David Geffen Quotes
HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.
Quotes to Explore
-
Life in California is beautiful.
-
I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.
-
My hunger is always there.
-
Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
-
And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
-
I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
-
In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.
-
I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
-
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
-
I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
-
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.
-
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
-
As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
-
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
-
Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.
-
People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it.
-
One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
-
George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman.
-
For every dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other community projects. We work with the animals and the people who love them.
-
No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo.
-
Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough.
-
Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real.
-
HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.
