Chuck Feeney Quotes

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• Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Think
  • Existence
  • Jews

• I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Up
  • City
  • Fashion

• We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Up
  • She
  • Friends

• Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.

  

  Pat Summitt
  • People
  • Practice
  • Most

• When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Men
  • Free
  • Speak

• Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.

  

  Imran Khan
  • People
  • Good
  • Live

• Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Power
  • Genius
  • Innocence

• I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • World
  • God
  • Friends

• When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • Long
  • Health
  • Day

• When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Him
  • Phone
  • Yesterday

• You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • Writing
  • Why
  • Today

• I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Family
  • American
  • Dream

• I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Say
  • Shopping
  • Psychiatrist

• To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Writing
  • Driving
  • Train

• I have lost my short-term memory - I'm just getting blonder by the day.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Lost
  • Day
  • Memory

• Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Up
  • World
  • Beautiful

• Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Work
  • Together
  • Clearly

• That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Why
  • Movie
  • Kind

• Libertarianism, the political philosophy of rugged individualism, ought to hold a natural appeal to tolerant, anti-statist, free-trade conservatives who deplore the turn taken by the party of Abraham Lincoln toward racial prejudice, authoritarianism, and mercantilism.

  

  Jacob Weisberg
  • Free
  • Political
  • Party

• The most revolutionary thing you can do is get to know your neighbors.

  

  Karl Hess
  • Revolutionary
  • Neighbors

• Globalization obviously has the potential to be good. That doesn't mean it's good for everybody. There's a very large number of people in India and China who benefited directly from globalization, but it doesn't mean everybody in America benefits from globalization.

  

  Angus Deaton
  • People
  • Good
  • America

• Los Angeles and Sydney are very similar, but I definitely enjoy more fresh seafood when I'm back in Australia, as there is so much great, fresh produce here. I also like going swimming at the beach while I'm home, too.

  

  Phoebe Tonkin
  • Great
  • Home
  • Beach

• I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.

  

  Janelle Monae
  • Lost
  • Crazy
  • Fearless

• How to become a millionaire? Become a billionaire first.

  

  Chuck Feeney