Top 145 Quotes & Sayings by Shania Twain - Page 2

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

I like being at home and cooking.

I really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.

You learn to accept your own reality.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

I really can't imagine not singing again.

I have my own opinions, but my songs don't share them.

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

Horses calm me. I love being around them. They smell great, they are beautiful to look at, they are loving, demanding, temperamental, and they settle you.

You can't just turn love on and off.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

I don't take any day for granted anymore.

I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.

I love the role that men play in our lives.

It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.

I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.

When everything goes without a hitch, where's the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you're made of?

A happy heart comes first, then the happy face.

You got a way with words, you keep me smiling, even when it hurts.

Ultimately, I am responsible for how I live my life now, and what I make out of it. In fact, I am actually grateful for what I've gone through and wouldn't change a thing-although I admit I wouldn't want to live it over again either. Once was enough.

If you're not in it for love, I'm out a here.

If foundations made of stone can turn to dust, then the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust.

You want me to describe Elvis, wow!

The streets of hell are paved with good intentions.

You have to set your own boundaries. We all do. You have to self-check. At the same time, the transparency is liberating. It is so much easier than screening every little thing you do and say. There's got to be some fluidity to self-expression without constantly editing things. The older I get, the more confident I feel in that. The filters are just flung away... lets face it, filters interrupt the flow of sincerity. If you're embarrassed about something you've done, then just say it.

You learn to accept your own reality

People are going to write and say things you don't like. They're going to take things out of context. What are you going to do? You can't let it destroy your life. That's their problem. They're going to go on and not be respected for what they do. Just worry about what you do. You have to make up your mind. You also have to be prepared for fallout. You have to accept the industry you're in.

I don't have to worry about what people are thinking and what's going on in the industry. I don't want that stuff to influence what I'm doing. Because I think it stifles you creatively. I don't want to have to care too much about that. All I care about is what the fans think. It's really all I care about, honestly.

I'd rather clean my toilet than go to a show-business party.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

Don't freak out until you know the facts.

I wanted to do a summary of my life and career. There’s been so many different looks, and so many types of songs that have become iconic, so it was just kind of fun to look back on everything

And it only hurts when I'm breathing My heart only breaks when it's beating My dreams only die when I'm dreaming So, I hold my breath--to forget

I was not naturally meant to be on stage.

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.

I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now. I eat a lot of tofu, and I drink soy shakes with fruit every morning. I always have soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner

Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're still the one I want for life.

I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now.

I think there's something odd about eating another living anything.

You are the one, I think I'm in love... life has begun.

I deeply believe that everything is relative. We need the bad to appreciate the good, and vice versa. We need something unexpected to happen in order for us to realize that everything was expected. It's our relation to those things that we are able to decide how we feel and the level of intensity of those feelings. Such is relativity

I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.

Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

I'll always be there I'd give anything and everything And I will always care Through weekness and strength Happiness and sorrow For better or for worse I will love you With every beat of my heart.

The best thing about being a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun!

When I cook him dinner and I burn it black, he better say hmmm, I like it like that.

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.

When I first saw you, I saw love And the first time you touched me, I felt love And after all this time, You're still the one I love.