David Hackworth Quotes
Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.
Quotes to Explore
-
There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
-
I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
-
It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
-
I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
-
The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
-
I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
-
Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
-
I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
-
I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
-
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
-
I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
-
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
-
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
-
A man's kiss is his signature.
-
I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
-
There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a female boxer should look like. I don't think the men really have to deal with that - to tell people they're a boxer.
Mandy Bujold -
I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
-
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
-
Marines don't know how to spell the word 'defeat'.
-
I love Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. I also watched 'The Blues Brothers' movie over and over.
-
But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in terms of accelerated depreciation to encourage businesses to invest and to grow and ultimately to hire more people again.
-
Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
-
Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.
-
Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.
