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He Quotes

Third-person praise, from the field to the set.

This page collects quotes that describe someone else directly — a scouting comment on a hitter's known weakness, and warm praise for a footballer's skill and standing among peers. For identity-focused sayings, see Identity quotes.

Fallon tells me about first starting 'Late Night': how he knew audiences were dubious.

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

When he emerged Lou Dobbs the populist, he was so hard to peg. A mishmash of contradictions: anti-outsourcing, anti-globalization, pro-international-trade, pro-free-enterprise, anti-corporatism, pro-choice, pro-Second Amendment, pro-gay-marriage, pro-gays-serving-openly-in-the-military, pro-military, anti-war-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan.

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

By 2012, Dan Gilbert was well over his LeBron James-abandonment hissy fit. He opened Cleveland's first casino, with 1,900 slot machines and eighty-nine table games.

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

Quotes by Jean-Marc Vallee

Adam Scott sings like a bird... He's so bad. He's so bad.

Quotes by Jean-Marc Vallee

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.

Quotes by Jean-Marie Le Pen

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.

Quotes by Jean Renoir

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

Quotes by Jean Rostand

My first marriage was not happy. I married him because I was impressed that he knew which wines to order and how to leave his visiting card. Ridiculous reasons.

Quotes by Jean Seberg

He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

Quotes by Jean Stafford

Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.

Quotes by Jean Monnet

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

Quotes by Jean Paul

Before playing with his equals, the child is influenced by his parents. He is subjected from his cradle to a multiplicity of regulations, and even before language he becomes conscious of certain obligations.

Quotes by Jean Piaget

Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak?

Quotes by Jean Genet

A mutt is a dog. He is the stuff of dogginess, a creature allied to species, not breed, and untrammeled by human hand or preference.

Quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language.

Quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Dad encouraged us to get jobs. He'd help us get a job if we knew what we wanted.

Quotes by Jean Kennedy Smith

God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.

Quotes by Jean Anouilh

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "He" quotes have in common?
Each one uses "he" to talk about a specific person mentioned in the quote - from a baseball comment about a hitting weakness, to football discussion about players potentially joining Madrid, to an observation about an actor's approach to his craft.
Is there a quote about sports here?
Yes, several. One is a brief scouting-style comment: "I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit." Two others discuss football, with one hoping Robinho stays with Madrid because he's seen as almost the same as Cristiano Ronaldo, and another welcoming the idea of Cristiano joining Madrid, calling him "a great player with incredible quality." For more on how image and reputation intersect in sports commentary, see the Masculinity page.
Is there a quote about acting technique?
Yes, one quote compares how different actors prepare, noting that while many like to get themselves worked up, this actor "goes the other way" and relaxes into it instead. For more on approach and inner state, see the Emotion page.
Is there a quote comparing two football players?
Yes, one quote compares Robinho and Cristiano Ronaldo, suggesting they're seen as almost the same in ability, as a reason to hope Robinho stays with Madrid. Browse the Identity page for more on how people are compared and defined.
Is there a quote highlighting a specific weakness in sports?
Yes, one quote is direct and specific: "I know Koufax' weakness. He can't hit." For more on how people connect over shared opinions like this, see the Connection page.

One entry moves off the field entirely, with an actor describing a colleague's calm, unforced approach to performing. Continue with Connection quotes or Masculinity quotes for related themes.