James Stewart Quotes (42 Quotes)


    I think we will see a rebound in the economy partly because of this substantial easing that we've seen from the Fed, but I think it will be delayed. I think we are likely to see clear evidence of this emerging towards the end of the fourth quarter this year and a rebound well under way in the first quarter next year.

    A half (percentage) point cut will offer some comfort to the European markets, ... A quarter is not helpful.

    We are all athletes and have to deal with injuries. I've had to ride with broken bones and stuff, but I have to give Chad props because he kept going.

    I'm happy with where we are coming into Anaheim. Everyone else has a lot of race experience on the four-strokes and I've just got two races on the bike. I'm still learning and getting more comfortable with it. I've had to change my riding style a bit, but I plan on training harder than ever to get ready for Anaheim and the rest of the season.

    All I can do is my best. If I win the Vegas race and the world title I can't really ask for anything else.


    This was the time of training, when you were learning your craft, and I don't think that you can work too hard at that particular time.

    I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

    I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.

    The euro can be a serious problem for the U. S. but there is little the European Central Bank can do it's already raised rates aggressively. The euro could gently descend to 80 cents.

    All the senators were there, and Frank Capra was in a box with his wife with the vice president and his wife, and several other senators. They, as the picture started going, became very quiet. After the picture had been going for three quarters of an hour, the film broke. Frank didn't know where the projection room was exactly, and he found himself outside the building, crawling up a ladder.

    Film itself is very technical, and I think you need this period when things are a little out of control for it to work right.

    I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.

    I wanted that race to go down to the final lap. It was such a good battle that it's a shame that it ended the way it did. I saw a lapped rider down in the turn and just lost concentration for a split second. That corner was slick and I washed out my front wheel and I was on the ground before I knew it. It's a tough series and things like that are going to happen. Fortunately I didn't lose too much ground in the points and I'll go to San Francisco hoping to come back strong.

    As far as industrial output is concerned it is quite clear from the orders data, that new orders in Germany are likely to see further falls.

    I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

    I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.

    I was just trying to win out there tonight. Next week we go to my home state of Florida, and I love racing at Daytona. I hope I can get a win there.

    The U.S. is going to take a long time to turn around -- but Europe will take a lot longer.

    It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all.

    It's much easier, for example, to play a heroin addict and you're withdrawing - you tear the ceiling off - that's much easier than it is to come in and say, 'Hello.' Or, 'I love you'. When you judge it in that way, the heavy isn't as difficult.

    Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.

    Investors will be looking for clues for interest rate cuts. A U. K. rate cut is expected in February, the European Central Bank is most likely to cut rates sometime at the end of the first quarter, start of the second quarter.

    He called me up saying, 'What's all this I hear about you making a dirty picture'

    My mother approved, my father just didn't accept the idea of my being an actor. I think that's the reason he kept the hardware store in operation, because I think he was pretty sure that I was going to be found out sooner or later, and he wanted to have a job for me to come back to.

    Not all of us were working at the same time, but enough of us... Hank Fonda knew how to cook rice. We lived pretty much on a rice diet.

    I'm going to give it all I've got every weekend. All I can do is keep trying to win races. Anything can happen in the championship, you only need to look at the St. Louis race to see that.

    There was nobody like him, and he'll be hard to replace. I've lost a wonderful friend. The world has lost a tremendous contribution to the art of film and to millions and millions of people.

    One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses.

    Having friends around for a pleasant evening is one of life's most cherished joys as far as I am concerned. But when those with me are fellow believers, how much greater that joy is, for we know that it's rekindled, one day in eternity.

    The markets are expected to be subdued ahead of a raft of data from the U. K. and U. S.,

    I always watch Dean Martin's show... just to see if he falls down.

    William Wyler has always been famous for taking a lot of takes. There is this story that he did this scene with a bunch of very competent people, a very important scene in the movie, and he'd already done it thirty times. One of them came to Willie and said, 'I want to know what we're doing wrong. What do you want us to do' And Willie said, 'No, you're doing it fine. I'm just waiting for something to happen'.

    Tiger is very popular and golf is a more popular sport than our sport, so naturally he's going to be bigger than me. To me, I kind of would like to be known as the first James Stewart. We're in two different sports so I'm not sure about any comparisons.

    Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me.


    And in my opinion we had a true coalition of forces.

    The implication of that for the euro zone as a whole is that there will be increased pressure on the European Central Bank to cut rates after it returns from its August summer break,

    What you are seeing is an improved equity market, a deteriorating bond market and the currency under control. The government is very aware that it mustn't loose this advantageous combination.

    We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster called Legs Diamond and it was a front to his headquarters. It was fine.

    If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

    The U.S. is the world's engine of growth and when that splutters we should all be worried,

    I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.


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