Chris Messina Quotes

I don't have much interest in gingerbread houses - except in eating them.

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• I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Love
  • Relationship
  • Day

• He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Tree
  • Fruit
  • Tall

• To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Know
  • Forgive
  • Everybody

• I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • She
  • Mother
  • Food

• How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Political
  • Mean
  • Battle

• More and more what we're licensing, we're licensing on a global basis - even though the studios aren't orchestrated to sell that way yet, my bet is that they will.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Way
  • More
  • Will

• The cardinal rule of taxation is that whatever you put a levy on, you'll inevitably get less of. Taxing corporate activity means less investing, less hiring, fewer jobs and a smaller economy, which hurts the rich, the poor and the middle class alike.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Economy
  • Rich
  • Taxation

• When I feel my blood sugar getting off, I drink a glass of kale juice. It's so disgusting you don't want to eat anything!

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Want
  • Feel
  • Blood

• The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Opportunity
  • Small
  • Confidence

• I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

  

  Adam Giles
  • Years
  • Bakery
  • Pastry

• As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Life
  • Dark
  • Thought

• In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • World
  • Control
  • Perfect

• I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task.

  

  Beatrix of the Netherlands
  • Great
  • Task
  • Resolved

• It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Up
  • Good
  • Know

• I love tuning into Radio 1 on a Friday night after training and hearing the new stuff.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Love
  • Night
  • Training

• I don't really put too much pressure on myself. The only time people feel pressure is when they put it on themselves and listen to the outside stuff. I have great teammates and great coaches that do the right things around me that allows me to just focus on the game of football.

  

  Dak Prescott
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • Life
  • World
  • Loan

• There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Life
  • Up
  • Morning

• Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may be more wishful thinking than reality.

  

  Andrew Lo
  • Thinking
  • May
  • Science

• One of many joyful moments with BB King was him letting me play 'Lucille.' ...The thrill will never be gone.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Moments
  • King
  • Thrill

• Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Wish
  • Goal
  • Achieve

• After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold.

  

  Edwidge Danticat
  • Long
  • Writing
  • Gold

• Thom's a really great guitarist. He plays terrific rhythm, but he doesn't like to talk about it because he thinks he sounds like Brian May. He grew up with Queen. There were times when we've been competitive, but we've got this really nice situation where if one guitarist doesn't play in a song, we're okay with it. We can really chill out and enjoy it.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Enjoy
  • Rhythm
  • Guitarist

• I don't have much interest in gingerbread houses - except in eating them.

  

  Chris Messina