David Furnish Quotes

We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great.

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• I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Enjoy
  • Look
  • Limit

• Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Important
  • Me
  • Shine

• There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Action
  • Worry
  • Optimism

• Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Art
  • Kids
  • Think

• War is the greatest failure of mankind.

  

  Aaron Huey
  • War
  • Failure
  • Greatest

• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • You
  • Take
  • Shots

• I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Work
  • Respect
  • Desire

• Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Old
  • Italian
  • Saying

• Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Great
  • Why
  • Change

• My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Parents
  • Me
  • Sports

• No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Fly
  • New York
  • Paris

• You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Life
  • You
  • Attitude

• I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Pretty
  • Dream
  • Boy

• It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Up
  • Good
  • Want

• When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Time
  • Work
  • Home

• I would love to work with Matt Damon.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Work
  • Love
  • Would

• Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Light
  • Eyes
  • Rose

• Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

  

  Fan Bingbing
  • Believe
  • Success
  • Myself

• What we do every St. Patty's day, which is wear green and drink a lot of Guinness. And maybe cry a little bit and laugh, and everyone will have to sing a song. That's how every funeral, christening, and wedding ends up in Ireland. Everyone ends up having to sing a song by the end of it.

  

  Saoirse Ronan
  • Song
  • Laughing
  • Drink

• Since I was a young girl, I always wanted to pursue law studies. I would have never imagined that my career would have taken a complete different route.

  

  Chiara Ferragni
  • Different
  • Career
  • Girl

• Ronda Rousey changing the game for MMA, you know? Dana White said he'd never have a girl in the Octagon. Ronda Rousey comes along, and she's the main event any time she's on. The women, I feel, in the UFC are stealing the show.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Time
  • Women
  • She

• The imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Men
  • Health
  • Imagination

• I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong.

  

  Brad Pitt
  • War

• We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great.

  

  David Furnish
  • Great
  • Different