S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
Quotes to Explore
-
You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
-
I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
-
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
-
When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.
-
For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
-
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
-
Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
-
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
-
My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.
-
When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
-
I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
-
I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
-
It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
-
Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.
-
All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
-
I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
-
First scenes are super-important to me. I'll spend months and months pacing and climbing the walls trying to come up with the first scene. I drive for hours on the freeway.
-
You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.
-
There is nothing more dangerous than security.
-
There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft.
-
We built our fashion around three fundamental concepts: Sicily, tailoring, and tradition. Our dream is to create a style which is timeless, and to create clothes with such a strong personality that whoever sees them can instantly say without a shadow of a doubt: this is a Dolce & Gabbana.
-
I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.
-
It's nice to be recognized, but it's not great to have it too conspicuously recognized, if you see what I mean. Gold records on the wall, or titles after your name, it's just not something... I don't feel that great about it.
-
Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
