Chirlane McCray Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
-
Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
-
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
-
My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
-
I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.
-
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
-
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
-
It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
-
I don't talk in ifs.
-
One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
-
You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
-
Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
-
But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
-
I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
-
You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
-
The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
-
The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data.
-
Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
-
I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.
-
Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?
-
Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.
-
The EU is not going to attack the United States. Supposedly, China or the EU was doing this on the UScan you imagine what the blowout would be?
-
War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.
-
I wish I had more time to read.
