Danny Meyer Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
-
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
-
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
-
At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
-
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
-
I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
-
You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
-
A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
-
I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
-
Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
-
Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
-
Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
-
We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.
-
I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
-
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
-
I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
-
By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
-
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
-
We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
-
I was glad I did, except when I was wandering around in my real life with this big red Afro. I looked like Ronald McDonald.
-
I love my parents and they're wonderful people, but they were strict, and I still look for ways to get even. When I got my own apartment for the very first time and they came to stay with me for the weekend, I made them stay in separate bedrooms.
-
The corporate system dictates what gets made, and the movies are so bad because of the economic structure of Hollywood. The big business takeover of Hollywood is at fault rather than American storytellers - it's what keeps textured movies from getting made.
-
One of the things I do is try to get a positive message out there in the local schools and tell my story. I also do a lot of faith-based speaking, sharing my story and testimony, to help show what God has done in my life and what he can do in others' lives.
-
Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.
