
Rene Russo - Nina Romina

“It's really a shame you can’t publish a sentence. I'm convinced it would be a best seller.”
Seth Green - James St. James