Elmore Leonard Quotes
Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.Elmore Leonard
Quotes to Explore
-
Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
Garry Shandling -
I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
Gail Porter -
Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
Larry David -
Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
Karen Salmansohn -
I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
Gaby Hoffmann -
When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
Tamron Hall
-
When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
Fetty Wap -
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
Ramakrishna -
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
Harrison Ford -
Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
Idris Elba -
I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
Laura Ramsey
-
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
Patrick Wang -
One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
Gail Z. Martin -
The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
Narendra Modi -
Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
Malcolm Boyd -
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
Warren Buffett -
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
-
Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
Fabrizio Moreira -
I think being on 'Weeds,' in general, makes it hard to think of me as Nemo anymore.
Alexander Gould -
How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault? It's not right, it's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain?
Stephen Fry -
A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare.
Ethan Hawke -
Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.
Isaac Watts -
Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
Elmore Leonard