Top 1200 Figured Quotes & Sayings

I always figured that I was one new editor away from unemployment.

I was fuzzy on the details, but I knew the basic outline. I knew how I wanted to be, it was simply a question of being who I wanted to be.I thought I had had it all figured out before. I'd had the plan perfectly clear in my head. I wasn't going to cross into thirty without the triple crown in hand: serious boyfriend, career, and great friends..It was time to accept that maybe, just maybe, I didn't have to have it all figured out by the time I turned thirty. Maybe I could just work on me, and see what else fell into place.I was pretty sure that was otherwise known as living.

It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent.

I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

I always used to reach for the cigarette when the phone rang, and I figured nobody would ever call me in Tokyo. The time difference is so profound it's, like, already September in Tokyo, and I figured nobody would be able to work it out.

New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

You can't control babies, they aren't robots and we don't have them all figured out.

I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out.

I'm 17 years old. I'm not a straight-A student or anything. Even so, I figured out how to make an Internet that they can't wiretap. I figured out how to jam their person-tracking technology. I can turn innocent people into suspects and turn guilty people into innocents in their eyes. I could get metal onto an airplane or beat a no-fly list. I figured this stuff out by looking at the web and by thinking about it. If I can do it, terrorists can do it. They told us they took away our freedom to make us safe. Do you feel safe?

I still haven't figured out how to have fun on a shoot.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

I figured out that I was interested in acting while at NYU.

I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and that maybe one or two would be successful. So I always kind of expected I’d write at least one successful film in my life. [...] The way it all came together was kind of like Murphy's law in reverse—I don’t expect that kind of experience again any time soon.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.

I just figured, "If I can do theater, agents will find their way."

I was interested in wildlife conservation, and I chose Georgia because they supposedly had a good forestry school. I figured it might be easier to get good grades there, too, because a lot of Southern kids would come up to school in New Jersey, and they'd always be a little behind, so I figured maybe I wouldn't have to work so hard.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

When I was a kid, I just figured we'd be living on the moon by the year 2000.

You think Jay-Z is going broke? LeBron is going broke? These guys have figured it out. They came from poor backgrounds, broken homes, and they figured out how to be businessmen. They become new aspirations.

I figured out in my thirties it was about 'what can I contribute'? And what I figured out about that is creating something from scratch, and connecting it to people.

I figured something out. And it is no secret what I figured out. Whatever the majority of people were doing, I found myself doing the opposite. I wanted to chase something great.

This idea of universal access to basic healthcare has to be figured out as a world. No country has figured it out in part because it is driven by ideology.

I figured if I played nice, I’d get more time with you.

I made the rules I figured I could be the one to break them. I thought I would write about xenophobia, a hatred of foreigners. After I stated writing the story there was not a foreigner to be had. I did not want to just stick one in there so I could get a title out of it since it seemed like cheating. I never figured out how I could get out of this dilemma so I just called it X and weaved X traits into the story.

The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing [for CO2 levels], it was very innovative. It's led to low-cost energy. Who figured out nuclear power? Largely the United States. Once you get past the steam engine, which is mostly British, then the US has been at the center of most of the energy things that have happened.

You never get it figured out. You just keep playing.

Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out ahead of time.

So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.

...and what it all comes down to is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet.

I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.

We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.

I figured out I'm bisexual. I have sex twice a year.

I've always been full-figured in a not-boyish way.

I think calling me 'full-figured' is just rude.

I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.

Sitcoms, I always figured that would be an easy gig, but man, it is not.

I figured out how to catch fugitives without a gun.

I finally figured out how to read origami directions.

Intimate justice touches on ideas of gender inequity, violence, bodily integrity, physical and mental health. I don't expect a 15-year-old girl to have that figured out; it's hard enough to have it figured out when you're 50.

I feel like in my senior year of high school, I had my clothes a lot more figured out. I had my hair figured out.

I finally figured it out, I finally figured out how to find some peace and happiness. I sure would hate for the man upstairs to take me now. But at least I did figure it out.

I figured if you're going to do something, you should do it the best you can.

I figured I had seconds, maybe minutes to live.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

I tried to talk to the graduates who haven't figured what they're going to do next. The kids who are heading in medical school or law school, they've got pretty much figured where they're headed in life. But there are so many kids out there, that are just going, they're still kids. They've always been promoted from grade to grade.

I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake.

I figured I should have a website, because that's what everybody was doing.

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

You didn't grow up driving...you figured it out.

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.

I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, 'Well, I really want to try acting while I'm young, and I don't ever want to look back and say that I never gave it a try.' I fully figured I'd be back in grad school - probably for psychology.

I don't go into rehearsal for a production unless I've figured everything out.

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

I was just passing by. Saw the commotion. Figured you were involved.