For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

- Joseph Brodsky

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.

- Alan Shepard

It was my father who instilled the 'never say no' attitude I carry around with me today, and who instilled in me a sense of wonder, always taking us on adventures in the car, never telling us the destination.

- Marlee Matlin

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.

- Fritz Sauckel

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

- Patrick Swayze

Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best,' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government.

- Jack Kemp

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.

- Jose Saramago

I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.

- Christopher Nolan

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

- Donny Osmond

Nothing. We're all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down, depending on the mood or the nature of the material we're dealing with, there's usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude that's floating around.

- Richard Dean Anderson

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

- Yani Tseng

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.

- Yousuf Karsh

I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.

- Eric Davis

I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.

- Richard Fleeshman

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

- Damian Lewis

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

- Gary Numan

My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!

- Harrison Birtwistle

Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the individual and the state than the collectivist response of Labour, and particularly Old Labour, does.

- Nick Clegg

I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously I find that a very tedious attitude.

- Joan Collins

I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating.

- Sara Blakely

I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.

- Francois Hollande

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else.

- Clarence Thomas