Katharine Weymouth Quotes
Moderate to conservative Democrat. But I'm not going to impose my views on the editorial page.
Quotes to Explore
-
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
-
Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
-
Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
-
Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
-
The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.
-
The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
-
The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
-
We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
-
I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
-
I think one of the reasons Stephen King's stories work so well is that he places his stories in spooky old New England, where a lot of American folk legends came from.
-
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.
-
When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
-
When we blame all Muslims, all Syrians, or all members of any other group because of the actions of individuals, we fall into the trap of asserting collective guilt. We empower the narrow-minded ideology that we are trying to defeat.
-
Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.
-
When I shoot at the range, I don't feel personally powerful but like the custodian of something powerful. I feel like a successful disciplinarian of something radically alien and potent. Analyze this sensation all you want; you still can't make it go away.
-
In any event, mere speed is not a test of justice. Deliberate speed is. Deliberate speed takes time. But it is time well spent.
-
Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
-
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach adulthood, we are closed and set in our attitudes. The chances of a poet reaching us are very slim. But I can open a child's imagination, develop his appetite for poetry, and more importantly, show him that poetry is a natural part of everyday life. We all need someone to point out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. That's the poet's job.
-
I have a wig for when I go outside among the regular folks, so they don't feel uncomfortable because I have a Day-Glo color somewhere in my hair.
-
Behind every text footnote is a file folder with all the hardcopy documentation needed to document every sentence in this book at a moment’s notice. Moreover, I assembled a team of hair-splitting, nitpicking, adversarial researchers and archivists to review each and every sentence, collectively ensuring that each fact and fragment of a fact was backed up with the necessary black and white documents.
-
Moderate to conservative Democrat. But I'm not going to impose my views on the editorial page.
