David Mamet Quotes
It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.
Quotes to Explore
-
If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
-
President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
-
We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
-
Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.
-
It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
-
Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
-
I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
-
Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
-
The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. The U.S. should also support other countries, including Ghana, in ECOMOG until stability is established.
-
I want to serve the people.
-
I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.
-
All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
-
In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
-
I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
-
I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
-
I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.
-
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-
I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
-
I bobbed and weaved through my career. And in hindsight, though I'd like to say it was a plan - it was not - the bobbing and the weaving gave me a broad base from which to become an executive who could say, 'OK, I've done this, and I've done this, and I've done this.' And nobody could BS me, because I'd done most of it.
-
No, it's interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it's a good idea; it needs to respect the original idea. Don't just take the title and change everything else.
-
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
-
I started boxing for exercise, and on the very first day, the trainer got in the ring with me and said, 'Whoever controls the breathing in the ring controls the fight.' I immediately passed out.
-
I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.
-
It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.
