Alex Spanos
Alex Spanos

I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began shaking the stadium. It was a moment of misery like I'd never experienced before. Afterward, dejection hung over me for days.

Alex Spanos
Alex Spanos

My great frustration is that, more and more, my memories come and go, and friends all my life are not recognized. Many of the things I say and do, I can no longer remember even right afterwards.

Alexandra Shipp
Alexandra Shipp

I moved to Los Angeles when I was 17. I had just booked 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakwell.' I thought, 'Well, I'm just going to move to L.A. and become famous. 'Squeakwell' is going to launch me to that point.' Well, I didn't end up working for, like, three years afterward. That's kind of the name of the game.

Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.

Alice Merton
Alice Merton

I get mad about something, and then I have this melody in my head, and then afterwards, the lyrics come.

Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley

When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names at me all night, and I didn't really want to tell them that I didn't have such a good time being yelled at all night.

Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet

It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

Amber Tamblyn
Amber Tamblyn

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.

Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave

It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.