Derek Jeter Quotes
I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.
Quotes to Explore
-
We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
-
I don't think I have a signature.
-
I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
-
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
-
I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
-
Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'
-
I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
-
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
-
Wrestling is different to me. As I talk to other wrestlers, wrestling seems a little different to me than it does to a lot of them. To me, it's about an artistic performance and about honing my artistic performance in pursuit of these minute moments of perfection. These little encapsulations. And none of them are ever perfect.
-
I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
-
Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
-
Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
-
All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
-
In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
-
Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
-
I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
-
Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
-
They hate whom they fear.
-
I'm sorry to say I'm very lizard-like. My skin is dry, so covering my face in greasy antioxidants is a better alternative.
-
We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.
-
Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
-
Even those who don't believe in climate change believe we should develop renewable energy. Americans get it: it's time. This is not controversial. It's actually right in the wheelhouse of American business.
-
If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and life wouldn't be nearly as interesting.
-
I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees.
