Aaron Sorkin Quotes

When I was starting out, William Goldman took me under his wing, and he's still the person I show pages to.

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• As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • World
  • True
  • Celebrity

• Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.

  

  Gary Owen
  • People
  • Hope
  • Black

• The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.

  

  Harry Browne
  • English
  • Chinese
  • Constitution

• So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.

  

  Walter Salles
  • Time
  • Help
  • Responsibility

• No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Feel
  • Need
  • Sorry

• I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Know
  • Me
  • Loved

• If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Great
  • Home
  • Doubt

• Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.

  

  Hannes Alfven
  • People
  • Believe
  • Today

• My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Family
  • Decisions

• I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • Music
  • Kid
  • Los Angeles

• He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Heart
  • Help
  • Right

• A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.

  

  Jack Ma
  • World
  • War
  • Easy

• People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • People
  • Opponent
  • Aggression

• There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
  • People
  • Pain
  • Very

• I like things simple.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Simple
  • Like
  • Things

• It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Good
  • Power
  • Game

• It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Mind
  • Me
  • View

• As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'

  

  Harriet Tubman
  • Heart
  • Man
  • Change

• Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.

  

  Bill Crawford
  • Heart
  • Experience
  • Living

• Our experiences of the Solstice depends entirely upon where we are when it occurs. Neither Solstice encompasses everyone. Neither can. The Solstices stand forever opposed, literally at the two poles of our Earth and experiences.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Earth
  • Forever
  • Stand

• I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.

  

  Tahmoh Penikett
  • Science
  • Like
  • Fiction

• At about 17, I decided I wanted to take kiteboarding seriously and compete, so my agents were like, 'Just keep sending in a few audition tapes anyway, just for good stuff.'

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Good
  • Like
  • Seriously

• When I was starting out, William Goldman took me under his wing, and he's still the person I show pages to.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Me
  • Person
  • Starting