David Mamet Quotes

Cop couldn't find his fucking couch, the living room.

David Mamet

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• The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Want
  • Know
  • Queen

• I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Me
  • Film
  • Special

• I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with AriZona, design is fun.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Business
  • Fun
  • Design

• Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Life
  • Small
  • Change

• I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Time
  • Day
  • Dignity

• I come from a musical family as well as a culinary family.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Family
  • Well
  • Culinary

• If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

  

  Karel Capek
  • Knowledge
  • Fight
  • Possible

• I'd do anything to help veterans.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Help
  • Anything
  • Veterans

• Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.

  

  O. Henry
  • Up
  • Home
  • Funny

• I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

  

  Harold Prince
  • People
  • Wish
  • Priorities

• Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • May
  • Imagination
  • Creativity

• When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I'm not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.

  

  Ferran Adria
  • People
  • Important
  • Love

• There's nothing wrong with showing sexuality. If you have that inside, it's just an expression of who you are. If you want to share that with people, that's amazing. I love that.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Love
  • For Her
  • For Him

• I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.

  

  Zendaya
  • Life
  • Confidence
  • Body

• I've been doing this for 33 years, and sometimes you make movies and nobody cares. But when people care, it's the greatest thing in the world - even when it's passionately against the title - because it's going to start a conversation.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • People
  • World
  • Care

• The wise are above books.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Wise
  • Books
  • Above

• For everything that you do, there are people who appreciate your work and then there are those who don't. I think very few people have the guts to be sure of what they are doing, believe in it, and then go ahead and do it, irrespective of what people think.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• For you, a thousand times over.

  

  Khaled Hosseini

• I had to wait my turn. I had to learn that even when you're sitting behind somebody, you still have a chance to learn something every single day.

  

  Brock Osweiler
  • Single

• This motion sought to add things to our complaint in compliance with the Clean Air Act, which calls for 60 days notice, The granting of Alexandria's request to file an Amended Compliant will not disrupt this proceeding or unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the parties.

  

  John Britton
  • Air
  • Clean
  • Add

• I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

  

  Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner
  • World
  • Success
  • Strong

• Every time I sing, it it's a reminder to myself that I have to be confident.

  

  Alessia Cara
  • Time

• Cop couldn't find his fucking couch, the living room.

  

  David Mamet