Orson Welles Quotes

I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

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• The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Life
  • Work
  • Economics

• My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Up
  • Father
  • Law

• I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Movie
  • Genre
  • Western

• Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • People
  • Country
  • Olympics

• The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Business
  • Strong
  • Relationship

• I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Life
  • Food
  • Cats

• Life is a school of probability.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Life
  • School
  • Life Is A

• Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • World
  • Mind
  • Nature

• There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

  

  Han Suyin
  • World
  • inspirational

• It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Focus
  • Gym
  • Very

• Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Little
  • Debate
  • Washington

• It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.

  

  Owen D. Young
  • Faith
  • Vision
  • Courage

• A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Man
  • Strong
  • Energy

• I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

  

  Frances Bean Cobain
  • People
  • Parents
  • Famous

• I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Happy

• How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Happy
  • Man
  • Woman

• I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Time
  • Head
  • Crown

• Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • Time
  • Men
  • Women

• Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Work
  • Money
  • Idea

• Don't listen to experts.

  

  James Dyson

• It's pretty funny, just driving by in a cab, and you see a huge billboard of yourself on the side of a hotel, like a 100-by-100 poster hanging up.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Up
  • Pretty
  • Funny

• Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

  

  John Ortberg
  • Road
  • Driving
  • Safety

• If a job fell from Heaven that was in America, I'd have a go, but I don't feel compelled to go and hunt it down.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • Job
  • America
  • Heaven

• I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

  

  Orson Welles
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