Martin Dempsey Quotes
Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.
Quotes to Explore
-
Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
-
You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
-
I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
-
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
-
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
-
I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.
-
I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
-
Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
-
In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
-
Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
-
I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
-
Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
-
My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.
-
I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
-
High school golf, college golf and the decade that followed all come back to me now as one big raucous, goofy gangsome.
-
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
-
I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.
-
I have a few uniforms – depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me.
-
I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
-
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
-
I've been typecast. People don't want to take a risk or a chance. Quite a few times they've come up to me and say "We want you to do that Russian accent." And I'll be like, "How about if I do an Irish accent or a South African accent," and they don't trust that you can properly pull them off.
-
Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.
-
Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.
