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Come Quotes

On where careers, roles, and ideas come from.

This theme traces where things come from - a stage career built on working repertory theatre under pressure, and challenging roles that keep turning up regardless. Related reading: Family.

I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting.

Quotes by Ruby Dee

As a player you can't be too worried if you take a risk and whether it's not going to come off.

Quotes by Ross Barkley

I have turned 25, come into my own and focused on improving at day-to-day level.

Quotes by Ross Barkley

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Quotes by Ronald Reagan

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

Quotes by Ronald Reagan

I sat next to Carl Bernstein throughout Watergate, and Woodward would come over, and they would argue everything out, so I was really tuned into what happened.

Quotes by Ronald Kessler

Trump has given white supremacists everywhere permission to come out of the shadows.

Quotes by Ron Stallworth

Dreams can come true.

Quotes by Romeo Miller

Naturally healthy soil can sustain coffee crops for generations to come. All of this contributes to the quality of the bean.

Quotes by Rohan Marley

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

Quotes by Roger Mudd

We come. We go. And in between we try to understand.

Quotes by Rod Steiger

Production is something I've never come to terms with.

Quotes by Robyn Hitchcock

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

Quotes by Rocco Buttiglione

Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty.

Quotes by Robin Wright

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics.

Quotes by Robert Vaughn

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome.

Quotes by Robert W. Welch, Jr.

The UFC are my employers, so they have to come first.

Quotes by Robert Whittaker

Our kids come first, and we really put them at the top of our priority list.

Quotes by Robert Lopez

It will be a dream to come back to F1.

Quotes by Robert Kubica

Many, many of my paintings have come from the first chapter of Moby Dick.

Quotes by Robert Indiana

Frequently Asked Questions

What are these "come" quotes generally about?
They cover a mix of ideas — coming from a certain background, coming across new challenges, information not coming out publicly, and where good ideas come from.
Is there a quote about coming from a theatre background?
Yes — one speaker explains, "I come out of repertory theatre so I've been working under pressure my whole career."
Is there a quote about tackling difficult roles?
There is. One line reads, "Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle."
Is there a quote about reputations staying private?
Yes — one quote observes that "Everybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public." You can browse related reflections on our Back quotes page.
Is there a quote about where good ideas come from?
Yes. One speaker shares a personal opinion: "I do not believe that the best ideas come from Washington." For more on this theme, see our Always, Family, and Go quotes pages.

Another angle here is what stays private: reputations within the military, and skepticism about where the best ideas really originate. Continue with Back and Go.