Dennis Farina Quotes

I'm a bit of a clotheshorse, and having a tailor-made suit is a big deal.

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• I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Life
  • Truth
  • My Life

• You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

  

  Victor Kiam
  • Men
  • You
  • Serving

• I mean, in 'Big' and 'Pleasantville,' it's a journey that the characters go on where I think they come to kind of meet themselves at the end and who they actually are and give full voice to who they actually are. And that, you know, obviously fascinates me for some reason. Maybe I didn't adequately grow up.

  

  Gary Ross
  • Up
  • Journey
  • End

• It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Way
  • Europe
  • June

• It's double talk and double standards. It's like, be honest, but don't be too honest. Look fresh-faced and young, but don't tell us how you got there. God forbid you have plastic surgery, even though we're telling you, 'Oh, you look old.' Be a career woman, but also, why aren't you having kids? Are you some kind of cold shrew?

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • God
  • Why
  • Kids

• I really miss the Australian lifestyle and being around my friends and family.

  

  Nathaniel Buzolic
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Lifestyle

• As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Always
  • Story
  • Weakness

• We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.

  

  Taylor Hackford
  • Very
  • Well
  • Paid

• I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • Long
  • Couple
  • Relationships

• Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Free
  • Sales
  • Electricity

• Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Value
  • Gold
  • Diamonds

• I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Love
  • Food
  • Need

• My mission is to become part of Time Inc. and push the business forward.

  

  Laura Lang
  • Time
  • Business
  • Mission

• Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • True
  • Nature
  • Lie

• I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Way
  • Economic
  • Own

• In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Remember
  • Mother
  • Father

• Regardless of theology or however you see life or relate to worshiping God, as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • People
  • Life
  • God

• Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Thought
  • First
  • Going

• Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Men
  • Doubt
  • Wise

• I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Remember
  • Happy
  • Guy

• For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

  

  Xenophon
  • Strong
  • Water
  • Beer

• We must cut federal spending - every wasted dollar, every low priority program, and every unconstitutional overreach - every day.

  

  Kevin Brady
  • Priority

• People are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.

  

  Rita Mae Brown
  • People
  • Believe
  • Strong

• I'm a bit of a clotheshorse, and having a tailor-made suit is a big deal.

  

  Dennis Farina