David Mamet Quotes

Patel? Fuck you. Fuckin' Shiva handed him a million dollars, told him sign the deal, he wouldn't sign. And Vishnu, too into the bargain.

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• On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.

  

  Dan Feuerriegel
  • Father
  • Fantastic
  • Brothers

• Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Fall
  • Impossible
  • Compromise

• I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.

  

  Dana Rohrabacher
  • Me
  • Drug
  • Dangerous

• Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

  

  S. J. Perelman
  • Learning
  • Living
  • Will

• People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.

  

  Inga Cadranel
  • People
  • Like
  • Drive

• I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Great
  • Fun
  • Running

• I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Work
  • Today
  • Trust

• I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Very
  • Talk
  • Well

• America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Up
  • America
  • Responsibility

• In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.

  

  Hack Wilson
  • Life
  • Good
  • Advice

• I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.

  

  Sam Waterston
  • Look
  • New York
  • Living

• I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Up
  • House
  • Stop

• If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

  

  Rajneesh
  • You
  • Decision
  • Choose

• Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Space
  • Mission
  • Robot

• In August of 2011, Steve Jobs, the tech icon who disrupted a string of traditional industries, called me and told me he thought he'd figured out a way to revolutionize TV. He invited me to come see it at Apple in a few months, but he died just six weeks later, and that meeting never came to pass.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Thought
  • Meeting
  • Apple

• I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.

  

  Frances Mayes
  • People
  • Life
  • Like

• And yet I am what they think I am.

  

  Ralph Ellison

• I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.

  

  Luke Wilson
  • Different
  • Done

• The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

  

  Francis Bacon
  • Life
  • Good
  • Art

• I don't have many regrets. I regret mistakes, particularly those that damage other people, and we've all made some of those. But I'm not sad about change.

  

  John Gutfreund
  • People
  • Sad
  • Regret

• It is only too easy to catch people's attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.

  

  Claude Monet
  • Attention
  • Catch
  • Dared

• But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess.

  

  Stuart Symington
  • Army
  • Force
  • Mess

• As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Friends
  • Like
  • Enemies

• Patel? Fuck you. Fuckin' Shiva handed him a million dollars, told him sign the deal, he wouldn't sign. And Vishnu, too into the bargain.

  

  David Mamet