Bill Nye Quotes
Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.
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Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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If you can create an environment where people are invited to do their best work and the best ideas always win, then the project itself will win.
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When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good.
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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I would have to say that working on 'Warrior' felt more like working on a play than any other film I've ever done.
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What is protecting me is that it is not a finality being an actress. I really think we tend to idealize this job a lot. When you're an actress and you're really famous, it means people believe you are on top of the world - and I think that's not true.
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Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.
