Elliott Abrams Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
-
That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.
-
I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
-
You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
-
I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
-
My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
-
Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
-
We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
-
Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
-
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
-
You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
-
It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
-
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
-
Our soldiers and people form one family. United, we may count on victory.
-
You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.
-
I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.
-
I don't want any competition; I've finally made it! I don't want any young bucks knocking me off and taking my job, so stay in school! Stay in school and get a nice job working in an office!
-
I was a bouncer for ten years in New York City.
-
I think when an actor feels like they're being watched with great sensitivity and a subtle eye and a nose for truthfulness, that has some effect.
-
The cows shorten the grass, and the chickens eat the fly larvae and sanitize the pastures. This is a symbiotic relation.
-
All right." Shimmering droplets on her eyelashes, stars caught in transition. "But will you replace it with something for me?" "Anything." His body was hers. Brushing her fingers over his lips, she said, "You gave me an eagle. I want to give you one, too." A tender kiss pressed to the scar. "I want us to fly together.
-
But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly.
-
You can do a no-fly zone without ground forces.
